Chapter Two of Peak Everything states that once the fossil fuels have been all used, humans will have no other choice then to move back to rural ares. They would be responsible of cultivating their own food, and providing for their family members. One of the examples Richard Heinberg used to support his point was Cuba, what happened when they were left without fossil fuels, and how they survived. The Cuban government introduced private farms and farmer markets, producing 50-80% of the vegetables consumed in cities. They also added courses of agronomy in colleges, in order to educate more Cuban citizens to become farmers.
Chapter Three of Peak Everything refers to how the arts changed according to the changes and creations being made. Skills developed over generations vanished, thanks to jobs no longer needing your own creativity, but machines doing the work. Times changed from Victorianism to streamlined modernism (Art Deco), new inventions such as airplanes, toasters, and cars were made for the first time. In that period humans became more materialistic and became dissatisfied with what they had.
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Heretofore: Before now.
De-industrialization: a process of social and economic change caused by the removal or reduction of industrial capacity or activity in a country or region.
Permaculture: The development of agricultural ecosystems intended to be sustainable and self-sufficient
Biointensive farming: food raising method based on building and maintaining soil fertility and using NO CHEMICALS.
Re-Ruralization: reverse the process of advancements, so as to increase the amount of human habitat.
Chautauqua: An adult education movement in the United States, highly popular in the late 19Th and early 20Th centuries. The Chautauqua brought entertainment and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians, entertainers, preachers and specialists of the day.
Horticulture: the cultivation of flowers, fruits, or vegetables.
Aesthetic: pertaining to a sense of the beautiful.
Aerodynamics: the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of air and other gases and with the effects of such motion on bodies in the medium.
Victorianism: The name given to the art, and culture of the later19Th century
Voluptuous: given to or spent in enjoyment of luxury.
Burgeoning: to grow or develop quickly, to flourish.
Retrospect: to look back in thought.
Ubiquitous: existing or being everywhere.
Can You Imagine The World Without Fossil Fuels?
Humans have been depending on fossil fuels as their major energy source for many years, getting to the point where its almost gone. Can you believe that? Fossil fuels make up everything we use in our daily lives such as food, computers and even microwave. Humans have become dependent on tools that make our lives easier, and do not require human energy to function. In my opinion I do not have a clear view of how the future will be without fossil fuels, but for sure it will not be easy. It will require people to make re-ruralization happen in order to survive and not produce more harms to the environment. There will no longer have things functioning with fossil fuels as energy, but with renewable sources, such as sunlight and wind. For entertainment there will no longer be cell phones, or video games. This can not be such a bad thing, families will have more time to spend with each other and there is a possibility that they will be happier. Humans could stop depending on fossil fuels and making their own advancements in art, architecture and even beliefs system could change. Of coarse this will only happen if humans start realizing the damage they have done to the environment and stop the use of fossil fuels. We also know the're could be other possibility of humans not wanting to give up on the use of the non-renewable, leading to a major war between countries. Weather we succeed or fail living in a world without fossil fuels, will depend on the actions we take and on how effective they turn out to be.
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