[threadbear]

Peak oil and related hard times are bound to change the culture, in ways we can't anticipate. But perhaps some predictions are warranted.

Could peak oil change the dynamics between the sexes? Will it issue in a new era of romance and chivalry? Will the movies reinvent the genre that WW2 was so famous for? Will media recreate cheesy musicals, inhabited by frilly shrill sopranos chased around by agile aggresively handsome suitors? Any thoughts on this?

[Renfield]

It will certainly effect internet dating. Driving a long distance just to get laid will no longer be an option. You'll need to make sure you'll want to marry someone and all that. More likely everyone will just have to meet people the old fahsioned way again - face to face. Suits me fine. I never got teh whole internet thing anyway...

[Raxozanne]

I think divorce rates will go up as couples argue over fuel/heating/electricity bills and life generally gets harder and more expensive.

[PenultimateManStanding]

Well, the equality of the sexes thing will have to be tossed out before anthing like what you are talking about will happen. The notion that men and women are just people who happen to have different genders but otherwise are pretty much the same could be a casualty of the decreasing energy supplies. I can see radical changes of all sorts happening. But just how and what they are, who knows?

[Specop_007]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Renfield', 'D')riving a long distance just to get laid will no longer be an option.

[Renfield]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Renfield', 'D')riving a long distance just to get laid will no longer be an option.

[Andrew_S]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Raxozanne', 'I') think divorce rates will go up as couples argue over fuel/heating/electricity bills and life generally gets harder and more expensive.

[peaker_2005]

In times of crisis people tend to come together.

Note that the key word here is TEND.

[gnm]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('peaker_2005', 'I')n times of crisis people tend to come together.

Note that the key word here is TEND.

[PenultimateManStanding]

Interesting that some people will discuss this and some prefer to crack jokes. Going a long way for some 'pie' takes the cake! Gotta love those sexual synecdoches

[SinisterBlueCat]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Andrew_S', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Raxozanne', 'I') think divorce rates will go up as couples argue over fuel/heating/electricity bills and life generally gets harder and more expensive.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SinisterBlueCat', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Andrew_S', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Raxozanne', 'I') think divorce rates will go up as couples argue over fuel/heating/electricity bills and life generally gets harder and more expensive.

[Andrew_S]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SinisterBlueCat', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Andrew_S', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Raxozanne', 'I') think divorce rates will go up as couples argue over fuel/heating/electricity bills and life generally gets harder and more expensive.

[SinisterBlueCat]

an event is a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; peakoil is not going to be an event, but continuing of life, just in the opposite direction of where we had been heading. Economics will always play a role in the flow of humanity's river...and two is definately better than one, even if you do not like the other one.

[SupplyConcerns]

For the first time in a long time, Americans are going to learn to think inter-generationally. This means not just looking for ass, but really looking for a mate who you love and could start a family with. And that means more attention to the family unit. All of this does imply more chivalry, which I think is good. I've noticed in my own feelings towards my signifigant other, a shift in this direction since PO really entered my consciousness.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SinisterBlueCat', 'a')n event is a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; peakoil is not going to be an event, but continuing of life, just in the opposite direction of where we had been heading. Economics will always play a role in the flow of humanity's river...and two is definately better than one, even if you do not like the other one.

[SinisterBlueCat]

I suppose technically speaking, you are right (darn, that means I am wrong! how can that possibly be?? )

but usually when I am referring to PO, I mean the long haul.

[Jake_old]

Thats interesting

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'F')or the first time in a long time, Americans are going to learn to think inter-generationally. This means not just looking for ass, but really looking for a mate who you love and could start a family with. And that means more attention to the family unit. All of this does imply more chivalry, which I think is good. I've noticed in my own feelings towards my signifigant other, a shift in this direction since PO really entered my consciousness.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SinisterBlueCat', 'I') suppose technically speaking, you are right (darn, that means I am wrong! how can that possibly be?? )

but usually when I am referring to PO, I mean the long haul.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Renfield', 'D')riving a long distance just to get laid will no longer be an option.