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[chelidon]

This is an informative, well-produced Peak Oil program released for RTE (Ireland mainstream broadcast TV). It deals frankly with the coming impacts of Peak Oil, which will likely be even more pronounced in Ireland due to their almost complete dependence on imported oil, a shift away from a local, low-intensity agricultural economy towards rapid industrialization and increasing emulation of an American-style model (heavy car use, suburban sprawl, etc). In other words, sprawl and a car-based culture is not only environmentally destructive, it's also incredibly fragile...

http://www.rte.ie/tv/futureshock/av_20070618.html

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Ireland

[cerr.livejournal.com]

Considering what's about to happen in Ireland as well (the M3 being built less than a Kilometer from Tara Hill, THROUGH archaeological dig-sites *sigh*) it's.....*sigh* Well, there are words but then I'd have to slip into potty-mouth......and well, I'd rather not go there just now.
www.savetara.com will give lots more info.....so will www.tarawatch.org

Re: Ireland

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

Thanks -- yeah, I've been keeping tabs on that. Tragic, really tragic. Progress....feh.

Re: Ireland

[cerr.livejournal.com]

I have to say, your userpic says it all LOL

Re: Ireland

[chelidon.livejournal.com]

believe it or not, that pic is actually party snacks I made for one of our big shindigs back in Maryland -- it's a new, clean box/scoop , filled with grape nuts, tootsie rolls (squeezed into, er, proper shapes) and malted milk balls. hee hee.

Re: Ireland

[cerr.livejournal.com]

*SNORT*
Oh great one, I prostrate myself before yer catbox!
*snicker*
that's brilliant! I've made the worms in dirt before (even tossed in candy bones...) but this....this is....*sniff*.......heh.....yep.....