I'm picking up Directive 51 from the NY Public Library in the next day or two.
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Pat Mathews <mathew...@msn.com> wrote: > John Barnes' Directive 51 went it one better - ALL petroleum and > petroleum products. It did devolve into the question of whether it was a > centrally organized conspiracy, preferably from abroad, or a spontaneous > movement; in fact, the entire US splits over that question, thanks to a > disagreement in the administration on whose watch it happens. There is a > sequel; not sure there is a third. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:49:34 -0500 > Subject: Re: Power and civilization > From: john...@gmail.com > To: brin-l@mccmedia.com > > I'm reading John Varley's Slow Apocalypse. The premise is that all > un-processed petroleum is destroyed by an act of bio-terrorism. In the > middle of it right now, but so far it's scaring the spit out of me. > > john > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:26 PM, <medieva...@aol.com> wrote: > > ** > > Twas in Last And First Men, by Olaf Stapledon, I think, where all future > civilizations had their power based upon alcohol. Nothing stored from the > past was left. > > > In a message dated 11/29/2012 12:58:45 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, > net_democr...@yahoo.com writes: > > The measure of a civilization could be said to be it's consumption of > energy and how it uses resources. Conspicuous v. sustainable... > > _______________________________________________ > http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com > > > _______________________________________________ > http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com > > _______________________________________________ > http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com > > >
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