[waegari]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Magus', ' ') I no longer even see myself as an American, as I now despise pretty much everything this country now stands for.

[MicroHydro]

As Waegari pointed out, for those of us who are older and were well informed way back when, this overshoot catastrophe (of which Peak Oil is only one part) has been a slow motion train wreck in plain sight for at least since 1970. The world elite debated this problem during the 1970s and the "deny and do nothing" faction won out. So it is a species failure. Humanity will not inherit the stars, and does not deserve to anyway. We are just stupid monkeys who managed to consume and poison much of the biosphere that made our lives possible in the first place.

The failure was global, but survival (or not) will depend on local matters. Just keep on the bicycle and prepare yourself for interesting times.

[Magus]

I understand what you're saying, about how the blame for the mess we are in today lies with us all, and I'm inclined to agree with you.

However, I still believe a great share of the responsiblity falls on us Americans, as we here possess the great capacity to change on the world, yet we have consistantly prove that we do not deserve that power.

As a wise man once said, "With great power, comes great responsibility," and of responsibility, the human race has shown very little. There is so much good that humanity could do for this world, more than any species this planet has ever produced. Until we understand that we are all part of this mystery we call the universe, and not the center of it, there will be nothing but pain and loss.

My greatest hope is that humanity will finally learn this fact...after we are forced to deal with the conseqences of our selfish actions. That seems to be the only way we ever really learn.

[seahorse2]

Hi Magus,

I choked on the "red pill" at first, but after the choking fit, after I was able to open my eyes for the first time, things are better than before. Nice to see a neighbor posting here. There is another member, one of the best, "Pops" also from Missouri.

[BKWorldEnergy]

Greetings everyone.

I was wandering around the web looking for figures on an article I was writing when lo and behold I find this site, with a picture of Matt Simmons on it and everything. Having met Matt on several ocassions, naturally I was intrigued.

I am here to learn. I think I know a few things, at least some things I consider to have come from fairly reliable sources. I am privy to information some people do not get to ask, or think to ask when given a chance, as well as some things people do not get to tell or think to tell when given a similar opportunity.

I knew nothing of the industry 2 years ago, and now find myself in the middle of it with a broad but shallow understanding of many apects of the production of hydrocarbon, windfarming, IGCC and all manner of things to which I was oblivious until only recently.

But no one can know everything about all aspects of powering the world. That's just how it goes. I can however, give it a good shot.

So hello to everyone, and I'll see you on the boards...

[MonteQuest]

Greetings!

Spend some time reading the forums first, I suggest. We have been busy little bees debating most all of the aspects here. Also our Code of Conduct, then jump right in!

Montequest
Senior Moderator
Peakoil.com

[BKWorldEnergy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MonteQuest', 'G')reetings!

Spend some time reading the forums first, I suggest. We have been busy little bees debating most all of the aspects here. Also our Code of Conduct, then jump right in!

Montequest
Senior Moderator
Peakoil.com

[caliginousface]

hey all, i'm new, and probably should've posted this in the general section.


{Voila ...Easily taken care of! - TheTurtle}

well, my name is ru (kanga-ru just so you know ) i'm 19 and an environmental studies student san jose state, and just transferred here this semester. i was at embry riddle aeronautical university last fall and summer, and had wondered about oil for some time during, and before my stint at embry riddle.

pretty much i'm down with aviation, i fly planes and am in the process of attaining my commercial certificate. though i tend to be more of an environmentally centered person with my views (i know it's weird that i fly things that spew out combusted low lead fuel) so it works out pretty weird. well i decided to transfer because the cost of the school, and the major. i figured a major in another topic would make me a litle more well rounded. so far it looks promising!

what bothers me to a good extent is peak oil, my career (well, hopefully soon to be) is centered around the combustion of fuel, but then so is life, for now. i can't help but fantasize about total world economy crumbling and hard life ahead. my parents, and most of my friends, don't think there is a problem, but i can't help but stress there IS!

i decided to join in hopes of getting more doom and gloom perspectives, haha, and just to learn more from as views as i can. with that, i'm off!


ru

[Karl]

The only thing I can say is that already the airlines are broken business models. Running on charity on cheap labour anything weight critical is being ditched. (not long and the seats will be thrown - military style benches... if they could get away with it)

Each dollar rise in the price of oil tightens the screws one more turn. Another 40 -50% rise in the price of oil and we will back to goverment flag carriers plying essential routes.

Not a long term term career today I'm afraid, I'd reckon a terminal nose dive within a decade.

[caliginousface]

yeah well i always was the one who said to other pilots at my school "what happens when it gets too expensive to fly?" they, and my parents would say something along the lines of "people have to fly," they don't want to, can't, or won't see its much deeper than that.

i was hoping to do some hot air ballooning this summer, hopefully at can get one dream "out of the way".

[Grautr]

Hi,
My name is Neal and I'm a 36 year old Englishman living in the Netherlands. My hobbies include gardening, my chickens and slinging. I'm mostly lurking here but will post when something interesting comes up.

[BlisteredWhippet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('caliginousface', 'y')eah well i always was the one who said to other pilots at my school "what happens when it gets too expensive to fly?" they, and my parents would say something along the lines of "people have to fly," they don't want to, can't, or won't see its much deeper than that.

i was hoping to do some hot air ballooning this summer, hopefully at can get one dream "out of the way".

[LadyRuby]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('caliginousface', 'i')'m 19 and an environmental studies student san jose state, and just transferred here this semester. ...
i decided to join in hopes of getting more doom and gloom perspectives, haha, and just to learn more from as views as i can. with that, i'm off!

[jato]

Welcome.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'i') was at embry riddle aeronautical university last fall and summer

[caliginousface]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jato', 'W')elcome.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'i') was at embry riddle aeronautical university last fall and summer

[ubercynicmeister]

Hi Kanga Ru....you do realise that the word "Kangaroo" is Australian Aboriginal for "I don't know"...?

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('caliginousface', 'h')ey all, i'm new, and probably should've posted this in the general section.


{Voila ...Easily taken care of! - TheTurtle}

well, my name is ru (kanga-ru just so you know ) i'm 19 and an environmental studies student san jose state, and just transferred here this semester. i was at embry riddle aeronautical university last fall and summer, and had wondered about oil for some time during, and before my stint at embry riddle.

pretty much i'm down with aviation, i fly planes and am in the process of attaining my commercial certificate.

[drew]

Don't be a pilot, even though it is a cool job. No jet A, no 100 ll, no job.

I like planes a lot, but man, what an expensive hobby. (I'll never own one)

When I first saw your user, I thought it said 'Caligula face' which is a more fun name than "caliginousface' What the hell is a 'caliginious face' anyways?

Check out Caligula some time, if you don't know what I am talking about, he was a pretty nutty guy!

Drew

[caliginousface]

alright i'm going to have to clarify my name, my name is ru (like kanga-ru) except my full name is ruwan, but ru's been with me since the middle school years.






and about the pending loss of supply of aircraft fuels...i have to pursue it right now, my parents will tear me a new one if don't continue. i will end up eating out of the shitter i'm sure, but ah well.

[Aimrehtopyh]

I'm a 29 year old from central Minnesota, petroleum depletion has been a "splinter in my mind" as long as I can remember. Some guy on totse.com linked to lifeaftertheoilcrash.net about two and half years ago. This was just a few months before my twin sons were born, I don't sleep very well anymore.

Being a child of the cold war and a professed Y2K paranoid I immediately resolved to go down swinging. Last year things fell together for once, my wife and I bought a house and I started going to college. My original aim was to get some kind of energy engineering degree in order to capitalise on the predicament. As it turns out Energy Engineering per se is a doctorate level degree in the very few places it's offered and I won't be able to get ANY kind of engineering degree without relocating or commuting long distances.

After all that late-night research, my vision of the future that PO gives us is pretty complex. A picture is worth a thousand words: http://tinyurl.com/zw9a3 pretty much sums it up.

As any veteran Peak Oiler knows, the obsession comes in waves over a period of months or years. Two bits of news renewed my interest and prompted me to finally start posting here. #1 Was Deffeyes' announcement of a rock solid peak date. #2 Was the whisperings on the news about the Iranian Oil Bourse, which led me to this: http://tinyurl.com/od5tp.

I'm an inverterate procrastinator so the realization that crunch-time had possibly been entered propted me to register here.

[jato]

Big Bear California circa Winter 1994. I am on the right. The plane is a club PA28-181.