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Gothic Sponge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:06 AM Original message |
Peak Oil *i'm going to be sick* |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. This was recently discussed in some detail... |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. lol |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. How Wrong You Are - This Time Then End Will Be Near Enough To See |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Thank you dookus!!! |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. You are so right |
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Sliverofhope (858 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. None of us peak oil people |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 02:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. The message of sudden catastrophe creates a political climate |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 02:11 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Absolutely. |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 03:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
39. not true... |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. keep your head in the sand. that's fine. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Please read #8, Peak Oil is a gross oversimplification of a complex |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. whether the predictions are off or not is irrelevant |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. So when are you installing your solar heater? |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 02:05 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I'm not rich enough to install a solar heater, and I rent |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 04:23 AM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Don't mean to seem harsh but |
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plurality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 08:33 AM Response to Reply #46 |
59. well don't mean to seem harsh but |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 08:49 AM Response to Reply #46 |
61. It's not that simple... |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 12:32 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. Lumping solar all into one category doesn't help its adoption |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 12:36 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. yes, that is why the government needs to promote it |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 12:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
65. yeah, I'll forward that to my landlord |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 12:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
66. oh, really... just fear mongering is all, eh? |
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tedoll78 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Oil is infinite? |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I just edited it |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. hmmm - re "Yes... oil is infinite" - I thought it took millions of years |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. it was an error |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. But did you notice |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I half agree. |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Interesting "logic" there |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. just a dumb mistake... |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Actually... :-) |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. heheh... |
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The Traveler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 02:01 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. I've made a few of those myself ... |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 02:22 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. and I understand that |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. Many find comfort in seeing Peak Oil as a "conspiracy theory' |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. I haven't been the same since reading it |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. In Bougainville, they ran their revolution on cocoanut oil |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
23. ?? "a myopic look at one piece of statistical information" ?? |
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tedoll78 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 02:02 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. You used evidence. |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 02:05 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. LOL - - shame on me ! |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 02:08 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. The bell curve, represented in peak oil is just ONE piece |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
10. That website is causing needless mental harm |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. and What about Coal... |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 04:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
42. "What about coal?" you ask.... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 04:10 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Of course there are problems with that.... |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 04:21 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. And how long will that last? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 04:50 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Of course, I am only saying that if the problem is presents as |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 07:03 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. I think folks have a right to be scared shitless... |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 07:27 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. As an example of the problem.... |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 07:55 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. And conversion is expensive |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 09:47 PM Response to Reply #45 |
79. Give up |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-11-04 12:17 AM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Yep... |
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Wonco_the_Sane (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
18. It's the population bomb all over again |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. They are related |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. "there are bigger fish to fry" ---- like what, pray tell? |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 02:31 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Magrwaggr... |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 03:41 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. the problem is we are late... |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 04:00 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. We are not going to run out of oil in 10 years.... |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 04:20 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. no, we are not going to run out of oil in 10 years... |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 04:51 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. OK... |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 05:05 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I'm not panicking... |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 05:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I have read it... |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 04:26 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. read this... |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 05:28 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. a zillion? |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 07:05 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. The resource wars |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 07:35 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Hmmm ... silver lining ... |
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Petrodollar Warfare (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 10:16 AM Response to Reply #52 |
64. FYI: Thousands have already died over Peak Oil.. |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 12:30 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. exactly, excellent post |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 12:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
69. and do tell where you get your confidence? |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #52 |
76. obviously I was exaggerating... |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
71. Bigger fish = environmental impact |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
72. (duplicate) |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
58. Thermal Depolymerization has the answer. |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 08:45 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Learn more about what goes into our agriculture..... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 09:25 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Please read ALL of my post. |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 09:29 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Thermodynamically speaking |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 01:27 PM Response to Reply #63 |
73. Solar cells do not produce readily used |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 09:28 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. I saw a solar power car in Minneapolis |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 03:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
75. Ahhh, Faith in the "Free" Market, how touching. |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-11-04 07:35 AM Response to Reply #75 |
84. Aaah, faith in gov't. How touching. |
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darkstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
74. Peak Oil, Global Climate Change |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 07:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Get a clue |
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darkstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 10:10 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Right. . . |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-11-04 06:52 AM Response to Reply #80 |
83. It's a moot point... |
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Hammie (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-11-04 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
81. Gothic, meet Shoe |
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