[RdSnt]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FoxV', 'I') agree with the rest here, that the crap has not hit the fan yet, however it appears that it is definitely inbound. Impact is imminent.

[TreeFarmer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'M')ake a plan and work it.

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MattSavinar', 'T')hat does not, however, preclude the possibility that the fat dude has positioned his ass di-rect-dict-ly over the fan.

[JPL]

I know I keep saying this but the shit hit the fan a LONG time ago, somewhere between the moment when we forgot how to farm and the one when we finally forgot how to think - viz our fore-brain's imaginative facility was replaced by TV & the internet.

You look at the disintegrating Artic ice cap - that's one BIG pile of do-doo's.

Un-winnable wars from Vietnam to Iraq - another do-doo spatter-mound.

Population growth - need I say more...

9/11 (sorry guys) - people throwing do-doos back.

PO is yet another do-doo splat-pile. And yes, it's going to be a whole more load of happy do-doo fun...

I dunnow - not trying to make a serious point here but maybe you guys could either jam the fan mechanism or at least stop throwing more s**t at it in persuit of further meaningless fetishes. Just a thought.

JP

[PrairieMule]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cashmere', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')t's part of the initial economic contraction process. The serious trouble doesn't start for a few years yet.

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrairieMule', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cashmere', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')t's part of the initial economic contraction process. The serious trouble doesn't start for a few years yet.

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'T')he thing to worry about is when the Skinny Lady screams.

[bromius]

I think the sh!t has hit the fan, for some people at least (read: folks in Haiti and similar places). The more money you have, the farther away you are from the fan. The poo-in-transit just hasn't reached everyone yet.

[Homesteader]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bromius', 'I') think the sh!t has hit the fan, for some people at least (read: folks in Haiti and similar places). The more money you have, the farther away you are from the fan. The poo-in-transit just hasn't reached everyone yet.

[gollum]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'D')on't be silly people. This isn't even close. It's just turbulence; turbulence and volitility we've been talking about for months now.

It's part of the initial economic contraction process. The serious trouble doesn't start for a few years yet.

Relax.

[SILENTTODD]

Not yet. But it is a great weekend to go shopping for that first, or second bicycle!

[syrac818]

I think we'll see a little pullback in oil. A 13% rise in two days based on a Morgan Stanley prediction and dollar devaluation?

However we will test and eventually break these price levels. It's wild out there.

There's so much money to be made in these times. I'm always a little surprised why there isn't a section on here where we can just brag about how much cash we've raked in on this. Instead it's just another rant about doom that is sure to be upon us. The doom that was sure to be upon us since I arrived here in 2004.

So many posts about how people are feeling the economic effects peak oil or they are having trouble feeding their family and how it's the early stages of it all..... I kind of feel bad for you, and I kind of want to slap the shit out of you. Knowledge is opportunity, and for those who have been peak oil aware for the past 3, 4, 5+ years you've had <b> so much</b> opportunity.

The world will go on people. This <i>is</i> life at $130/barrel oil - we are at the price point that so many feared would bring about the ultimate economic apocalypse.... and here we are.

I'm not saying it'll all progress smoothly. I'm just saying it's not black and white. It's not the suburban piggish, greedy, American lifestyle or hordes of starving mobs. There's a lot of gray area in there - and a lot of room to adapt, manuever and profit. The wave is coming, no question, but you got to move with it.

[eXpat]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SILENTTODD', 'N')ot yet. But it is a great weekend to go shopping for that first, or second bicycle!

[some_guy282]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'I')f there is no entity in position to grant their demands, why would anyone strike?

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('some_guy282', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'I')f there is no entity in position to grant their demands, why would anyone strike?

[dutchcyclist]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('frankthetank', 'I')ts a large bump, but it isn't SHTF. I'm watching for mass unemployment for i declare doom.

[some_guy282]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'W')hat I don't understand is why the truckers aren't just passing along the higher fuel cost to their customers in the form of a fuel surcharge. A lot of freight contracts have the fuel surcharge based simply upon a formula that uses the average price of diesel above a certain level to calculate it.

[KillTheHumans]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MattSavinar', 'N')o, this is not "TSHTF".

That does not, however, preclude the possibility that the fat dude has positioned his ass di-rect-dict-ly over the fan.

[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FLFireman', 'O')il surges $11 to record $138
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/06/news/ec ... tm?cnn=yes

Dow's 400-point plunge at market's close is year's biggest loss after weak jobs data and oil-price surge.
http://www.cnn.com/

Fill up today, you might beat the increase. Look for everything in the stores to go up too!

You think this is a bump in the road, or is this the SHingTF

[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PrairieMule', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cashmere', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')t's part of the initial economic contraction process. The serious trouble doesn't start for a few years yet.