So, You Know You ARE the 1%, Right?

[orwell]

2. I mentioned this to someone just the other day...

...on a global scale much of the US is part of "the 1%."

Props to Occupy for a clever branding strategy and putting their bodies on the line to address the structural inequalities in the US, but digging deeper into global resource problems tells a far less comforting story.

The US consumes far more of the world's resources and holds a tremendous portion of the world's wealth than it's population justifies. If the rest of the world comes up to our standard of living the resulting effect on global resources and the environment would be devastating.

We either need to find a low-cost non-polluting form of energy generation soon or face a planet and a way of life that is far different from what we enjoy now.

It's either that of some kind of drastic population control over the next 2 generations to reduce global populations to sustainable levels.

The era of the free fossil fuel ride is over. There is still no free lunch.