Thread by @homemadeguitars

Regular readers know what I write. I've been at this three years. Before that I was a conventional climate worrier and thought building renewables would fix it, but I observed the trends. It's not working. So I got weird. I followed the links between energy and needs, and wants,

2. and I said, OK, that can't be made to work.
My only evidence is, it's not working. We've been at it a while. According to all the white papers I keep getting linked to, we should be seeing reductions by now.
We're not.
It's not working.
And ... Slowing down will work.

3. Slowing down in an intelligent, organized fashion, even regionally, with the objective being a walking pace culture, would certainly reduce emissions, starting immediately.
I mean, it's there. Show the competing hypothesis.
But: it's off limits.
Reasonable People™ do not.

4. This week I was accused of "Stone Age" by somebody with Prof in his name. I remember the woman who compared it to mass lobotomy.
Boy do I have bad news for y'all.
It's not going to be optional.
Here's my reasoning: the global systems which result in highly concentrated energy

5. being instantly available at the flip of a switch or the swipe of a card, that thing has one end in Tar Sands, Saudi America, or wherever, and the other end in this cell phone, our air conditioners, and our gas tanks - that thing is a very complex machine.

6. There are about a zillion different ways that thing can go completely down, worldwide, either abruptly or in a staggering horrible falling down stairs scenario, and after that, everybody walks. Period. And, unless they can con a cow or a donkey into carrying their stuff,

7. They walk carrying everything they need on this journey in their hands.
That's how it works when the lights go out.
Now: if you don't believe they will, OK. I can't prove it. In fact, most people don't, as far as I can see.

8. The advantage of slowing down in organized fashion gradually is, firstly, it begins to reduce emissions, real world right now, not in accounting terms but in tons of molecules terms, real life reductions, from the moment of implementation and directly proportional to the depth

9. of implementation, but even more that slowing requires resources be available at lower speeds than before. There becomes, once again, an economic reason for local stores. Slow in stepwise fashion, annually: and I mean make it real. You can't get a license plate without limit

10. Put governors on all cars period. You could hook it into the multitude of computers in one.
One catch:
🗣️ YOU'RE FUCKING CRAZY STONE AGE MASS LOBOTOMY.
Oh. Yeah.
Unalienable rights.

11. That's why I'm doing all this donkey stuff. I don't mind walking but I don't want to have to carry my stuff.
Your mileage may vary.