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� January 19, 2006 - The Capitalists have yet to realise the inevitability of their demise.
The Capitalists face two major problems that will defeat them; the problems of climate change and peak oil.
Capitalist-induced climate change is destroying our planet. The polar ice-caps are melting, sea-levels are rising, the climate is becoming increasingly unsettled and hostile so that the US gets more and more severe hurricanes, Africa gets more and more severe droughts and Russia gets more severe winters.
Who and what is to blame for this if not Capitalism and the Capitalists? This has all happened under Capitalism, an economic system that relies on huge amounts of cheap energy ... which brings us to the second problem for Capitalism, the problem of peak oil - the fact that Capitalism consumes so much energy that there will not be any oil left in twenty or thirty years time.
Capitalism's response to these fundamental problems is denial and to carry on as normal. The Capitalists cannot see that these are fundamental problems for their system. Their climate change agreements are too little, too late. People can see for themselves that they are destroying our planet. In the UK Bliar and Brown continue to build roads and airports and encourage aviation despite the facts that they are hugely polluting and that there will be no fuel for them.
It is becoming increasingly clear to more and more people worldwide that it is not in our interests to go along with the Capitalists. It is inevitable that anti-Capitalists will grow in power and authority. Masses of people will oppose Capitalism as their lives become increasingly harsher through climate change and incredible energy costs. High energy costs will impact hugely on the Capitalists' ability to ruthlessly exploit the 'developing' world. There's also the problem of Capitalist wars.
A reasonable response to the problems of climate change and peak oil would be to drastically reduce energy consumption, and in turn a relatively easy way to achieve this is to drastically reduce travel and transportation. It looks as though the 'developing' countries may be at an avantage in this respect. If they never come to rely on the huge consumption of energy, then they will be better placed when there is none.
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