The New Middle Ages

We will go kicking and screaming down the path to the new Middle Ages as fossil fuels desert us.   With the decline of available energy, those of most of us who have sat at the top of the energy pyramid will become the new peasants.   With the popular view of the Middle Ages as a brutal and dirty time filled with famine and disease and at the mercy of armed overlords.  We cringe at the thought. 

With great sadness, we must recognize the direct connection between present day population levels and the use of fossil fuels in food production, medical procedures, medicines and hygiene. With the fall in fossil fuel availability there will be a reduction in population.    Population soared with the industrial revolution and the development of industrial, fossil fuel based agriculture.   It cannot be sustained.

From:  The New Middle Ages

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