Neal Brandvik

A letter to President Bush regarding “The Surge”

Dear President Bush,

Now is the time to shift the decision for our dilemma in Iraq to the American people. Allow the American people to choose between 1) a military draft which would be required for a real “Surge to Victory” or 2) a “War on Oil Addiction.”

September 3, 2007

The Lottery: a creative & effective way to avoid economic collapse

Awareness of Peak Oil or Climate Change will not compel us to change our “way of life.” We need a sense of extreme urgency and we need it now. With The Lottery, America’s oil addiction would become a life or death issue in the mind of John Q. Public.

December 3, 2006

Society

Satan in the driver’s seat

Mel Gibson’s portrayal of Satan in “The Passion of the Christ” is the one in the driver’s seat of our modern, petroleum-based civilization careening toward the cliff that is Peak Oil while we all look out the window and enjoy the scenery.

April 12, 2006

Death of the Petro-Confederacy

During the Civil War the South fought for freedom – freedom to pursue a way of life that was not negotiable. Sound familiar?

February 7, 2006

Osama’s Secret Weapon

If Osama Bin Laden has access to the internet, he must have checked out www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net . Maybe that’s why he’s so confident about his eventual victory over America.

January 25, 2006

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