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Gold/Mining/Energy : PEAK OIL - The New Y2K or The Beginning of the Real End?

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To: Doug R who wrote (294)	4/11/2005 2:53:19 AM
From: Mahatmabenfoo	of 1183

> During the Dark Ages in Europe, Chinese civilization was > advancing Is that true? The Chinese inventions of paper, gunpowder, woodblock printing, use of silkworms, all wayyyyyyy predate the Dark Ages. And if China was advancing it doesn't matter unless those inventions were continued (instead of independently invented) in the West. > Certainly there have been fits and starts but over the > entirity of humankind's life on Earth, it has been a long continuous climb I don't know enough early history really to debate this... but I remain skeptical. We learned nothing from the Mayans, Aztecs, Mesopotamians, etc. - The point of the article however is that there are no longer - any significant localized civilizations. No "islands" of - civilization to carry forward when another "island" - collapses. All of civilization has become so dependent on a - single resource that a loss of that resource has the - potential to collapse civilization as a whole. - We're all on the same island now. Thanks for focusing on that. A good point. - Charles

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