[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('s0cks', 'T')he mainstream media blame it on everything BUT peak oil.

- Lack of production investment
- Lack of exploration
- War and Polictical Problems
- Refinary fires and maintanence
- High government taxes
- Collapsing dollar
- Credit Crunch
- Housing Market Collapse

You can hear almost every excuse, be it partially right, or totally wrong, but no-one ever mentions the two words PO. Not on headline news atleast.

[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kokoda', 'T')he main stream media still ignore it. I am yet to see the words "Peak Oil" appear in the headlines of any major newspaper and magazine.

The reason behind oil price rises are never fully explained in news bulletins.

If anything it seems that there is a conspiracy of silence.

We are seeing some coverage from non - mainstream sources but I fear for as long as the rich control the media we are never going to get the whole truth about PO. They have too much to lose.

[virgincrude]

Well cashmere, it's not just you, but according to this, just about everybody is aware:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll finds that majorities in 15 of 16 nations surveyed around the world think that oil is running out and governments should make a major effort to find new sources of energy. Most think that future oil prices will be much higher.
Only 22 percent on average believe that "enough new oil will be found so that it can remain a primary source of energy for the foreseeable future." Only in Nigeria does a majority (53%) endorse the view that governments can rely on oil in the long term.

Instead, an average of 70 percent takes the position that governments should assume that "oil is running out and it is necessary to make a major effort to replace oil as a primary source of energy." The largest majorities endorsing this view are found in South Korea (97%), France (91%), Mexico (83%) and China (80%). The smallest are in Russia (53%) and India (54%), while in Nigeria only a minority (45%) holds this view.

"The widespread consensus that oil needs to be replaced as an energy source may be prompted by concerns about the effect of oil on climate change as well as the belief that oil will run out," said Steven Kull, director of WorldPublicOpinion.org.

In 12 of the 16 nations, the dominant view among those polled is that their governments assume oil is running out and needs to be replaced. This is especially true in South Korea (79%), China (70%), and Egypt (67%). In Iran, which is developing a controversial nuclear energy program, 63 percent say that oil must be replaced while only 12 percent--the lowest percentage among the countries polled--say their government assumes enough oil can be found.
Interestingly in four of the five countries that are net oil exporters the perception that their government is planning for oil running out is below the average of 53 percent. These include Azerbaijan (31%), Nigeria (32%), Russia (34%), and Mexico (49%). The exception is Iran which is well above the average, with 63 percent believing that that their government is planning for oil running out.

[allenwrench]

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[allenwrench]

Another reason the press hides PO from the mainstream is that of a mass panic.

Lets face it PO is depressing stuff. When I found out about PO last year I was sick for a week. Same with my wife and she still hides her head in the sand about it.

If the predictions of PO comes to fruition America as we know it is finished.

So, besides worrying about tanking the Dow, the media and gov don't want to get America into a doomsday mentality.

Politicians and PO remind me of Clinton back in the day when everyone called for him to leave the office due to his lies and sex scandal. He wasn't going anywhere unless they came to drag him away. Now look at him...he may be back at the white house!

Same with the powers in change. They aren't going to say thing until there is a national emergency when PO makes it debut to the common man. And even then PO will no doubt get spinned into the blame game on anything other than PO.

I guess they (politicians) are keeping their fingers crossed we will someday find way to burn water or air...so why be pessimistic with PO doom and gloom. Maybe if they do not talk about PO it will just go away...just like all of Clinton's detractors vanished into thin air.

[allenwrench]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kpeavey', 'D')rudge is Peak Oil aware, has been for some time. Rather than come out of the closet as a doomer, he simply adds links to his site.

Peak Oil is not a theory, it is a projection. One which is coming to fruition. At this point, the effects are presenting on a global scale and can no longer be hidden. While the MSM continues to report on the effects in the form of crises worldwide, they have yet to put 2 and 2 together. If the MSM were to report to the world in a manner that the common man could understand, and to a wide enough audience such that it can not be missed, there would be mass hysteria: food hoarding, panic, fuel hoarding, weapons purchasing, hostility, upheaval in the stock and commodity markets, civil disorder, runs on the banks. It is better that the sheeple be left in the dark lest it all come tumbling down.

While there is still time and the economy is still functioning, use it to prepare.

[9]

I believe so. But very slowly.

People that seem to stumble upon PO learn of it through reading about the increase of consumption in China and India. They realize that these news articles stating that "worldwide demand is high but those crazy Arabs are just being greedy" doesn't really add up and they delve deeper.

[jedinvest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('s0cks', 'T')he mainstream media blame it on everything BUT peak oil.

- Lack of production investment
- Lack of exploration
- War and Polictical Problems
- Refinary fires and maintanence
- High government taxes
- Collapsing dollar
- Credit Crunch
- Housing Market Collapse

You can hear almost every excuse, be it partially right, or totally wrong, but no-one ever mentions the two words PO. Not on headline news atleast.

[zeke]

I've noticed a gradual ramping up of mentions of PO since about 2005. I'm sure there were mentions before that; 2005 is when *I* began paying attention to media acknowledgement of PO..

But, what I notice most are just that: mentions.

there's very little bare-knuckle discussion about what Peak Oil means to the average jamoke, let alone the definition of "peak oil."

some folks I've talked to about this online dismiss it as a chicken little theory that the oil will run out over night.

they don't embrace that a resource doesn't have to "run out" for serious consequences to happen.

And, since there is no actual "running out" of oil at some set time on the calendar, it's easy for them to dismiss..

plus, how many robots out there worship at rush limbaugh's feet; he blows hard about how liberals are really responsible for your high pump prices. Blaming other petroleum users is WAY easier than thinking.

people are always hearing things about resource depletion, environmental failure, but as long as they don't spit up blood and can gas their SUV, all's well and that's all they want to know.

by the time the average american begins to grasp "peak oil" the way a thinking adult should, it'll be too late.

THEN they'll start freaking out, and hoping for a saviour to end the madness.

zeke