[Lifer]

Hi, I'm afraid I am new to the internet (believe it or not) and don't yet know how to use these forums. I would like to ask a sincere question about peak oil (I'm fairly well informed for a non-expert, well read on the issue). But how do I post my own question? As far as I can find out, all I can do is respond to other people posts. Any help?

[kevincarter]

First, do a search and see if your question has already been asked

if not then hit the *new topic* button and write.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lifer', 'H')i, I'm afraid I am new to the internet (believe it or not) and don't yet know how to use these forums. I would like to ask a sincere question about peak oil (I'm fairly well informed for a non-expert, well read on the issue). But how do I post my own question? As far as I can find out, all I can do is respond to other people posts. Any help?

[sirrom]

i just wanted to see if anyone on here found this site through my site:

http://whatispeakoil.bravehost.com

just wanting to see if i have helped spread the word

[Aaron]

Referring sites sent 0 visits via 0 sources containing "http://whatispeakoil.bravehost.com "

[sirrom]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'R')eferring sites sent 0 visits via 0 sources containing "http://whatispeakoil.bravehost.com "

[Leanan]

Can someone remove the "whatispeakoil.bravehost.co" from the title of this thread? It's screwing up the formatting on the front page.

[sirrom]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Leanan', 'C')an someone remove the "whatispeakoil.bravehost.co" from the title of this thread? It's screwing up the formatting on the front page.

[steam_cannon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sirrom', 'i') just wanted to see if anyone on here found this site through my site:

http://whatispeakoil.bravehost.com

just wanting to see if i have helped spread the word

[sirrom]

i'm not trying to get people to my site,i am simply trying to tell people about peak oil

[sirrom]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'R')eferring sites sent 0 visits via 0 sources containing "http://whatispeakoil.bravehost.com "

[JohnLudi]

Ummmm...

I just clicked on the link to your site and was greeted with that Microsoft Installer thing that pops up when someone's site tries to install software on your computer.

I could not close the window, so I had to yank my DSL cable AND had to close the window via control/alt/delete...AND I cleared out my history, cookies and cache just so it wouldn't come back to haunt me...as so many of those things often do.

I doubt it was anything particularly sinister, but you have to be careful thesedays...

You seem like an alright human so I doubt any of this is intentional on your part, but if you really want to spread the word you may want to host your page elsewhere or can the ads. Don't know if it was the host or the ads, but SOMETHING wanted to makes its home on my hard drive.

[sirrom]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JohnLudi', 'U')mmmm...
I just clicked on the link to your site and was greeted with that Microsoft Installer thing that pops up when someone's site tries to install software on your computer.
I could not close the window, so I had to yank my DSL cable AND had to close the window via control/alt/delete...AND I cleared out my history, cookies and cache just so it wouldn't come back to haunt me...as so many of those things often do.
I doubt it was anything particularly sinister, but you have to be careful thesedays...
You seem like an alright human so I doubt any of this is intentional on your part, but if you really want to spread the word you may want to host your page elsewhere or can the ads. Don't know if it was the host or the ads, but SOMETHING wanted to makes its home on my hard drive.

[sirrom]

i don't want a website,i just wanted to provide a link a this site and to LATOC.yet nobody has even said a thankyou.

[JohnLudi]

Well, on behalf of humanity in general...thanks!
But here's the thing: if you are trying raise awareness of an issue as important as Peak Oil, you should be doing it out of the motivation of your own concience...not because you are looking for recognition, "props", or any sort of pat on the head...or money, if that's the case.

You do it if you think it's the right thing to do...don't expect praise and adulation to come raining down from the skies...it won't.
In my own case, I've spent 27 of my 42 years trying to raise awareness of a great many issues through my music.
Has it worked? Maybe here and there.
Has anybody thanked me for it? Maybe a couple dozen times over the years...out of probably hundreds of thousands of people who have heard my stuff during that time.

Is that the point of doing it? Nope. That's just ego gratification and it taints the purity of the action if you allow it to influence your motivations.
Raise awareness if you feel motivated to do so...just don't do it because you think you're going to "get" something out of it.
And if you're really doing this to get "ad clicks"...well, you need to take a moral "inventory" one of these days...this is far too world-changing a subject to try to make money off of it.

[sirrom]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JohnLudi', 't')his is far too world-changing a subject to try to make money off of it.

[JohnLudi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sirrom', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JohnLudi', 't')his is far too world-changing a subject to try to make money off of it.

[sirrom]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JohnLudi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sirrom', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JohnLudi', 't')his is far too world-changing a subject to try to make money off of it.

[Aaron]

I thought I'd take a break from rolling around in giant piles of your money, to chime in.

This is a 100% volunteer community effort here folks.

Everybody here, including me, is an unpaid volunteer.

It actually costs money to host this little experience.

Now... if you'll excuse me, I need to report in to my Chinese handlers; then it's off to the club to sit around sneering at poor folks.

<Lights giant cigar with rolls of food stamps... extinguishing the flame into the soft, yielding eye of a baby seal>

That is all.

(Now that's comma usage!)

[JohnLudi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sirrom', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JohnLudi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sirrom', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JohnLudi', 't')his is far too world-changing a subject to try to make money off of it.