Welcome!

Time for a serious new blog!

What will Ulster be like in the year 2020 if current trends continue? (Peak oil, peak resources, peak money, peak... everything! Oh, and global climate chaos, too!)

The writing is on the wall. Time is running out. Business as usual won't cut it.

The trivial must yield to what's critical. Plans need to be made. Priorities need to be set. Resources need to be allocated.

This blog is a forum to discuss what's REALLY important about how our local communities -- from hamlet-level to the entire county -- will deal with the coming economic, energy, environmental, and civic crises already knocking at our door.

Serious, non-partisan, enlightened contributions welcome; petty politics, trolling, and ad hominem attacks NOT welcome.

Reflective thinking, relevant historical data, cutting-edge science and technologies (and useful PRE-oil technologies we may have to re-learn!), practical examples from current and historical societies who've dealt with critical resource crises... all these will be presented and discussed, with the goal of creating and implementing viable solutions to address expected resource shortfalls and their diverse consequences.