[p2p-research] The three exodus and the transition towards the p2p society

[Samuel Rose]

On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Joss Winn <joss at josswinn.org> wrote:
> On 01/05/10 16:37, Samuel Rose wrote:
>
>> I think the projections I've seen on P2P foundation list of "30
>> years","50 years" etc are too long for:
>>
>> 1. Radical change in biosphere (enough changes to cause significant
>> pressure on people employing industrial era approaches)
>>
>> 2. Shift to commons and p2p based approaches
>>
>> An argument can be made that in as little as 10-15 years, multiple
>> pressures will coincide all at the same time. Peak oil figures are set
>> near 2030 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil
>
> The growing consensus is that the peak of conventional oil was in 2005
> and that the peak of all liquid fuels will be between 2010 - 2014.
>
> I've summarised this and a few other things relating to climate,
> technology and efficiency, here:
>
> http://joss.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2010/02/12/revisiting-thinking-the-unthinkable/

Joss, this is really useful, thanks. I will read thoroughly.

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