[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', ' ')I have decided to shut up now.

[paimei01]

First time when I told someone : total quiet, and staring at me
Second time : yes, yes, we have 100 years of oil left, stop talking nonsense

[Ferretlover]

I've tried to tell and explain, almost to no avail.
The only person who was interested was a young man who was trying to drum up customers for his new stockbroker business and was walking the neighborhoods to introduce himself.

Otherwise, I get so frustrated being told "they" will save us, that I am worrying over nothing.

[Ivan_M]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')Now, if the environmentalists would just get out of the way, the Pacific Coast shoreline has enough oil to supply every man, woman and child for the next 500 years. You want cheap oil? Call the Sierra Club and Greenpeace and tell them to get out of the way of it.

[FreakOil]

First reaction? Paraphrasing a bunch of people: "They" will come up with a "solution."

[FreakOil]

I must confess, I didn't read Ferretlover's post before I wrote my own. Now that I have, I must say it's absolutely bizarre the similarity of the responses we have gotten to the subject, and it's even more bizarre the people's faith and dependence on "them."

People don't even have the decency to say who "they" are! Are "they" government? Are "they" business? Are "they" scientists? It's just "them," as if there's some separate group of people completely outside of society, beyond everything that we see and hear, making decisions that will affect the course of humanity.

Maybe it's just an indication of how dissociated the average person is from government, business and academia. They're not even people, they're just "them." Next time somebody talks about "them" and how "they" are going to come up with a "solution," maybe we should continue by asking who "they" are and what have they done for us lately?

[Ferretlover]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('FreakOil', '
')Maybe it's just an indication of how dissociated the average person is from government, business and academia. They're not even people, they're just "them." Next time somebody talks about "them" and how "they" are going to come up with a "solution," maybe we should continue by asking who "they" are and what have they done for us lately?

[bodigami]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', '(')...)
I drew a few bell curves on a piece of paper. Many of you have done this too, I'm sure.(...)
People are starting to get it, finally.

[Pops]

http://www.peakoil.com/sample/

[charliebrownout]

Top Ten Reactions to My New Found Concerns About Peak Oil:

10. This is just proof that you read too much.

9. Maybe you're right, but I'm sure someone higher up is working on it.

8. You worry too much.

7. What do you mean it's a bad sign that a 3000 sq. ft. house that cost $300,000 last year now costs $150,000? It's a buyers market again!

6. The powers that be would never let that happen.

5. No wonder you're depressed, look at the books you're reading: Crossing the Rubicon, Straw Dogs, Business Ethics and Society, Politics and the Environment, The Coming Economic Collapse, The Party's Over... Maybe we should go see a movie or something and leave the books alone for a while.

4. How could oil "Peak" I've heard it is a renewable resource or something? It regenerates over time, doesn't it?

3. If we just used American oil instead of Middle Eastern oil--there wouldn't be a problem right now.

2. C'mon.

1. No way.

[gnm]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', '"')Oh yeah, I know, we've been through all this before in the 1970s."

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gnm', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', '"')Oh yeah, I know, we've been through all this before in the 1970s."

[Moped]

I commonly get the reaction that mankind will simply invent or dicover a new energy source to replace oil, I've since learnt on hearing that reaction its time to drop the discussion because I'll just piss them off. Most people don't want to know, its just another thing to make their life difficult.

[jedinvest]

My first reaction when confronted with a peak oil graph was to assume that the 30 percent decline point would be the pinch as I assume that I could make due with 30% less of everything (except for money of course, the area where American's are quintessencially screwed)!

I came up with about 2023 when TSHTF but the PO'er said try wrapping your head around 2013 or so! I've been thinking about that ever since, because the big question in all of our minds is the WHEN (not of PO, but of TSH'ingTF)?

The commonest reaction I get from people that have already been exposed to some concepts of PO is that this will be a problem only for our CHILDREN to deal with, the same way they deal with climate change issues. It is interesting how the future of our children is SO DISCOUNTED nowadays, as if that isn't the most important thing.

Anyway, my wife said she had enough of my peak oil infatuation and she told me what's she thinks: Stop worrying about something that only our children will have to deal with!

At that moment, I got fed up with her and told her what I think: I said that's a myth (basically a purposeful lie to get us to not think too closely about it).

[bodigami]

no offense, but what "aware", "noble" and "responsible" wife to have children with!

...I'm seriously considering not having offspring because of how depressed I will feel if because of my actions some humans have to suffer so much... no better wait after a die-off to have offspring; if it's in a brand new, more spiritual civilization.

[FreakOil]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('zensui', 'n')o offense, but what "aware", "noble" and "responsible" wife to have children with!

...I'm seriously considering not having offspring because of how depressed I will feel if because of my actions some humans have to suffer so much... no better wait after a die-off to have offspring; if it's in a brand new, more spiritual civilization.

[scottyboyswa]

Hi everyone, it's my first time posting here. I read about Peak Oil about a year ago, and have discussed it with many people as well as blogging about it. My experience has been much the same. "I'm sure the government has a plan," "We'll find more oil" etc... All I can say is there will be a lot of people in for a rude awaking!

[FreakOil]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('scottyboyswa', 'H')i everyone, it's my first time posting here. I read about Peak Oil about a year ago, and have discussed it with many people as well as blogging about it. My experience has been much the same. "I'm sure the government has a plan," "We'll find more oil" etc... All I can say is there will be a lot of people in for a rude awaking!

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('scottyboyswa', 'H')i everyone, it's my first time posting here. I read about Peak Oil about a year ago, and have discussed it with many people as well as blogging about it. My experience has been much the same. "I'm sure the government has a plan," "We'll find more oil" etc... All I can say is there will be a lot of people in for a rude awaking!

[JustaGirl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jedinvest', '
')The commonest reaction I get from people that have already been exposed to some concepts of PO is that this will be a problem only for our CHILDREN to deal with, the same way they deal with climate change issues. It is interesting how the future of our children is SO DISCOUNTED nowadays, as if that isn't the most important thing.

Anyway, my wife said she had enough of my peak oil infatuation and she told me what's she thinks: Stop worrying about something that only our children will have to deal with!