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What Going Green really Means

A trend is as powerful as nature; left on check we get the build up to the 2008 crash. The worse thing is people often as a mass have hard time accepting a trend, or is to careful to see is and has become reality. The few that realize what is really going on take different actions: some try to control it, some profit from it, and some just accept it and go as if they don’t want to know (End of Suburbia, 2004 and Collapse, 2009). In any case, if you accept my analysis of our energy will effect the economy as it relates to entertainment, the I promise you will be in a better place to decide which of three categories you want to lean towards.

Many experts believe that peak oil has already happened, probably around 2006 (End of Suburbia). This means that our economy won’t be able to grow, it will shrink. We will go through more recessions, and the 2000-2006 Bush endorsed deregulations, and war in the Iraq were efforts to control the situation (Collapse).

People may have forgotten the plot of "Mad Max the Road Warrior", where it states an energy crisis caused the eventual collapse of the civilized governments. That movie was a 1980’s flick, but what really is scary is the source material.

Even Jimmy Carter warned about the situation.

However, Ronald Reagan's answers were more favored and won him the oval office over carter reflections and reactions to the situation.

Reagan just wanted to burn more oil and secure more oil, which was a short term solve (End of Suburbia). His plan worked for the first year to bring the USA out off recession, but it was a short term plan (I Want Your Money, 2010).

If we except this argument that the trend is we are past peak oil, then we will be entering phase 2 of collapse. The major cities will do better economically as the smaller cities and towns will start to hurt more. Supporting the thesis of Collapse, go to craigslist and check census data, and anyone can see that there are lot more jobs in major cities with lower rates of unemployment that there are in small towns in most states. If this is the case, then focuses on major cities will be a profitability venture for any business because people will have money and can spend on it in these zones.

The media does not focus much on the energy crisis we are in because it’s not a pretty picture; however, the positive aspects of knowing what phase we are in, is that can see what going green really means. For entertainment this can be increased movie ticket sales because instead of people being able to leave their city for a vacation they more than will opt to stay home and save money. Thus, recording artists can go on tour and probably make more money because people will be less likely to travel out of state to go to shows. I have been hearing remarks also from gamers in the 20 to 40 age range who spend their vacation time just playing video games like World of Warcraft. 

What Going Green really means today to me is that major cities will need entertainment that is local whither it’s physical or digital. Plan then to localize businesses within these areas. Here’s a freebie, “LARP” in Denver is huge only in the Denver area.  I would say the rest but I am in one those no-disclosure agreements.


Oh and here's a version of "End of Suburbia", enjoy:)