[papa moose]

FM & AD, well done with the hijack.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'T')oo bad the discussion is mostly split between 5 conservatives yelling past 5 liberals and 5 PO/GW "believers" calling 5 "non-believers" morans - and vice versa. Perhaps we might try to be little more adult in our debates and encourage newcomers to take part?

[americandream]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('papa moose', 'F')M & AD, well done with the hijack. ... I try not to post unless i have something usefull to say, if you want a witty comment or biting put down to every post i could supply them but i think people would get sick of that pretty fast.
A big thank you to those of you that do make intelliegent and informative posts.

[papa moose]

AD,

you miss my point, i'm neither denying your argument nor supporting it (or FMs).

My comment was to point out that 6 started a thread about how "quiet" the forum was and Pops made the observation that new comers to the site interested in PO would be unlikely to be impressed by partisan wranggling (on any topic) and name calling.

Yourself and FM then launched into a page long "discourse" on ... well actually i started skimming at that point, but the gist seemed to be from you that captialism has led us here as it inevitably would and FM wants to blame everything on 3 years of Obama. Thereby hijacking the thread and turning it into a partisan slanging match.

Clearer?

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('papa moose', 'M')y comment was to point out that 6 started a thread about how "quiet" the forum was and Pops made the observation that new comers to the site interested in PO would be unlikely to be impressed by partisan wranggling (on any topic) and name calling.

[americandream]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('papa moose', 'A')D,

you miss my point, i'm neither denying your argument nor supporting it (or FMs).

My comment was to point out that 6 started a thread about how "quiet" the forum was and Pops made the observation that new comers to the site interested in PO would be unlikely to be impressed by partisan wranggling (on any topic) and name calling.

Yourself and FM then launched into a page long "discourse" on ... well actually i started skimming at that point, but the gist seemed to be from you that captialism has led us here as it inevitably would and FM wants to blame everything on 3 years of Obama. Thereby hijacking the thread and turning it into a partisan slanging match.

Clearer?

[papa moose]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', 'T')hat was not sixstrings, the OP's intent. ...

[papa moose]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('papa moose', 'M')y comment was to point out that 6 started a thread about how "quiet" the forum was and Pops made the observation that new comers to the site interested in PO would be unlikely to be impressed by partisan wranggling (on any topic) and name calling.

[roccman]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'I') think things have been quiet because the main result of oil production peaking hasn't been energy shortages----it has been a global FINANCIAL crisis.

While Colin Campbell and other peak oil visionaries have long predicted that the oil peak would produce a series of financial crises, leading economists and politicians in the US and elsewhere have largely ignored the effect of high energy prices on the economy. Its just not mentioned in the media and its not an issue in the current US campaign.

Peak oil has become the backdrop to current events rather then being treated as a very important current event it deserves to be.

[americandream]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('papa moose', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', 'T')hat was not sixstrings, the OP's intent. ...

[papa moose]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', 'I') gathered as much. Whats the alternative? Start a slanging match I simply plod on with my analysis and if it makes it through sufficient for him to reply with some reason and logic, heck, I am happy to have my mind changed.

[americandream]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('papa moose', 'I')s that why you are here? To have you mind changed? ... At the same time if he is trash talking you then he probably isn't interested in learning anything so entering a discussion with him probably won't do your blood pressure much good.

[papa moose]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', 'I')sn't that what debating is about? If you will look at my first post in the thread. I took a position. He rebutted but in a manner that made little sense to me.

[papa moose]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Fishman', '1') Blah blah blah. So we can get by just honky dory?
2 Blah blah blah Wiener republic ...
5 "I do indeed trade and grateful am I for the capacity to survive in this tank of sharks." Translation, all that communist bs AD puts out, its spoken but not practiced.

[papa moose]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', 'H')ahaha! And so he dons his other personality. Psychologist. Oh dear! Is that too touchy feely leftie. OK then. Psychiatrist.

[papa moose]

And this is where i am giving up on this thread.

[Duende]

In response to the OP, I would say that a few posters hit the nail on the head.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Plantagenet wrote:
I think things have been quiet because the main result of oil production peaking hasn't been energy shortages----it has been a global FINANCIAL crisis.

[Pops]

Six said something about only posting stuff directly related to PO and that isn't what I meant. PO touches everything including politics and economics, in fact they are more important than geology as in Aaron's line:
I don't fear PO, I fear people's reaction.

I learned a long while ago that people come to a message board to talk and in fact the intent of the forum originally was as a social media platform centered around peak oil, a very different thing from TOD's intent by the way. In fact reading through the CoC you'll see there is no rule agains posting non-PO stuff - that would be so easy anyone could do it!

The staff works very hard to make this a place where it's possible to have a decent, adult discussion without stepping on anyone's right to be heard and we sometimes sustain severe bruising hashing out exactly how that should happen.

[Ferretlover]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'T')he staff works very hard to make this a place where it's possible to have a decent, adult discussion without stepping on anyone's right to be heard and we sometimes sustain severe bruising hashing out exactly how that should happen.

[basil_hayden]

And now, a word from our sponsors..... *crickets*

OK, roll the "Obama wants to talk about jobs the same time the Republican debate is supposed to take place" tape.

3,2,1 - Go Sixtrings Go!

[papa moose]

i would have thought that the advertisers pay for their ads to be on the site and the price they pay is negotiated based on the amount of traffic that the site gets.
That's pretty much how TV does it, a show with high ratings can charge premium prices for an ad slot.
I'll go click on a couple of banner ads just incase u are right.