After picking up James Kunstler's "the long emergency", it forced me to consider how are we to deal with a peak in oil production and a resulting increase in energy costs. Unfortunately the continuing success of Moore's Law (and accelerating change in general) relies on cheaply available energy, so I believe it is vital that transhumanists become active in seeking and advocating for sustainable sources of energy.

Perhaps if more conservative american politicians were convinced of the possibility and desirability of life extension, they might be more willing to work towards sustainable energy policy. After all, if you believe you are going to be dead or raptured soon, why care about the environment and the future of human civilization. As Mr de Grey stated, a society with an expectation of indefinite life span is a more risk averse society, and I can think of no interest more dear to most politicians (and most people in general) than self interest.