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Metaphors: What Does Peak Oil Look Like?

Unread postby killJOY » Thu 03 Jul 2008, 17:37:58

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July 4, 2008. Dow down. Oil up. Minas at $154. Pass the hotdogs, please.
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Re: Metaphors: What Does Peak Oil Look Like?

Unread postby Pops » Thu 03 Jul 2008, 18:03:36

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Not dramatic is what I'm thinking.


Just traumatic.
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Re: Metaphors: What Does Peak Oil Look Like?

Unread postby wisconsin_cur » Thu 03 Jul 2008, 18:15:38

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http://www.thenewfederalistpapers.com
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Re: Metaphors: What Does Peak Oil Look Like?

Unread postby CarlinsDarlin » Thu 03 Jul 2008, 18:32:59

Yeah, I know, the photo's a hoax.... but this is the first image I thought of when you asked the question...

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Re: Metaphors: What Does Peak Oil Look Like?

Unread postby Gebari » Thu 03 Jul 2008, 18:35:18

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Re: Metaphors: What Does Peak Oil Look Like?

Unread postby Pops » Thu 03 Jul 2008, 19:00:36

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Gebari', '[')img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Mort.jpg[/img]


This stuff is Bullshit.
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Re: Metaphors: What Does Peak Oil Look Like?

Unread postby killJOY » Thu 03 Jul 2008, 19:08:15

Yummy stuff, fellows and foals. Thanks!


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Yes, that's a train.

Yes, that's snow.

Dead in its tracks.

Like USA, post-peak.
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Re: Metaphors: What Does Peak Oil Look Like?

Unread postby Pops » Thu 03 Jul 2008, 20:05:25

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('killJOY', 'Y')ummy stuff, fellows and foals. Thanks!.


How do things look when you have a pink note in your in-box KJ?

No metaphors required.
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Re: Metaphors: What Does Peak Oil Look Like?

Unread postby mmasters » Thu 03 Jul 2008, 21:10:25

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Re: Metaphors: What Does Peak Oil Look Like?

Unread postby IndigoMoon » Fri 04 Jul 2008, 00:40:04

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Re: Metaphors: What Does Peak Oil Look Like?

Unread postby kpeavey » Fri 04 Jul 2008, 03:08:32

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If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--for ever."
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twenty centuries of stony sleep were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, and what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
-George Yeats
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Re: Metaphors: What Does Peak Oil Look Like?

Unread postby killJOY » Fri 04 Jul 2008, 07:29:13

kpeavey, I love that website!


another for the road:


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Re: Metaphors: What Does Peak Oil Look Like?

Unread postby Jack » Fri 04 Jul 2008, 08:02:55

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Re: Metaphors: What Does Peak Oil Look Like?

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Re: Metaphors: What Does Peak Oil Look Like?

Unread postby dinopello » Fri 04 Jul 2008, 09:16:16

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