My situation is simple, I'm 20 years old, living on my own, going to college etc. I'm a server at a mexican restaurant in Bloomington Mn. Theres few buses here, and I drive to get to work. My car is also a 92 volvo 240 dl. I live by school so I only have to cross the street.
I discovered Peak Oil when doing a google search for the end of the world. I had been feeling this deep dread feeling in my stomach, but I couldn't put a label on it. When I read that sight I couldn't believe my eyes. If this was true I would be cooked like a marshmellow over an open fire.
I had my parents read me and they brushed it off as some paranoid cult. I, however, had a feeling it was correct. My friends, mostly labled stoners, listened, and many agreed on my proposal. They all had many different solutions and scenerios for the future. One suggested that we build massive light rail on our current road infrustructure. It would be easy because it already layed out for most of the population. Another thought there would be massive deforestation once the heat was turned off and looting, Personally I feel helpless and have accepted my fate.
I dont have the resources to escape, so I know i am doomed. I will enjoy today for tommorow will be worse.
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Being Sensible
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Being Sensible
by harlanater » Mon 12 Sep 2005, 01:58:33
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Re: Being Sensible
by Specop_007 » Mon 12 Sep 2005, 02:07:27
OMGHI2U2!!
I was gonna post my catch lightning in a bottle picture, but your new and I dont want to scare ya off.
I was gonna post my catch lightning in a bottle picture, but your new and I dont want to scare ya off.
"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the
Abyss, the Abyss gazes also into you."
Ammo at a gunfight is like bubblegum in grade school: If you havent brought enough for everyone, you're in trouble
Abyss, the Abyss gazes also into you."
Ammo at a gunfight is like bubblegum in grade school: If you havent brought enough for everyone, you're in trouble
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Re: Being Sensible
by Omnitir » Mon 12 Sep 2005, 08:25:06
Welcome to the forums. 
Don’t panic too much. While it’s certainly something to worry about, there’s no point causing yourself undue stress. Anything is possible in the future; so despite the certainty some people have about the future, know one can really know what is going to happen. Maybe we will get though this somehow. Light rail on the road certainly sounds like a good idea.
Just remember the important lesson Sarah Connor told us in Terminator 2; the future is not set. There is no fate but what we make.
-Stay sensible.
Don’t panic too much. While it’s certainly something to worry about, there’s no point causing yourself undue stress. Anything is possible in the future; so despite the certainty some people have about the future, know one can really know what is going to happen. Maybe we will get though this somehow. Light rail on the road certainly sounds like a good idea.
Just remember the important lesson Sarah Connor told us in Terminator 2; the future is not set. There is no fate but what we make.
-Stay sensible.
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Re: Being Sensible
by Jake_old » Mon 12 Sep 2005, 09:08:32
harlanater, you don't know what your fate is to accept, none of us do.(ok what Omnitir said)
Be as self reliant as possible
In a SHTF moment, of any description, don't go where the government tell you if you can possibly avoid it.
Also don't just stay where you are.
Don't panic.
Well done on enjoying today, I hope you enjoy tomorrow too.
Be as self reliant as possible
In a SHTF moment, of any description, don't go where the government tell you if you can possibly avoid it.
Also don't just stay where you are.
Don't panic.
Well done on enjoying today, I hope you enjoy tomorrow too.
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Re: Being Sensible
by Specop_007 » Mon 12 Sep 2005, 09:19:43
Dont forget to keep a towel handy at all times.
"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the
Abyss, the Abyss gazes also into you."
Ammo at a gunfight is like bubblegum in grade school: If you havent brought enough for everyone, you're in trouble
Abyss, the Abyss gazes also into you."
Ammo at a gunfight is like bubblegum in grade school: If you havent brought enough for everyone, you're in trouble
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Re: Being Sensible
by Jake_old » Mon 12 Sep 2005, 09:54:24
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')ont forget to keep a towel handy at all times.
yes
and whatever fate befalls you, try to greet it with a smile on your face and a song in your heart.
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Re: Being Sensible
by Ludi » Mon 12 Sep 2005, 10:19:14
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I dont have the resources to escape, so I know i am doomed. I will enjoy today for tommorow will be worse.
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I dont have the resources to escape, so I know i am doomed. I will enjoy today for tommorow will be worse.
Where would you "escape" to if you had the option?
- Ludi
Re: Being Sensible
by Andrew_S » Mon 12 Sep 2005, 10:22:55
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I had my parents read me and they brushed it off as some paranoid cult.
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I had my parents read me and they brushed it off as some paranoid cult.
People don't like to believe in an unpleasant future. They imagine that since things have only got better during their lifetimes it can only continue (like people thought in the late '90s the stock market only goes up, now house prices only go up...yeah).
There are lots of threads about talking to other people about peak oil or not. Easy solution is not to, unless the person is open minded.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')I, however, had a feeling it was correct. My friends, mostly labled stoners, listened, and many agreed on my proposal. They all had many different solutions and scenerios for the future. One suggested that we build massive light rail on our current road infrustructure. It would be easy because it already layed out for most of the population.
See, you're being constructive already (is a stoner somebody who's always stoned?). Your friends are on the right track. A good network of electrified railways will be very important (luckily much of Europe, where I live, already has this).
The Planning for the Future forum has lots of good threads, some by young people like you.
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')Another thought there would be massive deforestation once the heat was turned off and looting,
I have the same worry. I think to outcome could be different in different parts of the world. Third World countries will be really bad. Developed countries, though, if our political leaders face the facts eventually, might learn to preserve the most essential things (I'm a moderate for developed countries).
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')Personally I feel helpless and have accepted my fate.
I dont have the resources to escape, so I know i am doomed. I will enjoy today for tommorow will be worse.
I don't think we're all doomed. Each man makes his own fate, as the saying goes. Now each country/region makes its own fate.
Being young you have a great advantage. Go to the Planning for the Future forum and identify what knowledge and skills you can acquire for the post peak world.