strypey's blog

Kia ora

It's becoming clear to me that boats are going to become a really important part of transport and trade between communities in these islands as the world goes down the other side of the fossil fuel bell curve. The other day a few of us were poring over a map of Aotearoa, looking at Karamea, Golden Bay, Marahau, Motueka, and even Wellington, and how they could all be linked much more closely by boat than by road or rail. Water transport could even help to link Wellington with the Hutt, Kapiti, Wairarapa etc if the roads were to become impassable.

I have been a hunch that common sense is wrong. Specifically the common fear that life after the peak in availability of fossil fuels, especially oil. will be one of scarcity. Why? To understand that, we need to think about the psychology of the oil economy.

He mihi nui ki a koutou

He mihi aroha hoki ki nga tangata katoa e noho ana ii Ootautahi.