[Zardoz]

After reading through this, it's hard to come to any other conclusion: We're in the first stages of TS really beginning to HTF.

Peak Oil Review

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')hile last week started quietly, Thursday and Friday turned into a frenzy, with prices surging from a low of $132 a barrel on Wednesday to touch a new high of $142.99 on Friday...

...While the effects of $200 oil seem analyzable, others are beginning to talk of the possibility or the likelihood of $300, $500 and even $600 oil 4 or 5 years from now. As yet no one seems to be thinking through the implications for society should oil reach these prices in a short time...

...Largely unreported in the American media is the growing frequency of electricity, diesel, and gasoline shortages around the world...

...Major economic projects are being cancelled due to the shortages. Last week a $2.7 billion aluminum smelter in South Africa was put on hold until there is enough power to operate the facility...

[pedalling_faster]

if we see a part where people bulldoze some of the un-occupied foreclosed homes in a suburban area and turn it into farm intermingled with houses, it won't be all bad.

[joewp]

Here's a project that's not only a major economic project, it's a major "national pride" thing that I'm willing to bet will never get built, and it's all because of PO
Reuters
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')EW YORK, June 30 (Reuters) - Rebuilding at the World Trade Center, site of the Sept. 11 attacks, is behind schedule and over budget, and major problems mean new cost estimates and timetable must be drawn up, officials said on Monday. ...
The centerpiece of the rebuilding effort, the Freedom Tower had been due for completion in 2011. At 1,776 feet (541 metres) it would be the tallest building in the United States. ...
The project's $14 billion cost keeps rising as commodity prices soar and the 19 federal, state and city agencies that are all involved fail to solve logjams.

[TheDude]

I'm waiting for someone to implement rationing on excess lighting, to provide excess demand for millions of heating oil users resorting to electric heaters this winter.



IAEEL newsletter 1-2/00

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'G')lobal lighting electricity use is distributed approximately 28% to the residential sector, 48% to the service sector, 16% to the industrial sector, and 8% to street and other lighting. The corresponding carbon dioxide emissions are 1775 million metric tonnes per year. Lighting electricity demand in the 23 International Energy Agency (IEA) countries represents approximately half of the world’s total lighting use.

[Rogozhin]

I wouldn't have thought that residential would be that large of a percentage of the pie!

[DefiledEngine]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')No, there won't be a worldwide overnight collapse. Instead, we'll see a steady, gradual deterioration much as we're seeing now, and it will go on and on indefinitely.

[RedStateGreen]

Bah. TS is nowhere near TF.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w91-GMc3j7I

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Rogozhin', 'I') wouldn't have thought that residential would be that large of a percentage of the pie!

[socrates1fan]

Sorry to sound ignorant.
What is TSHTF?
Should I be knowing this?

[big_rc]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('socrates1fan', 'S')orry to sound ignorant.
What is TSHTF?
Should I be knowing this?

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('joewp', '
')This failed re-building project will end up symbolizing the fade away of the American empire. This crap will be dribbling into the fan for the next 5 years at least, via more and more delays and cost overruns. It's a receding horizon.

[Rogozhin]

No it's not.

[kublikhan]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pedalling_faster', 'i')f we see a part where people bulldoze some of the un-occupied foreclosed homes in a suburban area and turn it into farm intermingled with houses, it won't be all bad.

[Muckingfess]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kublikhan', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pedalling_faster', 'i')f we see a part where people bulldoze some of the un-occupied foreclosed homes in a suburban area and turn it into farm intermingled with houses, it won't be all bad.

[TheDude]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Rogozhin', 'I') wouldn't have thought that residential would be that large of a percentage of the pie!