[CamelJockey]

when?

[Byron100]

Soon. Like very soon. Be sure to have your popcorn ready to go for the big show. And don't forget the butter!

[CamelJockey]

i know its going to be interesting..........oh wait there wont be any popcorn they used it all to make ethanol

[cipi604]

I think by 2009 Christmas, SHTF 100%.

[IslandCrow]

It will be more like a bumpy slide, with trouble hitting different communities at different times. Also each location could face multiple crises (lots of little tshtf) instead of a one time event (TSHTF).

[mmasters]

2009 the collective shit will hit the fan.

[patience]

I voted "it already did", with thinking similiar to Island Crow. I think we have seen the tip of the iceberg we hit, and we are taking on water. Continue the analogy to your own taste.

I agree with mmasters that 2009 will be devastating. Say, 30% foreclosure rate, $12 gas, 20%+ unemployment, lots of banks gone, and all that goes with that.

[misterno]

It just started to hit. I can smell the shit flying around.

[americandream]

Cameljockey

With an avatar like yours, I don't see it being a problem. Won't you simply call for more democratic initiatives in the Middle East.

After all, "they have our oil", sayeth the thief, as he covets his neighbours oil wells.

[spaceweevil]

Maybe it wont be for years. I'd put my money on 2011. Just because we can still afford to be in iraq things cant be that bad.

[Daniel_Plainview]

September 2008 (not one of your options, but the correct answer, nevertheless).

[SpringCreekFarm]

I ran over part of my manure pile with the lawnmower last night. Does that count?

[yull]

I think 2012-2014 will be the time when everything begins to change on a huge scale and when it becomes obvious this world is over and something for the historians to debate over.

[mos6507]

I don't think we've hit the fan yet because the status quo is still functional. It's kind of hanging by a thread, but it's functioning. People are whining. SUV sales are down. People are driving less. Grocery prices are going up slightly. But the stuff that people fear the most about PO hasn't yet occured. It's nothing but the prelude.

[Pops]

For once I'm with mos, we have lots of fat to work off in the macro sense.

Not to say quite a few people in both the rich and poor world aren't up to their knees already at the personal level.

Some Fans are big and some are of the personal variety, I'd suggest checking for the S and the F near you.

[bodigami]

I did a similar poll here:
http://www.peakoil.com/fortopic39419-45.html

(mods, please don't merge this polls... I put a lot of thought on my questions )

[CamelJockey]

the title said when will the shit hit the fan. how did it get chaNGED to crap?

[cowuvula]

in about 3 years. They have to get prepared for the economic collapse. Nothing collapses until they are ready as you witnesses in the last 6 months.

Would any of you monetary geniuses have predicted the hundreds of billions of free dollars released since November?
No.
well I have found out it will continue for two years, then purse strings snap shut. They will be ready in 2010 to convert.

here is some more knnews today:

Fed to make fresh batch of bank loans
Thursday May 29, 2:55 pm ET
By Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer
Fed to keep making bank loans available to ease credit stresses


WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve announced Thursday that it will make a fresh batch of short-term cash loans available to squeezed banks as part of an ongoing effort to ease stressed credit markets.
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The Fed said it will conduct three auctions in June, with each one making $75 billion available in short-term cash loans. Banks can bid for a slice of the available funds. It would mark the latest round in a program that the Fed launched in December to help banks overcome credit problems so they will keep lending to customers.



They plan on using sky hooks until 2010.

[PrairieMule]

I know what I am wearing for Halloween this year.


My parents and I discussed this last night. We all agree the collapse has started.