by manxkat » Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:36 am
IMO,<br><br>Thanks for your thoughts. I can imagine your frustration with the idea of Peak Oil, given that you believe that free energy exists and we're all being used. You could be right. But after reading various threads here for some time concerning various alternative energy producing machines, I'm can't say I'm a believer, but I can say that I believe it's quite possible.<br><br>The problem, it seems to me, is that in our real world (regardless of how much a lie it all might be), oil and natural gas have been the life blood of our civilization for over 100 years. Maybe it's all just a cruel joke that we've become dependent on something that isn't really necessary. Ok, probably not a cruel joke, but just a mega-money-making scheme, if I read you right.<br><br>The difficulty for me is in knowing how to respond in a practical way. This past year, I invested in solar panels for generating some electricity for my home and my family. I'm not wealthy and it took a fair amount of my retirement savings, cashed in early, in order to do it. There's no question that in my little world here at home, taking care of those I love requires finding ways to become energy independent in a practical way. Solar isn't efficient and is very expensive for the amount of energy you get in return, but it works and it's available. That's the bottom line for me.<br><br>If indeed there are viable methods for generating energy at little to no cost, I would love to know about them. Until then, I'm stuck in the physical world that the powers-that-be control. At least they don't control my psychological and spiritual world very much (at least, not to the extent that they control many others, especially in Amerika).<br> <p></p><i></i>