Merry Christmas to all in the West

 On the Eve of the Nativity, I wish you all good health and happiness!

January 7th will come soon for our friends in the East!

Merry Christmas World!  May the good Lord save and protect you!

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If you read this, the world and it's modern day insane governance will start to make sense

 I'm an occasional reader of Do the Math....  I suggest you will learn something valuable if you read the blog and then contemplate the irrationality of the World these days.

The concept of depletion is poorly grasped by most people.  The profound concept to grasp is: A future of less cheap energy + consistent and growing demand = lower quality of life... and that's just the tip of the iceberg!

I might add that global supply chains that make all economies inter-dependent no longer make any sense at all, but that's another story for another day. (It is fundamental to understanding simplification - again another day)

As Ugo puts it... get ready for a Seneca curve baby!   Another concept that is not obvious. The crash is not symmetric.  Depletion has consequences for anything.  For example lower  grade ores require concentrating to make the thing you need to have... that takes a lot more energy and remember - that's the thing that is depleting.  So just like musical chairs, when the music stops (as years roll on) and chairs are taken out of the circle (less energy is available) the circling contestants (World population) will be diving for the available chairs left.  Only - as you may recall if you've ever played this game... some contestants don't get a chair.  No energy for you!  Hmmmm, maybe you've connected a few dots already - good for you!

As the game goes on contestants are more aggressive about getting a chair... I leave it to your own imagination as to what the analogue is in the world.

Contemplate that this is not a new idea, and that strategies are in place to conserve key resources for their geopolitical value. 

Lol, I think the Pope was being generous in his latest warning.  Sadly there have been decades of warnings to soft land, but none of those strategies included the economic fantasy of growth to infinity and beyond. 

Well we're here.  Start thinking about simplification, sustainability and reducing your energy footprint.  Grow a garden, eliminate your debt, can vegetables, get to know your neighbors and share what you have.  Do the math.

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