just read this article:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'P')ARIS (ResourceInvestor.com) -- As we have made clear many times in this column we hold little truck with many of the whackos who inhabit the wondrous world of ‘Peak Oil’. Yes, despite the title of the column. No sooner do people start talking about energy supply crunches, plateauing production or acreage inflection then a host of bedraggled crazies rise forth from their graves to tell us a number of scary items.
Firstly, we are often told humanity is going to “die off.” What a great idea. It could almost be a book, or a series of books and a website. Oh wait. It is. Like an energy-related version of the film 28 Days Later. Every lazy person around the planet can argue how many people will be alive in 2050 or 2100 and no one can prove them wrong. Ker-ching!
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Re: Peak Oil "Whackos"
by TheTurtle » Sat 14 Jul 2007, 08:21:14
Kuebler-Ross' 5 Stages of Grief :
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
Looks like this article floats somewhere between steps 1 and 2.
Somewhere between 2 and 3 is where it will start to get ugly.
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
Looks like this article floats somewhere between steps 1 and 2.
Somewhere between 2 and 3 is where it will start to get ugly.
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Re: Peak Oil "Whackos"
by Bas » Sat 14 Jul 2007, 08:32:05
I replied to that article but not sure if it will be placed, as I wrote that the author of the article apparently doesn't know anything about resource depletion and overpopulation and the seriousness of these issues, and that he therefor should put a sock in it.
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Re: Peak Oil "Whackos"
by TommyJefferson » Sat 14 Jul 2007, 11:48:11
- BNP Knuckle-dragger
- Eco-primitivist Oxen Jockey
- Die-Off in 2050 Speculator
Bring on the skipping village maidens.
Conform . Consume . Obey .
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Re: Peak Oil "Whackos"
by Zardoz » Sat 14 Jul 2007, 12:04:51
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'P')eak Oil Zombie Attack
No doubt about it: This dude is a PeakOil.com lurker.
Come on, Ed! Log in and show yourself. Don't be afraid. We don't bite.
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Re: Peak Oil "Whackos"
by Plantagenet » Sat 14 Jul 2007, 12:55:09
The law of supply and demand has not been repealed.
As the supply of a commodity goes down, the price goes up.
The price of oil continues to go up.
As the supply of a commodity goes down, the price goes up.
The price of oil continues to go up.
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Re: Peak Oil "Whackos"
by mekrob » Sat 14 Jul 2007, 13:00:06
He definitely seems to be in agreement with us, but when you write for Resource Investor, you can't exactly be telling people that the world can get fucked up pretty easily and deeply.
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They also say non-OPEC supply growth will be just under 1 million barrels per day in 2008. But then they are getting 2007’s figures so wrong at the moment it is difficult to trust them on anything as regards production.
They should really add that the major oil companies predictions on their own production growth have also been wildly over optimistic. The only significant way that major oil companies have been able to add production is by buying other oil companies.
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They also say non-OPEC supply growth will be just under 1 million barrels per day in 2008. But then they are getting 2007’s figures so wrong at the moment it is difficult to trust them on anything as regards production.
They should really add that the major oil companies predictions on their own production growth have also been wildly over optimistic. The only significant way that major oil companies have been able to add production is by buying other oil companies.
He never really gives any reason to be optimistic. He just lashes out against PO and says it's BS meanwhile he gives us all of the reasons in the world not to believe a word that he nor any other optimist says.
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Re: Peak Oil "Whackos"
by Bas » Sat 14 Jul 2007, 14:27:26
well, they did post my comment; it's under the name of market watcher.
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Re: Peak Oil "Whackos"
by threadbear » Sat 14 Jul 2007, 15:21:51
What an ignorant condescending ninkempoop.
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Re: Peak Oil "Whackos"
by TheDude » Sat 14 Jul 2007, 16:17:31
Savinar commented, too. Turnips, mmmm.
You look at all the countries that have peaked and how fast they're declining, then figure how much it will cost to ramp up production and how long it'll take - in places like KSA, Iraq, Iran. Forget about "Doomers" if you want, just think of the logistics involved. Throw in geopolitical unrest and the inevitable hurricanes slamming into the Gulf again...bloom's off the rose, dude!
You look at all the countries that have peaked and how fast they're declining, then figure how much it will cost to ramp up production and how long it'll take - in places like KSA, Iraq, Iran. Forget about "Doomers" if you want, just think of the logistics involved. Throw in geopolitical unrest and the inevitable hurricanes slamming into the Gulf again...bloom's off the rose, dude!
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Re: Peak Oil "Whackos"
by thuja » Mon 16 Jul 2007, 12:10:29
Last gasps of the dying age...
I'm Orygun on the response page...
I'm Orygun on the response page...
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Re: Peak Oil "Whackos"
by Twilight » Mon 16 Jul 2007, 13:39:41
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')here is a problem with supplying the world’s energy needs. It is exacerbated by the growth in consumer lifestyles in China and India, but also by the rank wastefulness of the U.S., Japan and Europe which continues apace.
I wonder how the author suggests this is fixed.
The West will slash its per capita energy consumption by an order of magnitude to facilitate the development of the rest of the world?
Please, the situation has us fucked even if peak is when the US EIA says it is.
How about the author volunteers to stand in front of the other 5bn people and tell them we've got ours, now fuck off.
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