This is rather disturbing …
Nine meals from anarchy - how Britain is facing a very real food crisis
…There might be 11 million gardeners in Britain, but your delicious summer peas won’t go far when your kids are hungry and the baked beans have run out….
I hope all of you have made steps to feed yourselves, and have more than three days food on hand. If not, there’s still time to get prepared. 
June 18th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Good to see that you are watching this “Truck Strike” stuff. I have been amazed at how little attention and press this is getting. Even on the peak oil boards. Talking to people in the Northwest about this, I get “looks” like I was a visitor from Mars and I have no idea how things work on Earth. It seems obvious that things do not get noticed, until the Supermarket shelves are bare…
This is very disturbing. I do a lot of work in extrapolation trends and event horizon scenario potentials.
Time to develop pre-reaction modes of thinking.
Best regards,
Chris
June 18th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
One more thought. I did the same thing when I originally read the article last week. I read 9 meals, but my mind translated it into 9 days. So anarchy is actually in a couple of days with the “Just on Time” food distribution model we are now at the mercy of if we are not prepared for food disruptions. And I do mean that sincerely, “At the Mercy of…”
Ahhhh, but the golden arches and 30 minute delivery pizza makes food seem so magical and easy…
June 19th, 2008 at 10:05 am
You’re right! I didn’t realize that I wrote it wrong until just now.
Isn’t it funny how the mind tries to make things better than they are?
And I agree about the surrealness of all this. Cognitive dissonance on a huge scale. Global, perhaps, except for the people who are going through it right now, for whom this is all too real.
June 20th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
It is a strange psychological phenomena, when the mind spins awareness. Scary at times, but linked to our instinctual aversion to painful encounters. Some say it is a coping mechanism, that is learned in our fear based educational models. Which is why it so crucial to slow down and observe reality, no matter how it may be dressed. It is also a big part of the problem with I feel that so few people are willing to take the time to ponder Peak Oil realities. And prefer safe distractions, such as celebrity mongers… But thankfully there are people like you that are transition first adopters. Educators.
Thanks for the great web site, by the way. And encouraging to hear another person use the words, “Cognitive Dissonance.” I have been working on helping people wrap their minds around that concept for years now. Very frustrating, but it is finally getting better, now that the convergence alarms are sounding.
When GAIA teaches, when we listen, we learn. It is our primary job to adapt. Mother Nature 101…