Donate Bitcoin

Donate Paypal


PeakOil is You

PeakOil is You

Can Peak Oil Save Us?

What's on your mind?
General interest discussions, not necessarily related to depletion.

Can Peak Oil Save Us?

Unread postby Newsseeker » Wed 21 Mar 2007, 10:18:57

by Colin Wright


Occasionally I run into someone who has heard about Peak Oil, but doesn't think it will matter much. Usually they are convinced that the peak is at least 30 years off. Or that we have copious amounts of alternative sources of energy (tar sands, oil shale, methane hydrates, etc.) that we can tap into as soon as the market signals. They may have read somewhere that people have been warning about the depletion of oil ever since it was first discovered. Or they may dismiss Peak Oil as the rantings of a doomsday cult, much like the Y2K prophesies of societal collapse.....
http://eatthestate.org/11-14/CanPeakOil.htm
Newsseeker
Heavy Crude
Heavy Crude
 
Posts: 1126
Joined: Thu 12 May 2005, 03:00:00

Re: Can Peak Oil Save Us?

Unread postby Tanada » Tue 08 May 2007, 19:03:58

Thanx, that is quite well written and I agree with upwards of 85% of it, which is pretty good for a cantankerous old fart like me. What did you think of it Newsseeker?
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Alfred Tennyson', 'W')e are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Tanada
Site Admin
Site Admin
 
Posts: 17094
Joined: Thu 28 Apr 2005, 03:00:00
Location: South West shore Lake Erie, OH, USA

Re: Can Peak Oil Save Us?

Unread postby Plantagenet » Tue 08 May 2007, 21:01:46

It was interesting and well written. However, I'm always a bit skeptical of people who imagine they can predict what will happen in the future.
Never underestimate the ability of Joe Biden to f#@% things up---Barack Obama
-----------------------------------------------------------
Keep running between the raindrops.
User avatar
Plantagenet
Expert
Expert
 
Posts: 26765
Joined: Mon 09 Apr 2007, 03:00:00
Location: Alaska (its much bigger than Texas).

Re: Can Peak Oil Save Us?

Unread postby aldente » Wed 09 May 2007, 01:53:43

Outstanding footer that you chose there Tanada!
Image
User avatar
aldente
Permanently Banned
 
Posts: 1554
Joined: Fri 20 Aug 2004, 03:00:00

Re: Can Peak Oil Save Us?

Unread postby Newsseeker » Wed 09 May 2007, 08:56:31

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tanada', 'T')hanx, that is quite well written and I agree with upwards of 85% of it, which is pretty good for a cantankerous old fart like me. What did you think of it Newsseeker?


I liked it too Tanada that's why I posted it but, like you, I found myself in disagreement with 15-20% of it. Not too much, just a little.
Newsseeker
Heavy Crude
Heavy Crude
 
Posts: 1126
Joined: Thu 12 May 2005, 03:00:00


Return to Open Topic Discussion

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests