Kunstler: The Long Emergency - the crash after Peak Oil Production

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I appreciated considerably the points raised by Gopal dasa in this

discussion. A modern example would be of Cuba which was forced into a

position of oil shortage and consequently reverted to using oxen. Now even

though cuba became ox dependant I am pretty sure they were not advocating

vegetarianism as a consequence.

 

No the oxen worked and then most likely ended up slaughtered. Hare Krishna

dasi can you comment on this.

 

In effect we as ISKCON a society that protects cows cannot wait for an oil

shortage to give us drive for working oxen. No we should establish ox

dependant Cow protection farming and livelihoods now with or without an oil

shortage. Oil shortage will not protect oxen but will merely work them

before slaughter. Remember we are not an International society of working

oxen but one of Cow Protection which works its oxen.

 

Until we establish and demonstrate livelihoods that are based on protected

ox dependancy we still do not have a living alternative. Srila Prabhupada

wants us to have a system of Cow protection that is not utopian but is

practical.

 

Cow Protection and its farming with oxen require the dynamics of vaisya

drive to enable ox herdsmen to make a living from working oxen.

 

Where are the buiseness plans that demonstrate how a working man can

maintain his family from working a team or teams of working oxen. These

plans would be important contributions to the change of utopian cow

protection ideals to practical cow protection.

 

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