[Sys1]

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Scary article, far from graphics, numbers, geopolitic and Hubbert curb.
This is the real life. We are not yet to 100$ (even 80$) a barrel but people (at least some) are already suffering from the coming collapse of suburbia, struggling helplessly to maintain their unstainable way of life. I'm sad for them, especially because i know that it's gonna get from worse to ugly.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sys1', 'T')his is the real life.

[gnm]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sys1', 's')truggling helplessly to maintain their unstainable way of life. I'm sad for them, especially because i know that it's gonna get from worse to ugly.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gnm', 'r')oger roger... makes my head hurt to think what its like to conduct your daily buisness in one of those hotbeds! Talk about stress!

-G

[rostov]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', '
')It's a very cold winter down here!

[thethief]

Oil needs to go high enough that poors stop driving.

[Dreamtwister]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('thethief', 'O')il needs to go high enough that poors stop driving.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dreamtwister', 'Y')es, and then they lose thier[sic] jobs. Then what?

[Loki]

I can't have a ton of sympathy for someone who commutes 200 miles a day. Yeah, his monthly gas bill is outrageous. Imagine that. Here's a thought--get a closer job or move closer to your job.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rostov', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', '
')It's a very cold winter down here!

[frankthetank]

Wait until these poor bastards don't have jobs and they starting torching houses and cars because their bored...

[clover]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('frankthetank', 'W')ait until these poor bastards don't have jobs and they starting torching houses and cars because their bored...

[Sys1]

"Wait until these poor bastards don't have jobs and they starting torching houses and cars because their bored..."

Here in France we already had a similar story last november...

[Specop_007]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sys1', '"')Wait until these poor bastards don't have jobs and they starting torching houses and cars because their bored..."

Here in France we already had a similar story last november...

[Fergus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Specop_007', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sys1', '"')Wait until these poor bastards don't have jobs and they starting torching houses and cars because their bored..."

Here in France we already had a similar story last november...

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Loki', '
')

[shakespear1]

You could argue that the large bodies of water should be up there

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('shakespear1', 'Y')ou could argue that the large bodies of water should be up there

[spudbuddy]

gee, the nationalism sure do come out a spot, don't it?
Don't worry folks. There will hardly be a corner of the world it
won't reach into.

If only the 'rich' could afford to buy gas, I can well imagine the world economy would tank pretty quick.
Jobs?
-how about a booming business sometime in the future when all over the planet billions are working furiously to re-build anything that isn't energy-efficient.

Maybe the main reason they're not rebuilding railroads in America is that they can't get away with hiring Chinese coolies for a nickel a day, anymore.

The authors of this mess sorely need their bottoms spanked.
(and whether they actually enjoy that discipline or not) the fact remains that nothing much gets done whilst the masses sit around and gloat about how their peak is better than yours. Really.

On the other hand, a good bit of brisk dialogue improves the digestion, don't you know - and mass communication should engage the masses with robust bytes of truth - a thing entirely necessary to get on with the job at hand.

Since divers millions of us are busily engaged in the process of higher education (traded on this free and greedy global market for better job prospects) I say let's put all those smarts to excellent and equitable use, and gather up all that astounding brain power to address this most adventurous issue.

For, sorry to say - nobody will ever solve it within the privacy of their own computer station. The individual is a lonesome soul.
(as L. Cohen once sang:)
"He was starving in some deep mystery
like a man who is sure what is true"

Unfortunately, history has taught us that humans have this rotten tendency to fight over resources. (much the same way as pre-schoolers will wage tiny wars over the best toys) until taught improved methods by their elders.
We have hardly come up in the world from that model.
We would do well to consider the consequences in a sober state.

A deep and fervent co-operation should be the order of the day, I'd say. A lot more than pride can goeth before the fall.....................

[Dreamtwister]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('spudbuddy', 'F')or, sorry to say - nobody will ever solve it within the privacy of their own computer station.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('spudbuddy', 'F')or, sorry to say - nobody will ever solve it within the privacy of their own computer station.