[MonteQuest]

Former National Park Ranger, ecologist, environmental activist, writer, artist, and professional photographer. Senior Moderator for peakoil.com for over two years and the Site Administrator for http://sustainablearizona.org

and like Matt; professional windbag.

But mostly, over 35 years actively involved in these issues.

[katkinkate]

tpgi.com.au 2349 6.46

Well, that one is me, I think.

[pup55]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'n')obody knows you're a dog

[Pops]

Only because I am listed in the About Us section (which, I think, did contain short bios at one point) I’ll just mention that I have no credentials other than relating what I am attempting to do in my own life to prepare for the possibilities others talk about.

I guess that makes me an Ex-Spurt.


P.S. just for fun, I did a google search for several lines from the intro for this site, which I wrote with Aarons help way back and found quite a few snips on various blogs and notably (at least to me) one verbatim copy on the ASPO Canada website with the title of What Is Peak Oil and with the by-line of:
"Written by Administrator"

I guess that makes us the Administrators of ASPO Canada: Arf Arf!!

P.P.S. Thanks to http://www.fuelwise.net/ for the attribution.

[Plantagenet]

I met Professor Kenneth S. Deffeyes when he spoke at the University of Alaska a couple of years ago. He got me very interested in Peak Oil. His calculations using Hubbert's methods showed the world had just reached peak oil (ca. Thanksgiving 2005).

Oil is very important to the economy of Alaska, and it was very noticable here that oil prices started up shortly thereafter, just as Deffeyes predicted.

Recently I've been reading the discussions on Peak Oil at the "oil drum" site, and then I found this site.

As for me personally, I'm a scientist working in Alaska (I'm not in the oil biz).

[Plantagenet]

Nope. I know some Japanese geneticists who are tracing the origins of modern agriculture using rice DNA from rice grains found in archeological sites in Asia if that helps.

[steam_cannon]

Welcome Plantagenet!

I like cold but Alaska is a little too cold for me. I had a professor from up that way move to Slippery Rock PA. He was always talking about how warm it was in Slippery Rock(a very snowy area). Hope you're not freezin! But there is plenty to study up there, with changes in permafrost stability, forest ecosystems, animal life and geology... What kind of research are you into or your interests?

I'm into hands on science; like burning horse manure!

Hahaha

I'm being funny, but the peak oil message boards are a very friendly environment for discussions, sharing ideas and asking questions. So enjoy!

[Bas]

Welcome Platagenet and don't let them assimilate you into the borg of cynicism <wink>

[Plantagenet]

WOW!

Great picture of..........is that flaming horse manure, Steam Cannon??

You could power your entire house on that stuff
after the PO crash.

I do research on natural disasters....earthquakes, tsunamis,
volcanic eruptions, climate change, etc.

Its pretty cold here in central Alaska, but its a dry cold.

[Plantagenet]

Hi Bas:

Thank you for the advice.

I can be pretty cynical myself, but I will fight assimilation into the Borg even harder then Jean Luc Picard did when they attached that metal thingy to his head.

[Plantagenet]

The name isn't an acronym and doesn't signify anything.

Its just an old family name from England...came over from Normandy in the early middle ages..

[thuja]

Weren't the platagenets a line of royalty going back to Norman the Conquerer's times? Anyways, welcome aboard-I'm afraid if you do stay here too long the Borg will assimilate you. Resistance is futile.

[mmasters]

Yes, resistance is futile!

[Plantagenet]

Some of the female Borg were rather attractive as I recall, in a metallic kind of way.

Maybe assimilation wouldn't be so bad.

[Laughs_Last]

Plantagent, it is only a matter of time before the resident conspiracy theorists accuse you of being a Plantedgovernmentagent.

Good luck.

[steam_cannon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '
')Its pretty cold here in central Alaska, but its a dry cold.

[PeakingAroundtheCorner]

Hi there Plantagenet! I am a new member also. Looks like this is going to be a great place to hang out as we wait and watch for the crash. Welcome!

[Plantagenet]

Hi Peakingaroundthecorner.

Nice to meet you.

When the Peak Oil crash comes, I just hope I get to keep my Toyota Landcruiser as a souvenir.

[kuidaskassikaeb]

You are supposed to introduce yourself in this forum, so I will. I am probably an agnostic on Peak oil, but my wife is not. So we quit our jobs, moved back to a small town, got new jobs and bought some land. I was up there the other day looking at it and all I could think was “wow that's a lot of soggy land.” It hasn’t been farmed, I think, since the depression and was recently logged over. There are some areas, that appear to have been fields, and others that are wooded.

I’ve been asking around what to plant, and took a farming class. Up here mainly people grow meat goats and Christmas trees. Some farmers grow potatoes. The county is zone 5 but the land is at high elevation and may be zone 4. It is quite wet and very acidic. I would like to do some experimental plantings this year. Any ideas?

[Heineken]

Where are you? At least give the state or country.

I wish more members would identify their general geographic location---it adds an important dimension.

Wet and acidic and cool sounds like berry country to me. Cranberries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, etc.

Oh, BTW, welcome!