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Re: A glimpse of things to come?

Unread postby cube » Tue 20 May 2008, 19:20:32

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Drifter', 'M')ore glimpses of the near future?

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As Gas Prices Rise, SUV and Truck Sales Plummet
why not a decrease of 100% that would be even better! :wink:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he downward trend is largely due to the decreased demand for SUV and truck sales, which in the first quarter of 2008 decreased 28 percent.

A coincidence this was about the same time light sweet crude oil peaked?
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he pinnacle of SUV and truck sales within the United States peaked in 2004 at 55.7 percent.

It'll make a good home.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')If you’ve always wanted an SUV and you don’t drive a lot, now is a good time to buy one," Tom Gilbo, general manager of Par-K Enterprises in Fulton says with a laugh, pointing out the $5,500 rebate on the Jeep Grand Cherokee. "The incentives are so good."

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This may sound strange but I actually agree with the last statement. Auto companies will have to retool their factories to produce compact cars instead.
If you've ever wanted to buy an SUV, right now is a good time----->you'll never get another chance.
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Re: A glimpse of things to come?

Unread postby Ivan_M » Wed 21 May 2008, 01:45:12

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Re: A glimpse of things to come?

Unread postby aflurry » Thu 03 Jul 2008, 13:06:05

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JustaGirl', 'Y')ou'd probably love pictures of Chernobyl. As long as the US doesn't end up looking like that, I will be OK.


Here are some photos of Pripyat, the abandoned city:

http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=293

one interesting this is how quickly the plants and animals came back after the disaster.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 64528.html
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')cientists from the International Radioecology Laboratory in Slavutych have documented an increase in sightings of large animals that were rare or absent before the disaster. Several packs of wolves have appeared and they seem to have made easy meals of any stray dogs left behind by their owners. (Wolves Eat Dogs is the title of a novel based on the exclusion zone by Gorky Park author Martin Cruz Smith.)

The rare Przewalski's horse from the Russian steppe has been reintroduced, along with European bison. Beavers and boars are beginning to reshape the forest ecosystems, European lynx have been sighted and many rare birds, such as the black stork and white-tailed eagle, have returned, along with many swans and owls.

For some scientists, the sight of wildflowers growing through the cracks in the concrete roads of Pripyat and the many and varied species of larger animals within the zone are signs that something positive has come out of the disaster. These researchers believe that the detrimental effects of the radioactive fallout have been exaggerated, while the true impact of human activity has been overlooked.

"The benefit of excluding humans from this highly contaminated ecosystem appears to outweigh significantly any negative cost associated with Chernobyl radiation," said Robert Baker, a biologist at Texas Tech University, who has made more than a dozen scientific excursions into the zone. Baker believes that the diversity of animals and plants within the zone is what could be reasonably expected to be seen in a nature park dedicated to conservation. Indeed, there have been calls to turn the Chernobyl exclusion zone into what would become Europe's largest nature reserve.
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Re: A glimpse of things to come?

Unread postby ThereWillBeMoreBlood » Thu 03 Jul 2008, 21:50:28

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('cube', 'I') think you'll like this site Caine
http://www.deadmalls.com/

it has nothing to do with PO, it's about shopping malls in decline.
I think we're going to see a lot more stores going belly up in the very near term future through a combination of a sinking dollar and constrained resources.


Another site that you folks may like, although not really peak oil related: http://www.opacity.us/

I've always been a fan of this type of photography too.
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Re: A glimpse of things to come?

Unread postby VMarcHart » Fri 04 Jul 2008, 11:35:27

Great pictures, Caine!

More?
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Re: A glimpse of things to come?

Unread postby GeneralGreen » Fri 04 Jul 2008, 11:55:48

Some of those pictures are too nice...I dont expect pumps to be there..they will be stolen for savage...Windows...bricks all will be savage..It will look more like the aftermath of the battle of Stalingrad in the USA via 2025.
Anyway nice pictures..initially '2005-2015 this will be more and more..
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