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First post and question!

Unread postby Filipek » Sat 11 Apr 2009, 19:55:44

Hi! Greetings from Poland...

I've been reading a lot about peak oil recently, and this site is a fascinating and informative resource! So thanks!

Now, I wonder if any of you have any information on a problem that I foresee running parrell to peak oil. Apparently at the current rate of extraction, the world will exhaust its iridium supply in about 10 years time or less. I been trying to find more information on that, however this seems hard to come by anywhere. I am not sure how much people are aware of this here (I tried searching, but found little information) but iridium is a vital component of solar panels, so how does this effect the long term viability of solar power? Iridium is also used in LED lights, LCD displays - so running out would appear to be a serious crisis. How much do people know about this? Have I put 2 and 2 together and made 5? Also, if this information is here forgive me for asking - I'm new!
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Re: First post and question!

Unread postby gnm » Sat 11 Apr 2009, 20:40:46

Welcome. Iridium is not necessarily a show stopper for solar PV or IC's, LED's and the like. It is an ideal substance in many of the currently used substrates but there are other substitutes. A more worrisome problem is that PV is really only a TINY minority of world energy production and likely will never make up a majority. So look at the bigger issues like coal and nuclear for the issues that will shut down future growth.

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Re: First post and question!

Unread postby kuidaskassikaeb » Sat 11 Apr 2009, 20:44:22

Do you mean indium?
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Re: First post and question!

Unread postby Filipek » Sun 12 Apr 2009, 18:16:02

@gnm Thanks for the prompt reply. I'm just really waking up to peak oil etc. I was considering solar panels (logistical nightmare in Poland, sadly - as are all off the grid technologies at the moment) and thought about the iridium shortage. I remembered reading about shortages of it a while ago with regards to the electronics industry and drew a conclusion. I still think that using a resource in decline to counteract the problems of a resource in decline might be a little be counter-productive, so good to know there are alternatives, do you have any links or further info?

@kuidaskassikaeb no, I mean iridium. It's a metal used in many electronic components. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium
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Hello fellow peakers

Unread postby ForlornHope » Sun 19 Apr 2009, 20:11:03

Hi everyone. Been a lurker, and thought I'd join and get my dose of doom and gloom.
Been P.O. aware and all its ramifications since Katrina whacked New Orleans and exposed the soft underbelly of the beast...
Hope to keep abreast of all the latest news, and keep fairly well informed.
Well thats it for now. Will chat later.
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Re: Hello fellow peakers, doomers (and even cornucopians :P )

Unread postby Schmuto » Sun 19 Apr 2009, 20:20:46

Heh.
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Re: Hello fellow peakers, doomers (and even cornucopians :P )

Unread postby dinopello » Sun 19 Apr 2009, 20:27:30

Welcome. Don't overdose on the gloom ! It's more satisifying to try and fail than sit around and complain, IMHO.
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Re: Hello fellow peakers, doomers (and even cornucopians :P )

Unread postby kpeavey » Sun 19 Apr 2009, 21:41:47

Too bad you didnt log in earlier. Could have become E-friends before the grid went down.
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Re: Hello fellow peakers, doomers (and even cornucopians :P )

Unread postby dinopello » Sun 19 Apr 2009, 21:59:56

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', 'W')elcome. Don't overdose on the gloom ! It's more satisifying to try and fail than sit around and complain, IMHO.
We have tried and failed. And complaining is better than satisfying . . . it's fun :razz:


It's fun in the same way that premature orgasm is only premature for one of those involved. Would you like some organic, hormone-free cheese with your whine ?
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Re: Hello fellow peakers, doomers (and even cornucopians :P )

Unread postby Daniel_Plainview » Sun 19 Apr 2009, 22:50:02

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ForlornHope', ' ')Hello fellow peakers, doomers (and even cornucopians :P )


Screw cornucopians.

Life is too short for such delusion.
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Re: Hello fellow peakers, doomers (and even cornucopians :P )

Unread postby WildRose » Mon 20 Apr 2009, 02:54:06

Welcome, fellow Canuck! Good to have you aboard.
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Re: Hello fellow peakers, doomers (and even cornucopians :P )

Unread postby Concerned » Mon 20 Apr 2009, 15:38:54

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', 'W')elcome. Don't overdose on the gloom ! It's more satisifying to try and fail than sit around and complain, IMHO.
We have tried and failed. And complaining is better than satisfying . . . it's fun :razz:


It's fun in the same way that premature orgasm is only premature for one of those involved. Would you like some organic, hormone-free cheese with your whine ?



Hehe this is why we are in this stinking mess. How self centered.

I can see the failed bank CEO's and directors talking the same waffle. What are they complaining about we did ok.

The "system" has failed and failed big time. It has a ways to go before it reaches bottom.
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Re: Hi

Unread postby aldente » Mon 20 Apr 2009, 16:11:22

Hey Schmuto, are you German?
Your Avatar looks like out of a concentration camp.
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Re: Hi

Unread postby davep » Mon 20 Apr 2009, 16:19:45

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('aldente', 'H')ey Schmuto, are you German?
Your Avatar looks like out of a concentration camp.


I think he's on a fast. It's hardly appropriate, but you have to live with the 'free-thinkers' on here.
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Re: Hi

Unread postby dunewalker » Mon 20 Apr 2009, 19:31:00

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'W')elcome. What is Scarrow's 'Last Light'? Orlov is right on.


Ironic that a "newbie" on his 2nd post informs a veteran of over 8,000 posts about one of the classics of doomer literature... :P
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Re: Hi

Unread postby aldente » Wed 22 Apr 2009, 01:44:00

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('aldente', 'H')ey Schmuto, are you German?
Your Avatar looks like out of a concentration camp.


I think he's on a fast. It's hardly appropriate, but you have to live with the 'free-thinkers' on here.
This is just on the razors edge of complete and utterly tastelessness.


I find the picture tasteless, especially using it as Avatar.
Here in Germany there are discussions about our past going on daily. It is as we all wonder if these atrocities truly happened here. The Japanese seem to have a tendency to avoid dealing with their past and supposedly erase the parts in their history books that are outside their comfort level.
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Re: Hi

Unread postby Schmuto » Thu 23 Apr 2009, 01:10:25

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('aldente', '
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I find the picture tasteless, especially using it as Avatar.


WRONG.
WRONG.
WRONG.

You don't find it "tasteless." That's your cop out.

You find it uncomfortable.

You find it unpleasant.

You find it disturbing.

But this isn't a f----ing house-decorating party, German guy, this is a chat board focused on Peak Oil.

The picture is one of a caring human feeding another who is on the brink of starvation.

It is a combination of the best and worst features of humanity.

"taste."

It's about taste is it?

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Re: Hi

Unread postby aldente » Fri 24 Apr 2009, 18:34:12

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Schmuto', ' ')this is a chat board focused on Peak Oil.



Is it indeed?

The "bear the flag" misery kind of journalism that focusses on the dead or near dead ( e.g. what you hint towards with your avatar) is a common pattern with sensationalist journalism.

You should apply working for Fox News.
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Virgin post here

Unread postby shyienemo » Fri 15 May 2009, 05:41:11

Make my first post here ! ok!

Nice to see u guys in PeakOil...
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Re: Virgin post here

Unread postby Schmuto » Fri 15 May 2009, 11:46:45

Hello China.

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