On 2006-04-09, Terry Collins (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
Quoted message said:I am in the same boat about not caring. So much of what is transported
What was that article that said basically the quality of goods in this
consumerist society of ours, are going to have to increase soon, as
people are less prepared to pay for new items. Items will have to
become repairable, instead of use once throwaway, again.
I don't think it's all going to be doom and gloom.
Quoted message said:is non-essential [censored]. Apps if your business is built on that sort of
stuff, but my "anti-consumerist" and preference for "locally built"
attitude is firmly entrenched that I can only see good coming out of
rising petrol prices.
Of course, there is also the air quality issues that deeply affect me as
well. So rising petrol prices leading to reduce use of cars is a good
thing in my book.
A stop gap measure that *will* happen and soften the blow for most
people, is to use more electricity in place of oil for the time being.
The air *will* get worse (coal is *icky*), but will only affect the
city when the wind is blowing from latrobe valley (in the case of
melbourne; does the wind ever go in that direction?)
--
TimC
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