This is a longer video - a short documentary, really - but it's well worth the time to watch and share among friends, family and social networks. It's animated and easy to understand without being too simple and highlights a possible - and even probable - low energy future. It's short on answers, long on questions and really makes you think. One of the reasons I like it so much is that it shows how energy, resources and the economy are intertwined. It looks at the big picture.
Another thing that's interesting is that I first saw this on a prepper/survivalist forum, because it seems to me there are many areas where being a greenie and being a prepper intersect.
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There's No Tomorrow
Started by mariaandrea, Feb 26 2012 01:24 PM
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#2
Posted 26 February 2012 - 01:44 PM
You just nailed the issue on the head. I hope you don’t mind but I want to put a link to this on by personal and business Face book and YouTube pages. Fantastic find and a great thread. This is literally a home run in my mind.
#3
Posted 26 February 2012 - 01:51 PM
I think this is the best thing I have ever seen on the subject. Please do share. I hope more people share. In fact, I used the little buttons on the upper left of this page to share this thread on Facebook and Twitter and I hope others do the same. In the first place, it's a fantastic documentary. In the second place, it will bring visitors to our forum here, and that's a good thing. 
#4
Posted 26 February 2012 - 08:41 PM
GREAT VIDEO! There's a lot more to being GREEN then just doing one thing.
. . . We start by doing small things, like recycling and reuse,
. . . . . . using less water, collecting and recycling roof water, planting a garden, composting,
. . . . . . getting out of debt, and saving money, eating locally grown food at home instead of going out to eat,
. . . . . . replacing high energy light bulbs, with more energy efficient ones, power strips to kill vampire energy,
. . . . . . insulating homes, air sealing, replacing windows, with more efficient ones,
. . . . . . replacing low mileage vehicles, with more efficient ones,
. . . . . . replacing gasoline motor lawnmowers, leaf-blowers, snowblowers with more efficient electric ones,
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What is needed is a visible change in attitude of the consuming public,
. . . for only energy efficient goods, that give value for the money.
. . . We start by doing small things, like recycling and reuse,
. . . . . . using less water, collecting and recycling roof water, planting a garden, composting,
. . . . . . getting out of debt, and saving money, eating locally grown food at home instead of going out to eat,
. . . . . . replacing high energy light bulbs, with more energy efficient ones, power strips to kill vampire energy,
. . . . . . insulating homes, air sealing, replacing windows, with more efficient ones,
. . . . . . replacing low mileage vehicles, with more efficient ones,
. . . . . . replacing gasoline motor lawnmowers, leaf-blowers, snowblowers with more efficient electric ones,
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0 downloadsWhat is needed is a visible change in attitude of the consuming public,
. . . for only energy efficient goods, that give value for the money.
#5
Posted 26 February 2012 - 09:58 PM
I like well done videos like this because of their ability to distill the points of concern down to an easily comprehensible message. This is on par with the "Story of Stuff" in my mind and an excellent find.
I have been to a few peak oil discussions and it is indeed an interesting mix of environmentally minded individuals and those with a survivalist bent. In my mind, I suspect that the paths of conservative minded and environmentally minded will start to overlap more as energy becomes more scarce. Right now, many conservatives focus more on not spending money that you don't have but that will likely translate down to not using energy you don't have... Maybe at that point, we will see more action that will help climate change.
I have been to a few peak oil discussions and it is indeed an interesting mix of environmentally minded individuals and those with a survivalist bent. In my mind, I suspect that the paths of conservative minded and environmentally minded will start to overlap more as energy becomes more scarce. Right now, many conservatives focus more on not spending money that you don't have but that will likely translate down to not using energy you don't have... Maybe at that point, we will see more action that will help climate change.
#7
Posted 27 February 2012 - 04:13 PM
You know guy’s, I liked the video but is also scared the hell out of me because I already knew most of this stuff but seeing it all together was overwhelming and depressing. That why I like Ed’s counter point, The first step to changing our world is knowledge, the second is action, Between the video and ed’s posting I think we have lots of choices.
#8
Posted 29 February 2012 - 06:06 PM
It was a good video but I found it to be somewhat fatalist, without enough options as to how we could avoid disaster. Certainly renewable energy sources are going to become more reliable and more efficient, making them cheaper and more palpable both for consumers and the energy companies. As far as finite land, I've seen discussions of farms in the sky, which isn't as improbable as it might sound. Also, terraforming planets will happen. Its just a matter of time. Any disaster is more likely to be fallout from economic collapse as opposed to an energy crisis, at least in the developed world. I did like the ideas expressed at the end, that people should learn to grown and preserve their own food and buying local goods.
#9
Posted 29 February 2012 - 07:00 PM
iebo, on 29 February 2012 - 06:06 PM, said:
As far as finite land, I've seen discussions of farms in the sky, which isn't as improbable as it might sound. Also, terraforming planets will happen. Its just a matter of time. Any disaster is more likely to be fallout from economic collapse as opposed to an energy crisis, at least in the developed world.
. . . they all want cars, homes, food, kids, energy, etc.
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. . . we’re using up what we know of Earth’s resources
. . . 1.5 times as fast as the Earth (or its inhabitants) can replace them.
. . . There is a strong possibility that this trend
. . . will only increase as the population continues to expand.
If everyone lived the lifestyle of the average American we would need 5 planets.
Source: footprintnetwork
Edited by eds, 29 February 2012 - 07:15 PM.
If everyone lived the [url="http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/personal_footprint/"]lifestyle[/url] of the average American we would need 5 planets.
#10
Posted 29 February 2012 - 07:29 PM
How much land area does it take to support your lifestyle?
. . . Take this quiz to find out your Ecological Footprint,
. . . discover your biggest areas of resource consumption, and
. . . learn what you can do to tread more lightly on the earth.
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The Footprint calculator offers an interactive,
. . . fun way for people to explore and reduce their Footprint.
While the current version is based on data specifically for the U.S. and Australia,
. . . Global Footprint Network is developing an enhanced, data-rich version
. . . which will enable people around the world
. . . to calculate their Footprints with data specific to their region.
Source: footprint-test
. . . Take this quiz to find out your Ecological Footprint,
. . . discover your biggest areas of resource consumption, and
. . . learn what you can do to tread more lightly on the earth.
Footprint.gif 45.09K
2 downloadsThe Footprint calculator offers an interactive,
. . . fun way for people to explore and reduce their Footprint.
While the current version is based on data specifically for the U.S. and Australia,
. . . Global Footprint Network is developing an enhanced, data-rich version
. . . which will enable people around the world
. . . to calculate their Footprints with data specific to their region.
Source: footprint-test
#11
Posted 27 March 2012 - 11:37 AM
This video is very interesting and does raise a lot of questions. We are a society that is becoming increasing more dependent on the fosil fuels. The only way I see to even curve it a small bit is for us to become more increasing self dependent as our ancestors were. Relying on animals for transportation instead of vehicles would curve a great deal. Learning to grow our own food in another reduction to the growing problem of fosil fuels.
#12
Posted 27 March 2012 - 12:00 PM
One of the most widely used and effective vehicles is the bicycle.
. . . . . . . Swift,
. . . . . . . Silent ,
. . . . . . . Inconspicuous,
. . . . . . . Needing only a path,
. . . . . . . Using no gas,
. . . . . . . Cheapest to buy and maintain
. . . they are ideal transport.
A bike is 117% more efficient than walking
. . . because “cyclists travel nearly 3 times faster than walkers,
. . . or carry 10 times more than their own weight,
. . . but use only about 25% more calories to do so.”
The World Bank has show that bikes,
. . . are the “Worlds Best” multidimensional impact on peoples lives,
. . . by improving access to:
. . . health care,
. . . safe water,
. . . education,
. . . energy,
. . . community activities,
. . . income-generating opportunities and
. . . markets.
. . . . . . . Swift,
. . . . . . . Silent ,
. . . . . . . Inconspicuous,
. . . . . . . Needing only a path,
. . . . . . . Using no gas,
. . . . . . . Cheapest to buy and maintain
. . . they are ideal transport.
A bike is 117% more efficient than walking
. . . because “cyclists travel nearly 3 times faster than walkers,
. . . or carry 10 times more than their own weight,
. . . but use only about 25% more calories to do so.”
The World Bank has show that bikes,
. . . are the “Worlds Best” multidimensional impact on peoples lives,
. . . by improving access to:
. . . health care,
. . . safe water,
. . . education,
. . . energy,
. . . community activities,
. . . income-generating opportunities and
. . . markets.
#15
Posted 11 May 2012 - 11:47 AM
That video is substantial enough to raise awareness on how majority of the population live a disastrous-leading life! Thank you for the sharing! I am definitely one of those that are downsizing, and going more organic to do my part on saving for the future and of course saving money! :)
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