Life After the Oil Crash

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Editor's Note: Technological Collapse, Loss of Knowledge, Peak Oil

New Scientist has a worthwhile article on how fragile our high tech systems of knowledge preservation are:

New Scientist: Digital Doomsday and Catastrophic Loss of Knowledge?

If the above New Scientist article is of interest to you, make sure to check out the following articles linked in the LATOC Archives:

London Times: "A new dark ages may be lying in wait for children . . ."

New Scientist: "Wall Street has grown into a technological monster . ."

New Scientist: Pentagon Physicist Says We're Entering a New Dark Age

Probably one of the best (and scariest) videos you'll see on how things would unfold in the days and weeks following a sudden collapse is a circa 1980 documentary entitled "The Trigger Effect" archived at the LATOC Forum. Definitely worth a look if you can find 30 minutes or so to put aside.

U.S. Financial Collapse

Market Watch: 20 Made in U.S.A. Trigger Mechanisms for Debt Collapse

Wall Street Journal: Default by U.S. More Likely than Coca Cola Default

Wall Street Journal: Robberies "Wreaking Havoc" on U.S. Highways

Wall Street Journal: Recent Law Grads Realize They're Up Shit Creek

War on the Middle Class:

Market Watch: Planned Layoffs at Big Corporations Up 60% in January

AP: Unemployment Up in 80% of Metro Areas as Jobs Remain Scarce

Free Republic: 150,000 People in Detroit Fight to Not Freeze to Death

NBC New York: One in Five Children in NY City Need Emergency Food

Overseas Financial: Collapse:

UK Telegraph: Greek Markets Assaulted by Revelation of Hidden Debts

Bloomberg: China's Property Market "Bubble" Set to Burst, Says Xie

Business Insider: China Tearing Up Credit Lines, Importers in Disarray

Real Estate Collapse:

Wired: What Role Did Extreme Car Dependence Play in Housing Bust?

Zero Hedge: The Next Leg of the Real Estate Crisis in Five Easy Charts

Washington Post: FHA Default Rate Foreshadow Crush of Foreclosures

NY Times: With No Help in Sight, More Homeowners Just Walking Away

Crimes, Conspiracies, and Corporate Criminality

UK Telegraph: Barack Obama Just Found Out He Isn't Really in Control

Wired: Under Obama, Pentagon's Black Budget Sees Explosive Growth

NY Times: Hacking for Fun, Profit, Country in China's Cyber Underworld

New Scientist: Census Data Could Help Malacious Computer Hackers

New Scientist: Citing Funding Shortfall, NASA Cancels Moon Program

War, Conflict:

UK Guardian: U.S. Raises Stakes in Iran, Sends in Ships and Missiles

Wired: New Visors Allow Troops in Afghanistan to See Through Walls

Peak Oil:

Wall Street Journal: Exxon Resorting to Very Risky Exploration Projects

Alternet: Whatever Happened to the Neocon Plan to Control Iraq's Oil?

Mining Weekly: Rare Metals Deamnd is Up, but Only Supply is in China

Most Important Articles from Yesterday's Update:

Zero Hedge: Recognition of CRE Losses Will Wipe Out Banking System

Exiled: A Brief Excursion Into the Marble Floored Mind of Tim Geithner

Survival Blog: Hyperinflation Appears Almost Certain for the U.S. Dollar

Best of the LATOC Archives:

Gerald Celente: The Panic of '08, the Collapse of '09, the Crash of 2010

MSNBC: 40 States to See Jobless Funds Emptied Out Within Two Years

Survival Blog: "Post collapse, my team is your worst nightmare . . ."

Preparation and Relocalization:

MSNBC: Seed Shortages Could Imperil Home Gardeners This Spring

LATOC: The Third Annual LATOC Forum Seed Trading Extravaganza!

Survival Blog: Matching and Meshing Personalities in Close Quarters

Are you prepared for civil unrest, martial law, and the day the trucks stop rolling to the grocery store?

















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