[AgentR11]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('babystrangeloop', 'h')ttp://vimeo.com/36215023

[Pops]

Actually it looks like oil use flatlining is the anomaly.
We've been using more of all types of energy for decades.

[ian807]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'A')ctually it looks like oil use flatlining is the anomaly.
We've been using more of all types of energy for decades.

[Pops]

Not to argue just for the sake of argument - but - when growth and demand falls, oil prices come down and there goes your signal that its time to change horses... along with your ability to make the big investment require for the new "horse" even if you wanted to change.

[babystrangeloop]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR11', 'T')he presentation is an art-dance with the girl talking and wandering around, an hour+ mishmash of creation legend and unassociated mystic commentary; a bit of doom, and tagged with a few environmentalist sound bites.

[AgentR11]

sharing, et al = environmentalist sound bites

[radon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('babystrangeloop', 'h')ttp://vimeo.com/36215023

[Keith_McClary]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', '[')url=http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/energy-independence-u-143030440.html]US to be energy independent by 2030[/url]

[Keith_McClary]

The crackpot threads have been suppressed by the evil PTB, so I have to post this here.

Calamities of Nature

[AgentR11]

There was once this poster, not nearly so bright as Einstein, but still not a complete idiot, who tried to measure his bicycle output relative to a single quantum worth of energy. The establishment does not want you to know about this, but the bicycle, as a device, gave efficiencies enormous enough to cause fear of a singularity in the bones of the most honorable Dr. Planck. This fear, caused in the remains of such a venerable physicist sent out special energy waves unbound by time and distance; which a passing Alien vessel mistook for signs of advanced intelligence. Upon arrival however, they were greatly disappointed in the bipedal critters present and wished them to forever remain isolated on their little planet, and so by special magnetic techniques induced visions of eternal prosperity through the burning of carbon in the minds of all present. This lead man to solve the ultimate riddle of theoretical physics, "how much oil is in the ground", by acclimation it was decided, "infinite, of course".


Sorry, couldn't resist.

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Keith_McClary', 'T')he crackpot threads have been suppressed by the evil PTB, so I have to post this here.

[Keith_McClary]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR11', 'a') passing Alien vessel mistook for signs of advanced intelligence. Upon arrival however, they were greatly disappointed in the bipedal critters present and wished them to forever remain isolated on their little planet, and so by special magnetic techniques induced visions of eternal prosperity through the burning of carbon in the minds of all present.

[AgentR11]

I dunno, but my wrath can always be soothed by an awesome BBQ.

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')i]The Operative:
Do you know what your sin is Mal?

Capt. Malcolm Reynolds:
Ah Hell... I'm a fan of all seven. But right now... I'm gonna have to go with wrath.

[AgentR11]

Best series ever.

[Keith_McClary]

Sara Robinson mentions this;
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')nd the pain and fear caused when we're forced to face this fundamental fact explains quite a bit about why ideas like climate change and peak oil are so viscerally terrifying to so many Americans. (In many right-wing circles, denial about the American oil addiction is now a core piece of their political identity. It’s considered anti-American to even suggest that getting off oil is necessary or possible.) We are so deeply invested in oil, in so many ways, that it’s almost impossible for us to envision a world beyond it. We stand to lose so much that it’s hard to fathom it all.

[babystrangeloop]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Keith_McClary', 'p')eakoil.com (author not credited, as usual))

[babystrangeloop]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Keith_McClary', 'S')ara Robinson mentions this;
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]It’s considered anti-American to even suggest that getting off oil is necessary or possible.

[Keith_McClary]

Incompetent People Too Ignorant to Know It
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he results are uniform across all the knowledge domains: People who actually did well on the test tend to feel more confident about their performance than people who didn't do well, but only slightly. Almost everyone thinks they did better than average. "For people at the bottom who are really doing badly — those in the bottom 10th or 15th percentile — they think their work falls in the 60th or 55th percentile, so, above average,"
...
Dunning believes people's inability to assess their own knowledge is the cause of many of society's ills, including climate change denialism. "Many people don't have training in science, and so they may very well misunderstand the science. But because they don't have the knowledge to evaluate it, they don't realize how off their evaluations might be," he said.

Moreover, even if a person has come to a very logical conclusion about whether climate change is real or not based on their evaluation of the science, "they're really not in a position to evaluate the science."

[SeaGypsy]

That most ancient of chestnuts, only seeing or hearing what one wants to see or hear; extremely pervasive in the Google era.