[Ayoob]

peak?

If I knew it was coming, this would be one way to sort of cushion the blow. Let everybody go home in sort of an orderly migration. 30 million jobs down the toilet, which means 30 million fewer cars on the road every day, get used to people buying less. The undulating sort of peak can then continue for a year or so while everybody gets the news, we're not going back to normal, etc.

Is this the way to destroy our consumption? It's not the end of the world to me, I got mine.

If we're going to decouple from China, maybe it would help if we stop buying their shit and start making our own.

Frankly, if our grocery shelves were full of fresh vegetables instead of dyed breakfast cereals I would be fine with that, it would be a step in the right direction.

Sure are a lot of people working in marketing right now. What would we need if all we were worried about was our needs? Would we need so many lawyers?

It's a little weird to have some time on my hands, looking over the edge of a financial apocalypse, thinking I'm probably going to be alright. Ten years ago would have been a huge disaster, but today I'll probably be fine. My kids will grow up in a world I probably won't understand.

[asg70]

Great "how many times do you hit your wife" headline. There's so much wrong with this I don't know where to begin. More long-time lurkers deciding to squat and pinch out their share of tinfoil.

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ayoob', 'p')eak?

If I knew it was coming, this would be one way to sort of cushion the blow. Let everybody go home in sort of an orderly migration. 30 million jobs down the toilet, which means 30 million fewer cars on the road every day, get used to people buying less. The undulating sort of peak can then continue for a year or so while everybody gets the news, we're not going back to normal, etc.

Is this the way to destroy our consumption? It's not the end of the world to me, I got mine.

[Newfie]

Ayoob,

I’m not much for conspiracy theories. On the other hand I do think that there is such a thing as the “collective unconscious”. And that might be lending weight to the current situation.

Something doesn’t make sense to me about this whole mess. But I can’t put my finger on it. So I feel like something is going on what haven’t uncovered.

[dissident]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'A')yoob,

I’m not much for conspiracy theories. On the other hand I do think that there is such a thing as the “collective unconscious”. And that might be lending weight to the current situation.

Something doesn’t make sense to me about this whole mess. But I can’t put my finger on it. So I feel like something is going on what haven’t uncovered.

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dissident', 'N')obody has a "feel" for disasters. There is only the built in expectation of normalcy. This is why BAU is so hard to overcome.

[Newfie]

Dissident,

My sense is that a significant amount of the population have a sense that our world situation is not sustainable. They don’t talk about it much but it’s coming up more frequently in my conversations. I’m NOT talking about people who are concerned about climate change and especially activist. It’s not something that these folks are overtly discussing, it just drops into conversation: “Too many people”, “Wve got what, 7+ billion, really?”. That kind of stuff.

But I have no good feel for how prevalent these concerns are in the general population. My acquaintances don’t usually fit that profile.

Then again if you look at the WEF Risk Analysis then it’s pretty clear to see that there is widespread unease about our culture and that it is growing year by year. Now that’s a special class of people, but they are close to and advise the filling class.

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ayoob', '
')
30 million jobs down the toilet, which means 30 million fewer cars on the road every day, get used to people buying less.

Is this the way to destroy our consumption?

[Ayoob]

How is it that so many are under quarantine and gas prices have relentlessly marched upwards? How did that happen? Could the supply be drying up? I almost feel bad for the average Chinese when they find out that gasoline has a half life of about eight years, relying on gas for the long term is stupid. Commuting is a bad supply line choice. The suburbs are going to be interesting, but so is the inner city. Life is about to get expensive, what do we do with people who can't add value?

They need work. I know, how about UBI? Well then those people are expensive to keep on the budget and there's this wood chipper right over here, maybe we can trim the budget and some fat at the same time. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzt

[theluckycountry]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ayoob', 'H')ow is it that so many are under quarantine and gas prices have relentlessly marched upwards?

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '
')Telling the truth about peak oil would cause untold damage in society as those with wealth began positioning themselves for life in an uncertain future.

[theluckycountry]

Sorry, not in America they don't.

[theluckycountry]

Oil demand growing at a slower pace as post-Covid rebound runs its course
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'G')lobal oil demand growth is currently in the midst of a slowdown and is expected to ease to 1.2 million barrels a day (mb/d) this year and 1.1 mb/d in 2025 – bringing a peak in consumption into view this decade. This is primarily the result of a normalisation of growth following the disruptions of 2020-2023, when oil markets were shaken by the Covid-19 pandemic and then the global energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '
')As good an analysis as I have heard, thanks for posting. Others on this thread that consider it tinfoilhat obviously believe in the government and that they have our best interests at heart. This is sort of true, the government wants one thing from the peoples above all else, and that is stability.

[theluckycountry]

You'd be vaxxed, nothing surer. Not that a couch potato like you needs much of a heart beat anyway. Just don't do a lot of walking and you'll be fine.