[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('steam_cannon', 'W')ell guys, I think it's time me and my wife to ahh, call it a night...

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'T')he Antelope Valley, the High Desert, Palm Springs, everything is part of the Sprawl Zone. Mile after mile of Starbucks, AG Edwards, Target, etc.

What a relief to finally arrive in Slab City and a quiet cigarette

[Olaf]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('steam_cannon', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'G')ASMON you to will awaken but will it be too late?

[welshgreen]

Hello all! My name is Scott and I live in wales. I am currently on an mechanical engineer apprenticeship for an engineering company, based at a Chevron refinery! Im surprised at the lack of knowledge of PO amongst my fellow employees. anyways ill look forward to posting here.

[Bas]

welcome, Welshgreen looking forward to your contributions.

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GASMON', 'T')echnology WILL sort out our energy problems, this is where the skills etc I mentioned previously America has will come into play, but as to the associated social costs, changes, and incessant population rise, I think only “him up there” has the picture at the moment.

[Iaato]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'A')nd it's a VERY frustrating problem, because it neutralizes much of what we are good at (i.e., building and innovating our way out of problems).

[steam_cannon]

Welcome, you've come across an important subject that will affect all
too many in this world...

Let us know if you have any questions and enjoy the ride!

[welshgreen]

Thanks for the welcome!!

[Ferretlover]

Welcome.
Find a seat in the stands and prepare to watch the Greatest Human Show on Earth as it unfolds before our very eyes!

BTW, my husband's family came from Wales (Llangadwaladr Parish, Isle of Anglesey, and Abberffraw, North Wales, etc) to the US in the mid 19th century.

[Mquinon3]

I have been a faithful guest on this site for about a year now and will be starting my graduate sociology work in the fall which will be heavily focused on oil and conflict. I'm very excited to a part of this community.

[Cashmere]

Welcome.

[steam_cannon]

Welcome, you're in a good place to get well thought out and diverse
perspectives relating to social issues and whatever floats your boat.
You can browse, make poles, ask questions and the more questions
you ask, the more answers you'll receive. And who knows, once in a
while they might even be what you're looking for!

[kpeavey]

Its about time.

Mquinon3 wrote$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'g')raduate sociology work in the fall which will be heavily focused on oil and conflict

[Schadenfreude]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Mquinon3', 'I') have been a faithful guest on this site for about a year now and will be starting my graduate sociology work in the fall which will be heavily focused on oil and conflict. I'm very excited to a part of this community.

[Nano]

If I were you, I wouldn't study such a field of sociology. I would study a field including how to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder in the (US)military. That seems to offer much better job prospects. Although some people would say that is a psychology topic, I believe it is more of a sociology topic.

Try to get involved with the military. In the field of sociology as well as psychology, I think there's going to be good job prospects for professionals who also have an interest in geopolitical developments, like yourself.

[Iaato]

Welcome, Mquinon3. We need more sociologists around here. I look forward to hearing about your thesis as you go forward. And take the negativity here with a grain of salt; though if you've been lurking for a year you probably don't need a warning. By definition, everybody here is grieving in one way or another.

[Mquinon3]

Thnx for the interest, I plan on becoming very active here as I progress with my thesis work. I also majored in psychology, but as I become more informed about our current global resource issues I felt sociology would be more important for my own sake of knowledge. I'm not extremely concerned about doing this for the sake of employment oppurutnities, it just comes down to seeing how important it is and trying to develop theory work that will hopefully shed some much needed light in the academic field. I'd prefer to be employed in research with a university or some appropriate entity and becoming heavily involved in the community processes as we adapt to the scenarios we are facing.

My thesis work is going to focus on increasing global declines in oil and the conflict between nation-states as a result of it. There will also be focus on global and local processes that will be effected such as intra-state conflict and the change amongst industrial societies on both the local and national level as resource competition becomes a part of mainstream reality.

Yea, I've been reading the forums and part of the IRC chat for alittle bit and this seems like one of the best places to have discussions related to resource decline and global to local processes. I'm also familiar with the negativity here and hey its a part of the process. I consider myself a semi-doomer (will become a full fledged one when i gain more knowledge probably). Appreciate the warm welcome from everyone!!

[Nano]

Mquinon, what are your thought on the apparent feeling among younger generation in the developed world that they are somehow 'entitled' to different forms of opulence and safety as have been the norm the last few decades? What are the consequences for developed societies of having this large (IMO) group of people who's expectations of permanent progress will turn out to be increasingly misguided?

On being a semi-doomer: I think there is no reason to become a fullfledged doomer at all concerning peak oil. Peak oil is just one of those things. Only misers become doomers due to things like peak oil. There are greater and older problems that have caused genuine feelings of doom in the past and will continue do so in the future, namely the permanent distress associated with the human condition in general. Someone who is fixed in knowledge is not perturbed by trifles such as peak oil.

[JBoulder]

Hello All,

New member to the site and its nice to see an open discussion on PO. When I discuss PO with many of my family and friends, they consider me to be negative and fatalistic. It seems they ( and many people in the US) have a this belief of entitlement to a fossil fuel life and the possibility of being removed from this type of life is immediately dismissed in leu of technology or flat out denial.

In my opinion PO is a far-reaching topic where the lack of coverage in the mainstream is baffling.

Looking forward to chattin' with you all.

JBoulder