For some reason, the platform event in my town is a poetry jam. So I have put my platform proposal in the form of a sonnet, inspired by this excellent article in the Oil Drum. .
For billions five of years the sun has shone
On the Earth’s roiling surface e’er rolling.
And bless those microbes of the coastal zone
Who sun consumed to keep our oil flowing.
Though the ages are long, the oceans wide,
The coastlines rich and the plankton many.
The crude trails grow cold, the petrol hides,
The price drains slowly our land of plenty.
Still, still, the sun stirs the winds and water
And iron horses run their derbies yet.
Diesel grows dear and the planet hotter
Bringing brilliant futures toward the sunset.
I know not our means of extrication,
At least railroad electrification.
I would like input on the poem, so it can be an effective pitch. Also if you improbably happen to be going to another platform poetry jam, feel free to use my sonnet.
5 comments:
I'm wondering if having a side-bar list of recommended silver bb's broken out into federal/state/local/individual categories might not be helpful to focus efforts on what could be done at *all* levels in face of our energy future...
That's a good idea. I need to build some sort of reputation at TOD at the moment, but there's a tremendous amount of useful expertise there for local and individual efforts, too.
I've noticed you posting there a bit... My best role is as lurker and promoter.
What is TOD? And I agree with Derek. A break out of what can happen at different levels, a subsidiarity approach, would be useful.
TOD is The Oil Drum. Fr. Sam first pointed it out to me and when I realized that climate change and peak resources were both going critical around Christmas, I started reading it more and more. What I really like about it is that the regulars are clearly an ideologically diverse group, but they try to get along.
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