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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:33 AM Original message |
All the world's major oil fields are now in decline |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. About 2.9 trillion barrels are left in the ground |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. I think peak oil is a great thing. let's go solar. now. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I agree and |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. There are many things people can do |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. I read someplace that the peak oil theory is the work of one |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. You heard incorrectly... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Fair enough. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Hubbert's peak oil theory is... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The lightbulb was the work of one man back in the 80s - |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. There is an alternative |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Sorry, that's not even close. In fact, there are |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
42. .....and we will reduce greenhouse gases ! |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. Peak Oil-ah if it were true what a spendid opportunity and potential future for us all! |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Peak oil is true for the United States, which peaked in 1971 and |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Already we have 2 or 3 posters saying this is a great thing, it is NOT... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That's a fairly firm grasp of the situation as it stands. And you |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. One thing I notice in these threads is that people are largely ignorant of how pervasive oil is... |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. . . and ignorant of how long it will take to mitigate the decline of this pervasive |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. ROFL! Caught yourself didn't ya!? |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
43. That is correct...but scarcity deveops alternatives+oil dependence may be killing us. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. We consume almost 84 million barrels of oil a day, and the demand is increasing... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Billions should practice sensible breeding too, but I digress. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. The great unknown is how long the plateau at the top will last... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Actually, it's starting to become hard to think of scenarios where the end result *ISN'T*... |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-10-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
49. Wiley's thoughts... |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. This boy cried wolf in the 1970s-Opec was supposedly going to choke off our oil; we were |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Read Posts #5, 36, 18, and 33 before you show your ignorance. n/t |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Ignorant because I don't fall for people playing the Fear card. Try logic or read some economics |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Oil is an inflexible resource, as I already pointed out... |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. May I suggest that those interested in the topic check out "theoildrum" website. |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Excellent website |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. A gold star for you amandabeech! Ahhh, Export Land. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. I've been following the issue for about five years. |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. Peak oil is a reality |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Telecommute, live closer and walk/bike to work, dump the segway... |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Yes there are many alternatives |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. The energy price that may soar is oil, and it is costing us too much already in loss of our habitat. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. Surprise! There is no tree of fossil fuel elves! - n/t |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. Geologic Peak Oil (with a mild geopolitical overlay) can be mitigated |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I'm not as certain as you on mitigation in the long run, but I agree |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. The very fact that oil production is going to extremes to |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Admittedly, my rosy scenario of a 'Great Depression' level of pain |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Interesting point about the dreams. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
32. Not another peak oil thread... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. You cannot throw money at the problem, you have to deal with reality... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. First of all, this is GD, not GD-P. Second, there IS NO |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
39. 1st Oil Well Drilled---1859! Obviously the human race could not have survived before that. Proving |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. We didn't have 6+ billion people on the planet, nor was society nearly as industrialized as it is... |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Think post-industrial. I don't understand your disaster mentality. Oil is destroying our habitat. |
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