don't panic - it's not - the end of the world as we know it - tee ought walk ee - v3

don't panic - it's not - the end of the world as we know it - tee ought
walk ee

"the lazy dog lies in the sunny licking his fleas"

Don't panic.

Really.

The poor people that are rioting for food are not in Europe and North
America. We are still safe. The rising price of commodities that
civilization as we know it depend on is not the cause for panic.

Yet.

Just because as ancient civilization collapses (Sumer, Rapa Nui, the Maya, Sumer, Catal Huyuc) were proceeded by a dwindling supply of fuel and agricultural product scarcity doesn't mean that the rising prices of oil, wheat, corn, and rice are anything to worry about.

Also don't be alarmed by global warming. Sure it will reduce agricultural yields and drive food prices up further, but that's no cause for concern, as agricultural yields have been declining for the past twenty years anyway.

You can also ignore the rising sea levels. It rising too slowly too have
any impact in the next two or three decades, and the fact that 50% of
worlds population lives within a kilometre of the ocean is nothing to
worry about either. They have plenty of time to move.

The mass extinction of species that is underway at the moment is also
overblown. As many species become extinct their destruction is creating
room for other species to expand into, where they can grow and thrive.
All species become extinct over a long enough time frame anyway.

With respect to rising oil and gas prices - just take a deep breath and
calm down - its not that bad. While it is true that the entire modern
economy exists because of the vast amount of energy being extracted from
fossil fuels at an ever increasing rate as other countries improve their
oil and gas burning capabilities. But even with their lighting up and
burning oil and gas as fast as they can we still have another 45 years
of oil, and 72 years of gas. And when we run of out of oil and gas, we
have 252 years of coal. Of course that is if the world population
doesn't grow.

Are you scared of a baby? How about millions of cute little babies? How
about a billion more super cute darling babies? They are adorable. I
know you are probably worrying about how much food they will eat, how
much oil and gas they will consume, and how much they will pollute. But
they're just babies. Babies aren't scary - I mean it's not like you ever
saw a baby food riot right? And babies don't pollute.

Poisoned rivers, landfills, spent uranium, and dioxins. All sound scary and disastrous right? Wrong. There are still lots of safe places to live - when the garbage piles up to high you can just move somewhere else. Besides these dumps provide jobs for lots of people and their families turning them into fertilizer to grow more food and munitions to kill our enemies.

Perhaps the growing number of deadly diseases is making you anxious? AIDS, hanta virus, West Nile, Bird Flu? Or you scared by the drug resistant diseases we have bred? MRSA, XDR-TB, VRE and clostridium difficile. You will be safe - these only affect weak and poor people. Your wealth and strength will protect you.

But what about my overseas call centres? Will I still be able to call
for tech support for my digital hdtv signal? That's what gated
communities are for. Your digital satellite provider will no doubt have
outsourced to a call centre inside a gated community with it's own
paramilitary security force.

So - relax, sit back, and order another cocktail.