I do not know if weвЂ™ve already fallen off the plateau, but I do know it will happen soon, and when it does, the changes will be profound, rapid, and painful. Net energy peaked a few years ago and we have been on a plateau made wider by unprecedented money printing, but once we fall over the edge I believe the decline will be much faster than the few percent per year that an unstressed geology and monetary system would deliver. This is a big deal because fossil energy underpins everything our species depends on to survive. Energy shortages have emerged simultaneously in multiple strategically important regions.This is a strong signal that our complex civilization is simplifying in unpredictable ways, as predicted by David Korowicz. Many supply chains are broken and are getting worse, not better.Then early in 2020 I saw the Chinese panicking over a virus before anyone here was discussing it, and I went to DEFCON level 2. In hindsight I didnвЂ™t have a powerful enough imagination to predict that our leaders would loan into existence many trillions of dollars that can never possibly be repaid, to avoid having to acknowledge overshoot, and to extend and pretend business as usual a few extra years, at the expense of making our destination worse, but they did. The basic idea was to convert some retirement savings into things needed to survive and/or that might provide some joy in a harsher simpler world, and that wonвЂ™t go bad, will never be cheaper, or better quality, or more available than today. I also began to methodically plan and implement some preparations for a different world that I expected would arrive soon. A new location where IвЂ™d be happy finishing my life, a simpler slower lifestyle, satisfying physical work, improved health, and thank goodness, VarkiвЂ™s MORT theory to keep me sane with an explanation for the insanity all around me. Then the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC) occurred and I went to DEFCON level 3.Д¬onfident that a collapse would occur within 10 years, I changed everything in my life. Now at DEFCON level 4, a realty based state of awareness, I began to think about making changes to my life, took a 6 month course on small scale farming, and did some volunteer work on a small organic farm. After seeking and failing to find a good path forward other than population reduction, I wondered what else I was in denial about, and widened my field of view to include climate change, pollution, species extinction, unsustainable debt, etc., all of which I eventually came to understand are related and fall under the umbrella of human overshoot. Then I had a stress related meltdown and while recovering stumbled on peak oil. That would be as a normal, fully in denial, culturally conforming, dopamine & status seeking, energy maximizing, member of a superorganism. I spent the first 50 years of my life at DEFCON level 5. I have my own definitions that I use for my personal life. DEFCON 1 is the maximum state of readiness and means nuclear war is imminent or has already started.DEFCON 2 is all forces ready to fight in 6 hours.DEFCON 3 is the air force ready to mobilize in 15 minutes.Old Gillette razor brand crossword clue report this adDisclaimerДЄll intellectual property rights in and to Crosswords are owned by The Crossword's Publisher.The US military defines its Defense Readiness Condition ( DEFCON) levels as follows:.Beauty at the ball, perhaps? crossword clue.Lack of color in one's complexion crossword clue.Evoke an 'ooh' from, maybe crossword clue.'The Great British Bake Off' co-presenter Fielding crossword clue.Where the Mekong River flows crossword clue.Lobster dinner accessory crossword clue._ Land musical film starring Ryan Gosling: 2 wds.Marathon Petroleum brand crossword clue.Didn't accomplish one's objective crossword clue.Place to put your feet up crossword clue.National flower of the United States crossword clue.Treats with embossed surfaces crossword clue.Place for an open water race crossword clue.Like ends that may need to be tied up crossword clue.Spanish Harlem aka El _ crossword clue.Box office buys, slangily crossword clue.Matching a poker bet and then some crossword clue.Actress PenaVega who played Carmen in the 'Spy Kids' movies crossword clue.Throw the ball to a teammate say crossword clue.

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