Well, I still consider myself a centrist (and the political compass test sort of bears that out), but I see the ground moving to the right so much that I end up looking like a lefty...

Seriously, the more you read about peak oil, the harder it is to be reassured that a smooth transition can take place. I still believe it is possible (which probably makes me an optimist) because we waste so much and could change our ways without meaningful loss of "prosperity" - but the more time passes, and the more I see that only a crisis will bring this about.

On the nuclear front, well, attacking Iran is (i) talked about and (ii) totally stupid, so one cannot help being worried. And a nuclear attack would certainly have terrifying consesquences - and yet it seems it cannot totally be excluded with this administration.

In my optimistic days, I think that they actually care about our future, and are actually trying to bring about as quickly as possible the crisis that will finally force us to change our wasteful ways...

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes