tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post5287280225024513465..comments2024-03-27T17:10:55.396-05:00Comments on Johnday's Blog: Explaining Involuntary ReductionsJohn Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12123174297818737132noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-80124031519993336402022-08-06T10:18:52.837-05:002022-08-06T10:18:52.837-05:00Poor dude gets clobbered and dunked a few times, b...Poor dude gets clobbered and dunked a few times, but comes back fighting. The wave-riding at the end, where he catches at least 2 waves and they redo it in slo-mo is very impressive.<br />I completely endorse the systems-anaysis, which you also use. I include "Gail The Actuary" (The Oil drum tag ehs had back in the day). Nicole Foss and Surplus energy economics are also on that track.John Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123174297818737132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-29275638862581974532022-08-06T07:38:34.268-05:002022-08-06T07:38:34.268-05:00Excellent analysis. A lot of what I read, like art...Excellent analysis. A lot of what I read, like articles by Pepe Escobar seem to be focused almost exclusively on the acts of politicians and ignore the physical world that supports us all. In my view, politicians are impotent in an environment of declining energy. Their skillset is entirely based on an environment of excess free energy where they get to control how that excess energy is alloted.<br />I used to do some kayak surfing and would like to introduce a metaphor of how I see our current situation. When you are on the face of a wave, your job is to read the wave and put yourself in a position where the wave will not crash on you. Read the wave and let it move you. You cannot control the wave as the globalists are hoping to do. Emergent systems like our current civilizations were built on ever inreasing inputs of energy. Emergent systems invariably collapse when energy is withdrawn from the system and have to go through a chaotic phase before they can reorganize into a stable low energy cofiguration. Gail at ourfiniteworld.com does a good job explaining all.<br />I doubt the Davos gang has what it takes to control the crashing wave. I choose to surf it.Greconoreply@blogger.com