[prairiegyrl]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pops', 'I') was just wondering how you might think to change your circumstance or more important your curriculum next session after reading here a bit.

[ReducedToZero]

Emersonbiggins I notice you say your field is architecture. Thats very interesting. Im curious as to if architecture studio in your part of the country has shifted entirely to sustainable design as it has here in California. I am in fact minoring in Sustainable Design through the architecture school at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA. Please reply

[prairiegyrl]

Hogan: Thanks for the book recommendations. I ordered a few. I have Storey's Basic Country Skills, When Technology Fails, and Crisis Preparedness.

I do realize that there is a good possibility I will lose my job.

[emersonbiggins]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReducedToZero', 'E')mersonbiggins I notice you say your field is architecture. Thats very interesting. Im curious as to if architecture studio in your part of the country has shifted entirely to sustainable design as it has here in California. I am in fact minoring in Sustainable Design through the architecture school at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA. Please reply

[beaky]

Hi, I'm Robin, I'm not so new here actually as I've been a member of this site before under a different username, but that was some time ago. Still interested in Peak oil, even more so actually, what with this recession looming. Oh, and I've just graduated with a 2/1 in Psychology and English, right when firms up and down the UK are about to shed a load of jobs. Great timing!

Anyway, best wishes everybody!

[Jack]

Welcome to Peak Oil, Beaky.

Please enjoy your stay.

Jack

[Ferretlover]

Welcome back, Beaky. The fete is now open and operating in full swing.
Enjoy yourself. Be sure to wander around the archives as you have time.

[saucyjak]

Ive been a lurker for a while and my biggest concern is the bleak future for my children. I am encouraged with the wind farms going up here in IOWA and believe that T. Boone Pickens has a good Idea, that is a start.

Thanks for this site and look foward to occasional interaction.

[coyote]

Welcome saucy. Browse around the Planning for the Future forum for strategies and keep an eye on the news page, and jump into the discussions. Lots of good people here, glad you could join us.

[lentilsmine]

Hey folks. Peak oil has been in the far back of my mind for quite a while but ever since I started "investing in disaster" (playing short ETFs and commodities on the stock market back in 2006 when I still had some savings) I've been thinking about it more. Started reading up a month or two back. Now here I am.

I live in an urban setting and will not be giving that up (and happen to think it's going to be one of the more livable ones in the future for a number of reasons) and I'm a renter, and I've just started to prepare. So I have got a LOT to do. Basically right now I have only the bare minimum OH SH-- food and water, 15 gallons of water and 101,000 calories of somewhat balanced food (well, okay, 15,000 calories is from vodka! ) plus basic personal protection equipment and supplies. My problem is storage space, I do have some under my building but that's subject to thieves so things would need to be sealed in nondescript containers. Also being in an urban area I would be much more comfortable having some bugout gear which I'm lacking currently.

My current preparations include figuring out how to store more food (particularly protein as I do not eat anything with legs or wings) and getting my behind out of debt which I'm currently doing pretty well at.

Hopefully I'm not getting started too late!

[Ferretlover]

Welcome to PeakOil.com, saucyjak. As you've been lurking for awhile, you probably have a good idea how things work; do ask questions if the need arises!

[Ferretlover]

Welcome, lentilsmine, to PO.com! I am thinking that you are going to Really enjoy the Planning for the Future forum. Loads of good information there.

[RuncornBridge]

Hi and welcome from a Northener.

[Wolfen30]

Welcome Saucy!

[skeptik]

Beaky,

As you are a fellow Brit, you might wish to take a look at

http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/index.php

also a Peak Oil forum but more focussed on the British side of things.

Peakoil.com has plenty of interest in its forums (including some seriously wacky off topic stuff) but is more slanted to the North American POV.

the seriously serious peak oilers post at http://www.theoildrum.com/ - some of the more technical stuff there is beyond me, but well worth bookmarking.

[SMA]

Well hello! It's great to finally have found a place to discuss all things peak-related – my real-life friends all refuse to believe in peak oil or at least in the serious consequences of it, so I can't talk about it much with them.

I'm a 22-year old Swedish university student about to graduate (once I finish my thesis) and then I guess I'm going to find a job, if the world isn't up in flames by then. I remember being concerned about oil as far back as the mid-nineties, when I was ten years old, but back in those days there was no discussion whatsoever about a peak in production or indeed about how production would be able to keep up with rising demand. Instead the "discussion", as far as I recall, was limited to some expert proclaiming that we had enough oil for another fifty or possibly one hundred years so there was no need to worry, because by then new technology would have solved all our problems.

Now this is going to sound really naive to you, but up until a few years ago I mostly believed in that. I know it's stupid but I had never heard the problem discussed in any other terms. Then I, more or less accidentally, stumbled upon an article about peak oil. I only read a paragraph or two before it hit me right in the gut. I immediately realized how stupid I had been and how disastrous the consequences of the peak would be.

Since then I've been really worried about the future, and amazed that peak oil is so seldom talked about. Everybody keeps going like it's business as usual when it should be obvious to all experts, if not the general public, that we're heading for a crash. And peak oil is not even a particularly difficult concept to grasp. But I guess it's simply to uncomfortable to accept the truth in this case.

Well...that was probably a little too much rambling for an introduction so I will stop here. Hope to have many fruitful discussion with you all here.

[darwinsdog]

Hi SMA.

I'm a 52 year old from the US. When I was in college in the 1970s studying biology & the environmental sciences I learned about Hubbert's Peak & resource depletion. I expected it to all come down long before now. I guess there was more oil in the ground, and ecosystems were more resilient, than we thot back then. I've had a fairly decent life, better than I expected. I have a son your age, a couple kids a bit older than you, & a granddaughter. At my age I can kick back & just watch it all fall apart. But you young people are screwed. Sorry.

[Micki]

Just wanted to sat Hej o Vaelkommen
I am myself a tax and climate refugee from Sweden (citizen but born in Finland) who moved south.
You'll probably hear a fair bit of criticism against Sweden from me for the 'paradise lost'. (The finger is of course pointing at the politicians and media, not the people in general)

There is quite an interesting debate going here;
Why Sweden will be One of the Worse EU nations Post Peak
Hope you can contribute.

[elisse37]

I gotta say, it is such an eye opening, soul searching, experience, being a member of this site, it really has opened my eyes and made me really think about how the decisions I make today will affect me tomorrow, especially in terms of the equipment I buy and the land I intend to purchase. I should ask this in the Aust/NZ forum, and I will, but how long do you think we have? I am thinking maybe 20 years?

[ohanian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('elisse37', 'I') should ask this in the Aust/NZ forum, and I will, but how long do you think we have? I am thinking maybe 20 years?