So what is the answer then? What could someone have possibly have said in the past that would have stopped people from exploiting oil?
And what is this trick you talk about?
Also I take it you believe in the rapture.
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by Raxozanne » Wed 25 May 2005, 05:29:44
Hello, my name is Rax. I live in the Amazon jungle with a bunch of women. We are super eco feminists and our favourite passtimes are dangling men by their ankles and discussing peak oil. - apparently
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by Aaron » Wed 25 May 2005, 07:59:58
Has the ship sailed on my benevolent monarch strategy?
The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt, but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise... economics is a form of brain damage.
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by entropyfails » Wed 25 May 2005, 10:20:58
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Doly', 'I') guess he means he chose accept_death because he likes his screen name.
I think that's bending his own rules beyond the point they have any meaning.
I think that's bending his own rules beyond the point they have any meaning.
Yeah. That seems a bit odd to me as well. Regardless, I enjoy a good mental exercise and trying to "sell" 1850 people on exponential growth issues certainly brought up some good ideas.
For the record, all the religious connections in my post only went towards convincing the 1850's mind. I don't believe that anything I think or see has any reality to it, much less nebulous and ethereal concepts like "god" or "religion."
Accept_Death, let us know if you ever get that 200 bucks.
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by accept_death » Wed 25 May 2005, 11:17:09
Hmm, and the only reason I picked this name was because it was a reaction to the whole "survivalist" mentality that goes along with end of the world scenario's such as PO. It came to me after reading the thread about "resignation", also in the "Pshychology" forum. Didn't quite view the lucrative potential of it... ah well I'm not complaining. We'll see if the money does in fact arrive. If it does I will kick something back to the upkeep of this website.
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by vegasmade » Wed 25 May 2005, 19:14:33
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')or the record, all the religious connections in my post only went towards convincing the 1850's mind. I don't believe that anything I think or see has any reality to it, much less nebulous and ethereal concepts like "god" or "religion."
Same story with me! I was partially raised in the Christian Church and never have been able to accept such mentally limiting constraints as suscribed by organized religion. I figured JG would try to turn this into a repent=salvation thread.
Acceptance of Death should be fundamental with or without PO, but it certainlly fits under these circumstances, and definately makes a great call sign here.
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by Raxozanne » Thu 26 May 2005, 05:31:49
Well Im really disappointed in this thread.
I was really getting excited about this 'trick' but obviously it was a load of old tosh because the author has gone awol.
The idea that someone could have said something to stop humanity exploiting oil is just wishful thinking, money would have prevailed.
I was really getting excited about this 'trick' but obviously it was a load of old tosh because the author has gone awol.
The idea that someone could have said something to stop humanity exploiting oil is just wishful thinking, money would have prevailed.
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by accept_death » Thu 26 May 2005, 08:44:24
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vegasmade', 'A')cceptance of Death should be fundamental with or without PO, but it certainlly fits under these circumstances, and definately makes a great call sign here.
The way I see it, PO or no, you end up dead in the end, and we have no clue what happens after that. We already know this, but being young in a wealthy industrial society doesn't exactly equip you with the tools to grapple with such a fact, so we tend to forget about it. Knowing about PO sort of forces us to deal with the reality that we won't be here forever; it takes away the comfort of not having to think about it. But in the end it makes little difference. While it might change our outlook on or plans for life, those are very temporary changes. In the long run something like PO makes very little difference, despite how we percieve it. You can out run peak oil, but you can't live forever.
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by Aaron » Thu 26 May 2005, 08:52:51
Well here is the website he lists as his:
http://peakanswers.org/
And not even a "by your leave" for old peakoil.com
Christ...
(oh yeah - sorry)
http://peakanswers.org/
And not even a "by your leave" for old peakoil.com
Christ...
(oh yeah - sorry)
The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt, but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise... economics is a form of brain damage.
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by BILL_THA_PHARMACIZT » Thu 26 May 2005, 14:53:33
I think I should have won.... I had the best answer.
people are going to persue whatever they percieve to be in their own interests and thats always changing because everything in life is in constant motion
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by BorneoRagnarok » Fri 27 May 2005, 04:59:38
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Leaf', 'I') have come to accept death not as BAD...but as part of life. I will be there someday and so will you. Like Joe I am a Christian and my faith is there.
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Hmm, interesting. Chinese believe in reincarnation. My clan have a tradition. Before you kill any animals for meat. You should chanting "Be a chicken,duck,cow or pig, reborned and rekilled again". According to the tradition if the animal run away, it's life is spared as due to CPU errors in heaven or hell, some poor human soul are accidently dumped into "animal body" (direct translation). So the run away animal is really a human trapped in animal body.
However, if the silly animal remained there , time to kill as only low grade animal soul are in that animal. However, my grandmother changed the tradition. Last time I heard she chant "Don't blame us for the killing. We only want to eat. My family need good meat to eat. Hope you reincarnate into better body" So any animals can be killed for food.
That's why Buddhists are vegan. They don't have to test all those animals for animal soul or human soul. Save all the troubles. I heard some animals cried when the slaughter time is near. Some human souls must be accidently dumped inside.
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