pickJust as hard hitting as Williams' "Whale Nation", & just as relevant now as it was 30 years ago. Both books emphasise the industrial need for lubrication and energy as driving environmental exploitation and ecological degradation.
Half the book is poetry, the other half extracts from sources of information and inspiration. Both elements are viscerally effective, as Williams doesn't shy away from the physical & psychological injuries caused by ??
“The self is inflated,
Then deflated,
In a lemming rhythm of auto-destruction.
Half a million* auto-fatalities per annum.
The fast-food-junk-death-road-show.”
*Written in 1991: the global statistic for road fatalities in 2018 as reported by the CDC is 1.35 million deaths.
I'm expecting to run a gamut of emotion whilst reading this poem, including outrage, guilt, a sense of hypocrisy and, I hope, hope. The recent news that oceanic mining companies are preparing to devastate marine ecosystems to obtain the metals needed to build the components for electric cars is worrying, and a reminder that, whatever we do, humans will have a global impact which we can at best seek to mitigate. 👇🏼
#booksandmusic
"A great many things are going to change. We shall learn to be masters rather than servants of Nature."
- Henry Ford, 1922
"We look to Henry Ford as the leader of the growing fascist party in America."
- Adolph Hitler, 1923
"I regard Henry Ford as my inspiration."
- Adolph Hitler, 1931
Can't say Ford was ever high in my estimation, but he's certainly lower now than he was. I'm sure his fascism is generally well known but new info to me.
Autogeddon (Us) | 
According to the surveillance device I'm writing this on, I spent 24 hours driving last month, during which I had 2 weeks' annual leave when I was fairly stationary, so typically that would be closer to 2 full days driving per month, practically a whole month behind the wheel in a year 🤯 4y