[copious.abundance]

Typical doomer response. They've been proven wrong for, like, years now. And they still insist they were right!
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '&')quot;So why the need to mock/ridicule?"

Because Copious was ridiculed mercilessly 10 years ago when he posted as Oilfinder. And it was justified. That useless disturbed individual had the absolute and ridiculous presumption to believe that he was quantifying, establishing and publishing an oil-discovery database. Yet Oily had no formal training whatsoever or experience in geology, oil exploration, or even the oil business. He was an anti-doomer then as well. It was Oily's goal to prove forever that oil discoveries exceed oil consumption. Thus rendering peak-oil meaningless. He failed and gave up, changing his handle to youknowwho.

He was an idiot. Oily developed his oil-discovery database from new oil-industry newsletter and the popular press without any serious analysis. He made no attempt to normalize reservoir-size data because it would have been impossible. SEC protocols were/are soft, liable for revision, and victims of the same government-oversight downsizing that was then and is now hobbling all regulatory bodies. Hence the mortgage/financial meltdown. It occurred exactly while Oily was promoting his own same poor oversight from random data.

So now you see why copius/oily is so angry. He has been ridiculed for a decade, coming on a generation. That is some scary psychological baggage my friends.

[copious.abundance]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GregT', '[')b]5 reasons those who mock and humiliate you are mentally unstable ...

[GregT]

It would appear that you have worn out your welcome here copious? I wasn't around for what pstarr refers to above, but I can see how people would become frustrated with your ignorance and denial rather quickly. Which, by the way, are both emotional responses to fear as well. I'm sure you choose to ignore psychology also?

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GregT', 'I') can see how people would become frustrated with your ignorance and denial rather quickly.

[GregT]

Not attempting to mock or humiliate you copious. Ignorance and denial are perfectly normal emotional responses for a large percentage of the population when faced with dire circumstances. The Kübler-Ross model is very well accepted and understood. If you are not familiar with it, a brief description can be found here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kübler-Ross_model

And "5 reasons those who mock and humiliate you are mentally unstable" is not my quote. It is the title of the article that I posted above, and again here:
http://www.2knowmyself.com/5_reasons_th ... y_unstable

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GregT', 'N')ot attempting to mock or humiliate you copious. Ignorance and denial are perfectly normal emotional responses for a large percentage of the population when faced with dire circumstances. The Kübler-Ross model is very well accepted and understood. If you are not familiar with it, a brief description can be found here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kübler-Ross_model

[GregT]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('copious.abundance', 'r')efusal to believe that peak oil and doomerism have been wrong

[Cog]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('copious.abundance', 'T')hat's pretty funny. You are clearly in the denial stage (refusal to believe that peak oil and doomerism have been wrong). There are people here, like Cog and Outcast_Searcher, who have already gone through all those stages and accepted the fact they were wrong and have become de-facto Cornucopians. Eventually, as the years pass and your predicted doom fails to materialize, you too, will gradually trod the same path they did.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GregT', 'H')ow could I possibly be in denial about something that hasn't even played out yet?

[GregT]

Well I guess it's too bad for whomever made that prediction, that the global financial crisis and the 'great recession' stopped oil prices from climbing above $147 per barrel. Sucks to be them.

[ennui2]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GregT', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('copious.abundance', 'r')efusal to believe that peak oil and doomerism have been wrong

[Cog]

That was a nice trip down memory lane. Over at TOD they were arguing whether 2005 or 2008 was the real peak. Each side argued their point with charts, graphs, and scary depletion models. All of them actually wrong but they were so sure of themselves.

I was a doomer then and was fascinated by how it was all so evident we were on the downside of the Hubbert curve.

Wonder what happened to all those guys over there who invested so much time into all of this only to be proven wrong a short time later. Maybe they became cornies or just sulked in their basements.

[GregT]

"According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) International Energy Outlook 2014, the global supply of crude oil, other liquid hydrocarbons, and biofuels is expected to be adequate to meet the world's demand for liquid fuels for at least the next 25 years."

http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=38&t=6

"In the Copenhagen accord 167 countries agreed that to avoid reaching dangerous tipping points, global warming should not exceed 2 centigrades. Unfortunately, the two degree target is no guarantee against a runaway greenhouse effect."

"Scientists have calculated that there is a reasonable hope to stay below 2°C by mid century if we limit our carbon emissions to a total of 565 more gigatons, or corresponding to less than 450 ppmv of greenhouse gases(GHG) in the atmosphere."

"The amount of carbon contained in the proven oil, coal and gas reserves of fossil fuel companies – the fossil fuel we currently plan to burn – is 2795 gigatons. This is five times more than our “allowance”."

http://ufbutv.com/climate-change/

Either way we're in deep trouble.......

[onlooker]

It is like a choice between big trouble now via drastic carbon emission cut and big trouble later with continued high carbon emissions. Pick your poison.

[ralfy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'T')hat was a nice trip down memory lane. Over at TOD they were arguing whether 2005 or 2008 was the real peak. Each side argued their point with charts, graphs, and scary depletion models. All of them actually wrong but they were so sure of themselves.

I was a doomer then and was fascinated by how it was all so evident we were on the downside of the Hubbert curve.

Wonder what happened to all those guys over there who invested so much time into all of this only to be proven wrong a short time later. Maybe they became cornies or just sulked in their basements.

[Cog]

Its a little late to be changing definitions ralfy.

[GregT]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'I')ts a little late to be changing definitions ralfy.

[Cog]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GregT', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'I')ts a little late to be changing definitions ralfy.

[Strummer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'B')ut predictions about impending doom are always wrong.