Let me help you. Read about the Olduvai Theory. Remember the earlier article about the state of the electrical grid? Well here's what will happen if we don't fix it. We have 15 years, at best.
Can I get an aldermanic candidate to commit to surveying the state of the electrical grid for Chicago, and then commit to ensuring it is updated and maintained?
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Have you seen Jim Ginderske's take on disaster planning? I realize this isn't directly what your post is about, but it's related. Disasters can and do happen, whether it's a terrorist situation like New York, really bad weather like Katrina or the heat wave in Chicago, or communicable disease like the flu epidemic in 1918 (among other kinds of disaster). Loss of the electrical grid is a great example of something you would want your alderman, who lives in your neighborhood, to be able to do something about. By the time the federal government or even Mayor Daley get around to helping fix a real disaster in Rogers Park, we will already have stabilized. How painful the process of reaching that stabilization is, depends on how well we have prepared for a disaster. Jim has a plan for coordinating local resources to mitigate the effects of a disaster, should one happen here.
I chatted with him about that when I dropped into HQ. I am interested in what he is planning to do there. That's a sandbox I'd like to play in.
However, what needs to be done for Peak Oil needs to occur in advance. Whipping out a contingency plan or disaster plan is not going to help much when the effects of Peak Oil make themselves felt.
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