[Starvid]

Or really, I went to four pubs which is why I have spent this entire day recuperating.

Anyway, at pub no. 2 I sat down with my beer next to two guys. One of them had a bunch of papers in front of him. It looked interesting so I asked him what they were. He picked up the topmost and told me it was his cv. Not very interesting. But the rest of the papers...!

It was a peak oil power point presentation.

Fancy that.

I go to a random pub and sit down next to some random guys. And they have a bunch of PO papers.

Ladies and gentlemen, the peak oil meme is spreading!

Fast.

[clv101]

Did the conversation go any further? What did they think of peak oil?

[Starvid]

They were pretty pessimistic and didn't see any way out.

That was, of course, before I told them about electric cars and the breakthorugh in battery technology.

They worried especially over food production, as one of them was an engineer student and had some worries over the centralization of dairy factories, which has been made possible only through cheap transportation.

[venky]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Starvid', 'O')r really, I went to four pubs which is why I have spent this entire day recuperating.

Anyway, at pub no. 2 I sat down with my beer next to two guys. One of them had a bunch of papers in front of him. It looked interesting so I asked him what they were. He picked up the topmost and told me it was his cv. Not very interesting. But the rest of the papers...!

It was a peak oil power point presentation.

Fancy that.

I go to a random pub and sit down next to some random guys. And they have a bunch of PO papers.

Ladies and gentlemen, the peak oil meme is spreading!

Fast.

[Novus]

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')

Perhaps it was just chance, randomness you know

I caught one guy reading Matt Savinar's book on a bus, ofcourse he was pretty freaked out, and seemed to think I was an idiot for my cautious optimism. Besides that all of my friends are still on good income, a house in the suburbs, what car to buy after they graduate etc, etc.

Agreed more people are getting serious about energy issues, though I still think that we are far from the critical mass that is required before we see serious change.

[venky]

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Perhaps it was just chance, randomness you know

I caught one guy reading Matt Savinar's book on a bus, ofcourse he was pretty freaked out, and seemed to think I was an idiot for my cautious optimism. Besides that all of my friends are still on good income, a house in the suburbs, what car to buy after they graduate etc, etc.

Agreed more people are getting serious about energy issues, though I still think that we are far from the critical mass that is required before we see serious change.

[jaws]

Yep, Peak Oil is mainstream now, and there aren't hordes of starving suburbanites marching to D.C. to burn down the White House.

So what's the plan then?

[EnergySpin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Starvid', 'T')hey were pretty pessimistic and didn't see any way out.

That was, of course, before I told them about electric cars and the breakthorugh in battery technology.

They worried especially over food production, as one of them was an engineer student and had some worries over the centralization of dairy factories, which has been made possible only through cheap transportation.

[Falconoffury]

Venky, it sounds like you won't be making any changes in your life but expect everyone around you to change to suit you.

Honestly, if one does not change, then I don't see how one can believe that the rest of the world will change. If one thinks that peak oil requires change, then shouldn't anyone expecting to survive become part of that change?