Serf’s Up

Posted by: Ion | May 11th, 2007 · 1:15 AM

Green Party presidential candidate Alan Augustson, on his political platform for the 2008 general election:

As your President, I will mobilize American industry and the American people to transition from the “unlimited growth” economy that has brought us to the brink. Together we will reposition our families and our communities to care for themselves, protect themselves and even educate and govern themselves — all at the community level.

Together we will re-tool our industries, using the resources we have left, to produce the simpler, more durable, non-oil-powered tools and machines, and the renewable energy sources that every household and every community will need, and the additional shared power plants that will help us to preserve and share knowledge in the post-oil economy.
(Augustson2008)

How long do you believe it would take for this new Green Luddite, neo-feudal utopia –which would still be sitting atop of the most valuable piece of real estate on the planet– to be attacked and occupied by anyone with a gasoline engine or two?

a) one week b) one day c) one hour d) I’m a Green Party member and thus don’t believe that any of these plans have security implications.

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3 comments to “Serf’s Up”

AlanAugustson, May 14th, 2007 at 4:07 pm:

• Liked the comment; very witty.

  Actually, I see no reason why we couldn’t produce biodiesel, or some other sustainable fuel, for use in emergency vehicles, military vehicles, etc.

  My point is really just this: there’s no way in hell we’ll be able to produce enough to sustain our current standard of unlimited private driving.

  And our neighbor nations? They’ll be running on fumes as well. We need to switch over to something else, and we need to be realistic as to just how much burning will be possible.

postpolitical » The Green Party and National Security: An Interview with Alan Augustson, May 29th, 2007 at 11:55 pm:

• […] A few weeks back I posted a facile little rebuke aimed at the national security implications of Green Party presidential candidate Alan Augustson’s political platform. Alan responded to this in such a way that I realized I had little idea what the Green Party’s position on security matters was, relative to its environmental policies. Indeed, rarely have I seen anyone even ask Green party figures questions about this subject. […]

A Second Hand Conjecture » The Green Party and National Security: An Interview with Alan Augustson, February 17th, 2008 at 11:58 am:

• […] A few weeks back I posted a facile little rebuke aimed at the national security implications of Green Party presidential candidate Alan Augustson’s political platform. Alan responded to this in such a way that I realized I had little idea what the Green Party’s position on security matters was, relative to its environmental policies. Indeed, rarely have I seen anyone even ask Green Party figures questions about this subject. […]

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