Peak Oil+doomerism in the news
Scroll dow to the second series of pictures in the box "frightening forecast for earth" Then hit the right arrow button, bringing up picture 2 (picture 1 is dated 2007). Picture 2 reads:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '2')008: Global oil production peaks between 2008 and 2018, triggering a global recession, food shortages and conflicts between nations over dwindling supplies.
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Do mine eyes decieve thyself?
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Do mine eyes decieve thyself?
by Baldwin » Sat 23 Jun 2007, 00:31:33
This was on aol's news. I hate to use the overused phrase of, "So it begins." But usually peak oil in the news is how corn alcohol or something will save us and allow for flying "future cars." Mainstream news does not mention peak oil and in definitive language lay out something like holmes's fantasies of resource wars and food shortages.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'C')rush the Cornucopians, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.
Only a city man would carry a bag of iron instead of a bag of rice.
-Ling Tan, from the movie Dragon Seed, 1944 (more wisdom from Turner Classic Movies)
-Ling Tan, from the movie Dragon Seed, 1944 (more wisdom from Turner Classic Movies)
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Re: Do mine eyes decieve thyself?
by I_Like_Plants » Sat 23 Jun 2007, 00:48:06
It's been amazing watching things come to pass ..... the housing crash was forecast back in 2003, but it's happening now. Peak oil was a fringe thing, but now you hear about people not being fooled by carbon credits, ethanol, etc and forget about hydrogen - that got talked up and shot down 2+ years ago.
It comes to pass, slowly, but it comes to pass.
It comes to pass, slowly, but it comes to pass.
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Re: Do mine eyes decieve thyself?
by I_Like_Plants » Sat 23 Jun 2007, 12:26:21
It's been a hard pill to swallow, but the mainstream press kind of has a responsibility to keep people from panicking and running for the hills. They HAVE to be a nice gloss on things, even when things are headed down as they are now, because if they told the unglossed truth, things would get worse faster.
Trouble is, I think it tends to make a level then a cliff, as opposed to a steady slope downward.
Trouble is, I think it tends to make a level then a cliff, as opposed to a steady slope downward.
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Re: Do mine eyes decieve thyself?
by killJOY » Sat 23 Jun 2007, 14:05:31
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')o mine eyes decieve thyself?
Speak'st thou English? ("i before e except after c") Thou hast also mixed first and second persons.
"thou" = second person singular, informal
"ye" = second person plural
Alter thine headline thus:
"Do ye deceive me, eyes?"
or:
"Hast mine eyes deceiv'd themselves?"
Cheers, Dood.
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Re: Do mine eyes decieve thyself?
by Tanada » Sat 23 Jun 2007, 14:31:03
I think he means "Dost thine eye's deceive thyself?"
$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.
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.
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