Comments on: Peak food is an inevitable consequence of peak oil http://futurismic.com/2007/11/05/peak-food-is-an-inevitable-consequence-of-peak-oil/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Crafty http://futurismic.com/2007/11/05/peak-food-is-an-inevitable-consequence-of-peak-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-10421 Crafty Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:17:35 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/11/05/peak-food-is-an-inevitable-consequence-of-peak-oil/#comment-10421 For noobs who want to grow their own herbs & veggies out of season with out pesticides but have 'brown thumbs' there's a goof proof hydroponic garden. It's called the AeroGarden. It's a high efficiency means of dropping your food miles to steps and idiot-proofing hydroponics. For noobs who want to grow their own herbs & veggies out of season with out pesticides but have ‘brown thumbs’ there’s a goof proof hydroponic garden. It’s called the AeroGarden. It’s a high efficiency means of dropping your food miles to steps and idiot-proofing hydroponics.

]]> By: Tomas Martin http://futurismic.com/2007/11/05/peak-food-is-an-inevitable-consequence-of-peak-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-5347 Tomas Martin Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:23:29 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/11/05/peak-food-is-an-inevitable-consequence-of-peak-oil/#comment-5347 No problem Chris, I'll do that now. Keep up the good work and thanks for getting in touch. No problem Chris, I’ll do that now. Keep up the good work and thanks for getting in touch.

]]> By: chris jacobs http://futurismic.com/2007/11/05/peak-food-is-an-inevitable-consequence-of-peak-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-5344 chris jacobs Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:43:56 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/11/05/peak-food-is-an-inevitable-consequence-of-peak-oil/#comment-5344 Can you please credit the vertical farm interior illustration to Chris Jacobs of www.chrisjacobs.com. For all of you out there...this illustration is NOT how a real vertical farm would be...it would be 100% hydroponic. This was just created to "show" growing food. Can you please credit the vertical farm interior illustration to Chris Jacobs of http://www.chrisjacobs.com. For all of you out there…this illustration is NOT how a real vertical farm would be…it would be 100% hydroponic. This was just created to “show” growing food.

]]> By: chris jacobs http://futurismic.com/2007/11/05/peak-food-is-an-inevitable-consequence-of-peak-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-5343 chris jacobs Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:42:32 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/11/05/peak-food-is-an-inevitable-consequence-of-peak-oil/#comment-5343 Please credit the illustration of the interior... Design by Chris Jacobs of www.chrisjacobs.com. Please credit the illustration of the interior… Design by Chris Jacobs of http://www.chrisjacobs.com.

]]> By: Tomas Martin http://futurismic.com/2007/11/05/peak-food-is-an-inevitable-consequence-of-peak-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-5033 Tomas Martin Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:23:27 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/11/05/peak-food-is-an-inevitable-consequence-of-peak-oil/#comment-5033 Good comments by all. Efficiency is indeed the key and many new technologies help us with that. The point I want to make is not that we're all going to be in mud huts but that we need to be enouraging this kind of increased efficiency. I have to say I agree with Monbiot about cars, though. The personal vehicle is not a trend I see staying longterm, from a resource basis. Air travel has some very promising developments with new airships. New tech will always arrive, and we aren't going to turn back to 1600 overnight. That's what annoys me about a lot of the online discussion of peak oil and global warming. There seems to be two sides - 'it doesn't exist' and 'it will cause the end of civilisation'. Neither is true, of course. What I want to promote in talking about it is not needless pessimism or arguments about whether it is happening. I want suggestions about new tech and new solutions like those above, so that we can start imagining what the new high-tech low-energy future will be like. Good comments by all. Efficiency is indeed the key and many new technologies help us with that. The point I want to make is not that we’re all going to be in mud huts but that we need to be enouraging this kind of increased efficiency. I have to say I agree with Monbiot about cars, though. The personal vehicle is not a trend I see staying longterm, from a resource basis. Air travel has some very promising developments with new airships.

New tech will always arrive, and we aren’t going to turn back to 1600 overnight. That’s what annoys me about a lot of the online discussion of peak oil and global warming. There seems to be two sides – ‘it doesn’t exist’ and ‘it will cause the end of civilisation’. Neither is true, of course. What I want to promote in talking about it is not needless pessimism or arguments about whether it is happening. I want suggestions about new tech and new solutions like those above, so that we can start imagining what the new high-tech low-energy future will be like.

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