[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'I')t's a deeply unpopular message, so maybe I'll start to tell people it's like a historical documentary of the time when we all thought oil would run out.

[Revi]

Thanks Adam B. I really don't try to tell the whole history of oil production. It's really a film about a man with an obsession and how that obsession affects his life.

It's entertaining, and people seem to like it.

That's what matters.

[Revi]

Here's the promo from Youtube. It's just 3 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owUIkQJ_btM&t=18s

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'T')hanks Adam B. I really don't try to tell the whole history of oil production.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'H')ere's the promo from Youtube. It's just 3 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owUIkQJ_btM&t=18s

[Revi]

Why not? You can use it as long as you don't alter it in any way. Maybe you want a copy of the film? PM me and I can get one to you, for $20 plus shipping. You seem to want to prove some kind of point. I really don't see how I could help you with that.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'W')hy not? You can use it as long as you don't alter it in any way.

[Revi]

Really, it's more of a glimpse back into peak oil thinking during the years from around 2005-2009 or so. We thought a little differently, but our understanding has evolved. I think of Peak Oil as a lens through which to view the world. I think about economics, resources, and politics and how they are affected by resources and scarcity.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'R')eally, it's more of a glimpse back into peak oil thinking during the years from around 2005-2009 or so.

[Revi]

Thanks for all the great advice! It's good to know that oil is inexhaustible and that we were just deluded. It takes a lot of pressure off. Really!

[ROCKMAN]

Revi - For your consideration: you et al really haven't been looking at the world thru a "PO lens" but thru a "POD lens. That would seem to pull you et al and Adam closer to being on the same page.

[ralfy]

Should be the other way round. Adam has a simplistic view of the situation (there's no peak, so we're doing fine) whereas POD shows that some effects of PO take place even before total production peaks. That's why I don't bother reading his posts.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'T')hanks for all the great advice! It's good to know that oil is inexhaustible and that we were just deluded.

[Revi]

I showed the film in Rockland and at the Good Life Center. I am now reading Melissa Coleman's book about her experience with the Nearings. They were the founders of the back to the land movement. Really interesting staying there, and participating in their Monday night discussion tradition. Years after they died we are still being influenced by their wisdom:



http://goodlife.org

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'I') showed the film in Rockland and at the Good Life Center. I am now reading Melissa Coleman's book about her experience with the Nearings. They were the founders of the back to the land movement.

[Revi]

I met Eliott Coleman this weekend. He is still farming at 79, and his daughter wrote a very interesting book. They farmed the 60 acres they bought from the Nearings. The book is called My Life is In Your Hands, and it recounts the struggles and tragedies of the homesteaders in the 1970's. It reads like a novel, but it's non fiction.

https://www.amazon.com/This-Life-Your-Hands-Family/dp/0061958328

Well worth a read!

[Revi]

I still have copies of the DVD for $20 plus shipping (Probably $10) available. PM me if you want one.

Here's a preview:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1421060864/peak-oil-a-love-story

[Revi]

I think peak oil has hit it's nadir in terms of popularity nowadays. I hope it makes a comeback, but I think it will need a new name, like reality. We'll see. It's been interesting. I knew about it since the Scientific American article back in 1998. I denied it for years, got a big truck and pretended I didn't know, then began to see the inevitable reality of it. It has taken longer to transpire than I thought, but I think we're in it now. It's going to be an interesting ride from here on out. I am glad to see renewables take off, but dismayed that the Empire struck back with our present "leaders".

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'I') think peak oil has hit it's nadir in terms of popularity nowadays.

[Revi]

We're in a pickle. Call it anything you want. If you agree that debt is borrowing from the future we are over 20 trillion in the hole and going deeper. It can't really keep growing, but it will. The "tax plan" adds about 1.5 trillion, meanwhile we add about a trillion per year to the debt. I know people say it doesn't matter, but it needs to be paid off eventually, or defaulted on. No other way out of the mess we're in. It's going to be a wild ride from here on in. Hold on!