SOME TRANSITION REFLECTIONS ON GEORGE MONBIOT’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT “WE WERE WRONG ON PEAK OIL”

"The important question for me is where are we now? Where do we go from here? The idea that our only option if we want to avoid a rapid collapse is an orgy of extracting unconventional oils by any means necessary is a logical idea when viewed from the perspective of the industrial growth system. This is the same myopic mania that has redefined sustainable development as ‘sustainable growth’ and is hell-bent on a return to growth at all costs ... However, viewed from a more holistic perspective it makes no sense at all."

Ein Kommentar von Rob Hopkins (Gründer der Transition Town-Bewegung) zu George Monbiots Kehrtwende in seinem Guardian-Artikel “We were wrong on peak oil. There’s enough to fry us all“, Peak Oil, den Wachstumszwang, unkonventionelle Ölquellen und die Transition ins postfossile Zeitalter. Erschienen auf Transition Culture (4. Juli 2012).

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