Reply #5: Came across an interesting book on that very subject.... [View All]

[brokensymmetry]

It's a free download, if you've got the bandwidth:

http://www.jeffvail.net/atheoryofpower.pdf

Or, if you wish to spend you money, the paper version can be had under the title "A Theory of Power".

In essence, we're all enslaved to the meme of exponential growth - which means that production will optimize you and I. We'll get just enough to survive, but no more. (Sound like a BFEE experience?)

Anyway, it may be something deeper than just greedy people.

The good news: we can change.

And perhaps Peak Oil will force that change.