[Lighthouse]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('roccman', '.')..
Two weeks ago a friend spent $250 on glamor shots of her on the hood of her boyfriends corvette.

A year supply of food is $250....

[billp]

Be optimistic.

[basil_hayden]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('billp', 'B')e optimistic.

[RedStateGreen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kingcoal', 'T')he average person, really, deep down, is a child who wants to be taken care of by others, told that everything is going to be just fine and be given just enough for their work to stay above broke.

[PeakingAroundtheCorner]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bl00k', 'O')il prices arent high because oil companies are out to get us.

[LoneSnark]

Well, your trucker friend is right about the 10 year cycle. (10 years is actually an average, it gets shorter the more severe the boom or bust).

What Peak Oillers need to prove to people is why this cycle is different from the other cycles. And just saying that "well, this time we actually are running out of oil" just begs the question why people said that at the beginning of every other cycle in history.

[Jenab6]

As Captain Kirk said about Klingons, when their planet was in trouble, "Let them die."

[RonMN]

Quote:
OK. how does one prepare for this thing?

Focus on your 4 NEEDS only! Everything else is a want, not a need.

1. Shelter
2. Water
3. Fire
4. Food

In that order.

And if you have any one of the above you really should also think about defence.

[Twilight]

People will find out when they are ready. It is futile to ask people to believe something of which they have no personal experience. You are asking them to take it on faith. You can back up an argument with all sorts of references, but if they have never encountered it before, then it comes down to a leap of faith. A lot of people will wake up to peak oil when it affects them personally. There are enough intelligent people out there who fight for their own when they sense a threat. But most people will go to the grave bewildered. That you just have to accept.

[Ardalla]

I think when someone admits that PO is real and immediate then their life changes at that point. They become a maverick, a loner, and that's scary, especially if you have a family, job, commitments and responsibilities. Not that you quit your job and run screaming into the hills, but your attitude has to change. Your sense of a secure and plannable future is jeopardized.

Remember the movie "Close Encounters"? When the guy gets the message that aliens are real and on the way (ok it took him a while to figure it out), he lost everything, his wife, kids, home, job.

Sort of like that quotation from Brecht: The man who smiles has not yet been told the terrible truth.

Sometimes I wish I could keep smiling instead of wondering and worrying. Once you know something, it cannot be unlearned. People resist that knowing. It's understandable.

[zeke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ardalla', 'I') think when someone admits that PO is real and immediate then their life changes at that point. They become a maverick, a loner, and that's scary, especially if you have a family, job, commitments and responsibilities. Not that you quit your job and run screaming into the hills, but your attitude has to change. Your sense of a secure and plannable future is jeopardized.

Remember the movie "Close Encounters"? When the guy gets the message that aliens are real and on the way (ok it took him a while to figure it out), he lost everything, his wife, kids, home, job.

Sort of like that quotation from Brecht: The man who smiles has not yet been told the terrible truth.

Sometimes I wish I could keep smiling instead of wondering and worrying. Once you know something, it cannot be unlearned. People resist that knowing. It's understandable.

[ONeil]

How do you present the concept of peak oil? Do you use facts and figures? If so this will not work. People are not motivated by facts, rather you must use emotion to challenge their world view.

Another technique to use is to appeal to the concept of consistency. Is the person you are talking to intelligent? aware of world affairs? news junkie? etc. If they are then they should know about peak oil. Wow they are ignorant of this issue. (Use the word ignorant, it's emotionally loaded and will challenge them to prove their consistency).

Most of the people around me are now aware. Some are still in denial however they have made the conscious choice to remain in denial. Living in a state of denial is consistent for them and they prefer to remain ignorant. Mostly I ignore these people or if they bother me ridicule them for their self imposed ignorance.

There is value to waking people up. Are we looking at a catastrophic event or are we looking at the extinction of our species? The answer to that question may depend on how many people we wake up.

[zeke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ONeil', 'H')ow do you present the concept of peak oil? Do you use facts and figures? If so this will not work...

[ONeil]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('zeke', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ONeil', 'H')ow do you present the concept of peak oil? Do you use facts and figures? If so this will not work...

[bonehead]

I've become like a clown,laughing on the outside and crying on the inside.I've started to withdraw somewhat.I've been told that i'm too depressing or negative.Eventually i won't talk about it anymore except for this site.

[kadoomsoon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ONeil', ' ') Are we looking at a catastrophic event or are we looking at the extinction of our species? The answer to that question may depend on how many people we wake up.

[Plantagenet]

TIME MAGAZINE just had an article saying Peak Oil occurred in 2006.

The word is getting out.

The truth cannot be denied.

[zeke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'T')IME MAGAZINE just had an article saying Peak Oil occurred in 2006.

The word is getting out.

The truth cannot be denied.

[Ayoob]

IMO, there's no reason to try to "raise awareness" or anything of that nature. What's it going to help?

If you were planning on building an eco-community, would you prefer to have an experienced gardener, or a truck driver that just figured out peak oil? Gimme the gardener, even if he's riveted to Xbox 23 hours a day. Who cares? He's productive.

Would you rather have a chick whose life in the Accounts Payable department is great, and who is peak oil aware, or would you rather have a high school dropout carpenter who can get walls up and fix your bathroom? Gimme the dropout.

I don't give a shit whether somebody's "passed the IQ test" or any of that. I want to be surrounded by people who can rig up what they need to rig up to make life as safe and comfortable as possible.

Talking about peak oil is like dancing about architecture. A nonproductive waste of time.