Peak Oil

Let me explain something to you, faithful blog readers, and that is this: We are most certainly running out of fossil fuels and non-renewable energy sources. They may not be gone tomorrow, but in the same breath, they may not be here for my great-grandchildren (I'm 24, so I'm projecting a little bit).

I just watched a documentary about Cuba's "Special Period" in which they went from importing most of their fuel and food to a system of urban agriculture, organic farming, and alternative transportation/energy--out of necessity. Because they had no choice for existing without making these changes. And it is incredible to see.

I've been riding the bus to work and have been making smarter food choices--but I have a long way to go before I'm living simply. I have a long way to go before I can say, If everyone in the world lived like me, we'd only need ONE Earth to sustain us all.

There is only one world for all of us, and we're going to have to learn how to share with our neighbors.

Which brings me to another point. Back to riding the bus. I can't believe that saying "I take the bus" is such an earth-shattering statement. Literally, people have responded with, "Oh! That must be AWFUL!" to "Don't you feel TRAPPED when you don't have your car!?" It is insane. My mom asked me tonight how it was going (she's proud of me and very positive, by the way!) and I said that I don't think I'll ever go back to just using my car. Pretty cool thought.

And, finally, speaking of that... Ryan almost has his bike up and running. He's been working really hard on it and learning a lot about bikes, and it's amazing to see the fruits of his labor. Yesterday we went on the second inaugural ride together--the only problem was his brakes weren't quite up-to-speed yet. He's fixing it and will be a bike commuter before we know it (there goes my ride to the bus stop in the mornings...) I'll take a picture of his "frankenbike" and post it. Just as soon as I get un-lazy and start taking pictures.

Signing off. Can you handle it? Three posts in one day?