[Tikib]

This is a very strange end to the world. Most people don't even know about it.

Also thanks for this forum without this I would have nowhere to discuss my thoughts.

[dolanbaker]

You need to keep in mind that we are at the peak of "everything" right now and that it took about three centuries to reach it, a bit like a roller-coaster.

We're about to start going over the top, but it is important to remember that for most countries (like the UK) that this downward process will take a very long time, slow enough for society to adapt.

Eventually, we'll reach a point where adapting will be impossible then TSHTF that point is many years into the future.
Some countries will experience that much sooner though because of their current financial situation, Greece could be in serious trouble later this year.

As Pstarr says, most people simply don't see the signs.

[KaiserJeep]

We started the widespread burning of coal around 3000-2000 BC, it has not yet peaked. We started the widespread burning of petroleum in ancient Baghdad in oil lamps, and they paved the streets with tar. Oil may have peaked somewhere around 2005-2008 depending upon your exact definition of "petroleum".

The point being, we are not running out of fossil fuels overnight. I personally think that things are going to get slowly worse and worse - and everything needed to live slowly more expensive, for as long as another century, and possibly two centuries.

Meanwhile, the current state of the world, now or in the recent past, is both the best things have ever been throughout History, and the best they will ever be. You are here now, during the peak quality of life for humankind, and you are complaining.

GET A LIFE.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tikib', 'A')lso thanks for this forum without this I would have nowhere to discuss my thoughts.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dolanbaker', 'E')ventually, we'll reach a point where adapting will be impossible then TSHTF that point is many years into the future.
Some countries will experience that much sooner though because of their current financial situation, Greece could be in serious trouble later this year.

[SeaGypsy]

This guy is a sympathy sponge. Two threads about his mental health in as many days.

[Tikib]

I am not looking for sympathy I just wanted to share my thoughts. Many of you have been here so I didn't think you would be so hostile. Like I said let's move on.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tikib', 'M')any of you have been here so I didn't think you would be so hostile. Like I said let's move on.

[dolanbaker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dolanbaker', 'E')ventually, we'll reach a point where adapting will be impossible then TSHTF that point is many years into the future.
Some countries will experience that much sooner though because of their current financial situation, Greece could be in serious trouble later this year.

[BobInget]

2011/2012/2013/2014 marked end of world for millions of Sudanese, Nigerians,
Syrians, Iraqis, Palestinians, Pakistanis, NATO and US fighting forces, all dead or suffering life altering wounds.

Certainly, "out of their comfort zone".

[Strummer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BobInget', '2')011/2012/2013/2014 marked end of world for millions of Sudanese, Nigerians,
Syrians, Iraqis, Palestinians, Pakistanis, NATO and US fighting forces, all dead or suffering life altering wounds.

Certainly, "out of their comfort zone".

[KaiserJeep]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GASMON', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '2')011/2012/2013/2014 marked end of world for millions of Sudanese, Nigerians,
Syrians, Iraqis, Palestinians, Pakistanis, NATO and US fighting forces, all dead or suffering life altering wounds.

Certainly, "out of their comfort zone".

[Revi]

[Revi]

Above is Gail Tverberg's graph. Notice the collapse starts in 2015 or 2016, and the decline is steep. Remember that most people get killed on the way down the mountain, and look at where we are going! It's going to be a wild ride!

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'Y')ou can think wrong like ennui2, desperately searching for complex economic analysis to distract from simple ecological truths. Or Kaiserjeep ("we are not running out of fossil fuels overnight") who hopes and prays for another 100 years for space technology to work its wonder.

Or be like the persistent players here at peak oil (six, dolan, me) who understand this is the best of time before the worst. The final incline before the peak and decline.