[kevinaugustine]

Does anyone live in Chicago? My wife and I are librarians and she works at the University of Chicago library. We move to Chicago from Columbus, OH where I befriended Seppo Korpela of ASPO. Please contact me at kevinaugustine@juno.com if you live in the Chicago area.

[blukatzen]

Hi, there's a few of us on this board from Chicago, I'm on the near NW side. Welcome!
We used to do a get-together once a month when we had the PostCarbon.org's Meetup group, but that stopped in the summer of '05, folks got more interested in Sustainable living, permaculture, Renewable energy applications, etc. I don't believe there have been any meetings so far, but I could be wrong...

Anyone up for a Chicagoland PO meet-n-greet?

PM me offboard..

Blu

[JohnLudi]

Hey...welcome to Chicago! This is my 2nd time living in this city and I love it (Detroit native).

I'd be into networking w/ other peak aware people here, like yourselves...as most of the people I've met here are clueless in this regard...and my girlfriend probably tired of me scaring her with my doomerism and most of the people I work with probably think I'm a loon for the same reason.

Feel free to contact me: johnludi64 AT yahoo

Put the words "Peak Oil" in your subject...I get massive amounts of spam at this particular address and I pretty much trash it all without a whole lot of time spent on inspection.

[Venerye]

Hi,
We're in the south suburbs. A PO meetup would be great. PM me please if one is being planned.

[duke]

Hi Folks,

We are from Idaho and saw this site on the news today. Being new to this place we were wondering if their were any threads which addressed “preparedness folks” circling their wagons to work together in the event of a crisis? Frankly we have been doing just that.

So we were checking this site out to see if any such posters here were in the Idaho region? We sure would like to visit a little and explore some possibilities with couples/families traveling the same road we are. If you would be interested in that leave us a message. Have you ever visited survivalistbooks.com

If there is a better thread to pursue this I would appreciate a tip. Anyway have a great weekend and keep up the good work. Duke

[Aaron]

Welcome to peakoil.com

Preparing Forum

[Cashmere]

Nice first post Duke.

Welcome.

[MidwesternMom]

Hi,

I found this site by reading the newstory in yesterday's paper. I have heard of peak oil, watched the documentary end of suburbia, but that is about as far as my knowledge is on the subject. Yes, I do live in the suburbs! Otherwise I am actually pretty down to earth, and very aware of the effects we have on the environment. I am here to get educated, to start preparing for the US economic downturn that I know is happening. Already I have started stockpiling food and household items. Things that I would like to do in the future: install rainbarrels, plant an organic garden, get a gun. Pay off debt, husband says that we should have a small savings first and after reading this site, i am agreeing with him on the matter. We are a young family and i stay home with our toddler, so I feel it is my main job to gather the nuts and store them for the winter. I told dh last night, I want to be an ant not a grasshopper, so here I am trying to learn as much i can on the this subject and prepare our family...

[bonehead]

You've made a giant leap just by not being in denial!

[Cashmere]

Hello -

awesome job watching your child yourself.

Be sure to homeschool.

[eastbay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('albente', 'T')wo years is quite an increment of time. Did PO change you and your perception of things?

Very few of us are bitten by the bug, so welcome to the club and don't despair by the fact that this forum will be the only 'sort of 'support network for those who are PO infected.

Advice: Never discuss PO with the broad (random) public.

[aldente]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('wreckspecs', '
')We're making what changes we can to shift our lifestyles to better cope with PO

[Office_Clone]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', 'F')or the summer, Norwell. Then it's back to Somerville.
Lowell is only a couple miles from the New Hampshire border so I don't see how moving north would make much of a difference.
Unless you're talking about northern New Hampshire (next door to Canada), you'll still be within the Boston-area Zombie Zone.

[midnight-gamer]

Southern NH is getting so overrun with Massholes, that there is less and less to distinguish the two states. Of course, I would be happy to make room for you Office Clone.

[aldente]

Mr. Always do you want to state by quoting from the monkey book that if only God Master would be in charge then everything would be sound? If only?

Correct, God Master is in charge but let me ask you this:

Who exactly did wash YOUR brains?


Martin Luther, the splitter of the original church would be turning around in the washing machine just to see the damage he did with all the best intention.

Could you and your fellow pseudo-religious posters please stop quoting the book that has been run through the washing machine now since 2000 years?!

Time for a new set of cloths. Grow up and develop your own mind!

Get rid of your religions skid-marks, you are not welcome here unless you wash your mental underwear at least once.

[hawkeye]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kpeavey', 'I')'m a couple hours north of Kissimmee. Good to hear from you.
Some of us around these boards have been aware of the Peak Oil problem for several years. From your viewpoint as being only recently enlightened:
-What was your belief system about energy before reading the article?
-What level of concern and attention did you give to petroleum/energy/agriculture?
-Is the news you view most getting more involved with petroleum news?
-How many people do you know of that know about the problem?
-If a friend of yours was to tell you gas was going to be $10 a gallon within 3 years, what would you have told them or thought of them the day before you read the article?
-With the activity in the petroleum, agriculture, and economic realms of the past couple of years, what is it that just now gains your attention to the issue of Peak Oil ?
-If you had not read that particular article, do you think you would have eventually learned of the situation?
-In the world of the unknowing population, of which you were a part just a couple of days ago, what are the general feelings and anxieties prevalent in the people you deal with every day?
-Before reading the article, what was your greatest concern?

Many of us have been involved in the Peak Oil discussion forums for quite some time. We are awash in news and information about aspects of the Peak Oil problem that you have yet to learn about. Getting a perspective from inside the box would serve our understanding well. Our reality is different from that of the general population, being that our reality is based on facts, data, and independently verified information. You do not yet know how deep the rabbit hole is (the only way to describe it is to use the word VERY in front of the word DEEP). Before you get too far down the hole, if we could get your current views, it would be surely appreciated.

[Revi]

I think you'll have to get further away, but that might be difficult from Lowell. I was just in southern NH and it's pretty crowded. There are some nice places around the lakes region, though.

Good luck with it.

[PeekOil]

Hi everyone,

I have been aware of PO for well over 10 years. I have never seen it as imminent until just recently. Please note that I have been right about this and I believe that I am fairly good at making judgements about things like this.

My current feeling is that we are at or near peak and certainly beyond demand even if this may be temporary. I predict something of a bumpy ride, shocks as part of a slow slide.

Declines may be sudden but then we should see compensationary measures help to mitigate some of this. Eventually this will not be enough and we will really be in the poo then. I have deliberately not rushed out to sell everything I own and buy/build a country retreat because I believe that this would be unwise AT THIS TIME. Later, as things become more clear, I will review this and respond accordingly. I am however making sure that we have adequate bridging food supplies and other essentials and shaping our home and lifestyle to suit.

Ensuring a steady income stream with saving and investment (in house and needs) is my priority right now. This will change as the environment changes. Jumping too soon is a bad idea in my opinion and shows poor planning. I judge people on how sensible they are and not how dramatic they behave. We are all goint to the same place, the real question is how we will be when we get there. I suspect the loudest and most arrogant will either not make it or arrive in very bad shape.

Good luck to everyone here. We are all going to need heaps of luck and no shortage of skill and cunning in the near future.

[seldom_seen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PeekOil', 'M')y current feeling is that we are at or near peak

[stu]

Welome Peekoil.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts.