[Vogelzang]

Eco-hysterics and the technophobes (Hardcover) by Petr Beckmann (Author)

pages 4-31 here

Available from Amazon.com Amazon

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', ' ')I would respond with world-wide collapsing fisheries, depleted aquifers, declining topsoils, extinct animals and ecosystems, cut-over forests, oceanic dead-zones, and . . . GW?

[Vogelzang]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'W')hat is your point Vogelzang. Do you expect me to do your homework AND critique it for you?
Where are the ecohysterics. Explain them. I would respond with world-wide collapsing fisheries, depleted aquifers, declining topsoils, extinct animals and ecosystems, cut-over forests, oceanic dead-zones, and . . . GW? Tell me all about technotopia you live in. Why don't ya'

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'W')hat is your point Vogelzang.

[Vogelzang]

Raising the average recovery rate world-wide to 50% from 35% would boost the world's recoverable oil by about 1.2 trillion barrels -- equal to the whole of today's proven reserves, the International Energy Agency says.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124050418449248573.html

I think I'll have a beer to celebrate.

[Vogelzang]

http://mightyrighty.com/forum/global-warming/

[bodigami]

...the book is not even rated.

[efarmer]

If Vogelzang leads me astray here, do you think I might take my
empty cornucopia and press it into service as a dunce hat?
Being wicker and biodegradable, as well as handmade, it
would be an instant indicator of my eco-hysterics and also
my technophobia. I am going to sleep tonight on the issue
of putting the curved horn toward the rear, so I look spiffy
and fashionable, or towards the front, so I might hang a
ping pong ball on a string from it, and make myself a
little puff ball game to keep me amused.

Oh, and what do you put down the hole to make the extra
15% shoot out? I want to get some before everyone finds
out and it gets expensive.

[smallpoxgirl]

Beckmann seems like a real douche. Lots of red herrings and straw men. Little in the way of sincere aurgumentation. A serious fetish for technology. Bet he's a closet Treckie.

[Vogelzang]

[Vogelzang]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Vogelzang', 'R')aising the average recovery rate world-wide to 50% from 35% would boost the world's recoverable oil by about 1.2 trillion barrels -- equal to the whole of today's proven reserves, the International Energy Agency says.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124050418449248573.html

I think I'll have a beer to celebrate.

[Vogelzang]

The World has Plenty of Oil

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')When will peak oil arrive?

Where do reasonable assumptions surrounding peak oil lead us? My view, subjective and imprecise, points to a period between 2045 and 2067 as the most likely outcome.

[Vogelzang]

Years ago, there was a paranoia of phosphates because they alledgedly caused the overgrowth of algae. Now with all the phosphate free detergent on the market, the eco-criminals are blaming nitrogen pollution. Most of it is natural, of course, and has been going on for billions of years, but the eco-criminals are still convinced they can extort more money from suckers.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Vogelzang', 'Y')ears ago, there was a paranoia of phosphates because they alledgedly caused the overgrowth of algae. Now with all the phosphate free detergent on the market, the eco-criminals are blaming nitrogen pollution. Most of it is natural, of course, and has been going on for billions of years, but the eco-criminals are still convinced they can extort more money from suckers.

[careinke]

Washington and Oregon also have some significant, man made, off shore dead zones off their coasts. Of course since they are not easily seen from the shore, they do not get the attention they deserve. Maybe once or twice a year there will be an obscure news story. Out of sight, out of mind.

Sort of like the devastating pollution produced by the Chinese in their desire to fulfill our need of cheap plastic cr#p. We get the benefits, while exporting our pollution to places where we do not have to live with it.

Unfortunately that is only going to work for so long. It is just starting to catch up with us.