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Rolling Stone Magazine interview – August 2010 Issue

He’s a committed environmental activist – a role that once could once have been mistaken for PR gloss on a hard partying image – who is genuinely frightened at the prospect of ravaged oceans and Post Peak Oil Apocalypse (he recommends the recent documentary Collapse, which makes the case for imminent catastrophe: “It gives me shivers.”)

"Mike,

I am amazed by some of the comments posted about you on CollapseNet. Amazed. Maybe even slightly shocked. People, ostensibly non-zombie people, seem to have missed the point entirely. Instead of focusing on whether Mike Ruppert is or is not credible, is or is not deranged, is or is not going to win an Academy Award, they should be focusing on the issue at hand- the collapse of the human climax community. If they are interested in socio-political control or cult of personality, they should go back to the mindless masturbation of mainstream media and the vagaries of Lindsay Lohan. It makes me angry that you must endure the slings and arrows, and it makes me angry at myself because I consistently overestimate the quality of the average human mind.

Anyway, do not be deterred! Onward!"

"Dear Michael,

Just a quick note to say thank you for all the work you do. I've been following your work for a number of years and believe you are by far the best at what you do. Your professional and analytical approach to research gives your work a credibility that many others in the same field lack. It was a pleasure to be able to reference you in my dissertation, which has now been nominated for one award and is being considered for another. It's focus was on making a case for the widespread adoption of urban farming particularly in Glasgow and I would be happy to make a digital or hard copy available to you were you to be interested in reading it.

Thanks again,"

Scott's dissertation may be viewed by clicking on this link: www.mediafire.com/scottabercrombie

"Your work is indispensable; I have turned many friends in your direction.

Your courage is a lighthouse when sometimes there seems nothing but rough ocean from horizon to horizon.

Building Lifeboats in Toronto, Canada,"