[bratticus]

I've been feeling a bit down and I thought I'd reach out here for some cheerful advice.

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')his forum is for discussing psychological impacts of hydrocarbon depletion and related issues.

[Niagara]

Bugger Off!

[CarlosFerreira]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bratticus', 'I')'ve been feeling a bit down and I thought I'd reach out here for some cheerful advice.

[mos6507]

I was initially relieved by oil dropping in price but the flipside of all that is the sense of alienation that comes from having such a weaker hand to play in converting those around me into believers. I do not want to go it alone just me and my daughter in a sea of doubters.

The credit crisis in combination with the lower oil prices is also conspiring to undercut renewables and EV/plugins. It seems like the only real movement that's going to happen there is going to be government rather than consumer-driven.

I think maybe I'll feel a little better after Obama takes office and starts to pass some laws and sign some executive orders to actually steer the ship around.

[CarlosFerreira]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '
')I think maybe I'll feel a little better after Obama takes office and starts to pass some laws and sign some executive orders to actually steer the ship around.

[PenultimateManStanding]

Its odd, isn't it, to see the oil prices spiking up again? What the heck is going on? Just last week there were stories of oil tanker ships sitting idle and surplus supplies.

[CarlosFerreira]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'I')ts odd, isn't it, to see the oil prices spiking up again? What the heck is going on? Just last week there were stories of oil tanker ships sitting idle and surplus supplies.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'I')ts odd, isn't it, to see the oil prices spiking up again? What the heck is going on? Just last week there were stories of oil tanker ships sitting idle and surplus supplies.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('CarlosFerreira', '
')I was happy Obama got elected, but I'm not sure it will be an easy path.

[CarlosFerreira]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('CarlosFerreira', '
')I was happy Obama got elected, but I'm not sure it will be an easy path.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('CarlosFerreira', '
')It does not help his re-election chances that he increases the price of energy, by taxing carbon. Money is in short supply right now.

[FoolYap]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', 'I') was initially relieved by oil dropping in price but the flipside of all that is the sense of alienation that comes from having such a weaker hand to play in converting those around me into believers. I do not want to go it alone just me and my daughter in a sea of doubters.

[Ayoob]

It used to really bother me. I know for a fact that bad things can happen to good people, and I realized early on that PO was going to be an ass whoopin' of biblical proportions. I was going to get my ass whooped, and I was going to be an eyewitness to everybody I know getting their asses whooped.

Now it doesn't bother me so much.

I think that's a function of how much I prepare for the future. If I direct my energy toward preparing for what I think is likely to happen, I calm down. Time goes by, I do what I should do, my situation improves, I get happier. It's a cycle that I enjoy.

I'm not done by any stretch of the imagination at this time, no way. I really hope that nothing catastrophic happens for another year or two. Hell, the more time that goes by before anything really disruptive happens the better! Now that I have my eye on what I want I'd really like to be free to pursue my goals without poverty stopping me.

In the end though, I think poverty is going to be my ally. I will be one of the last to go from lower middle class to abject poverty. I should be able to scrape up the tools and toys I want before the end of the "normal" economy.

After that, it's anyone's guess.

People who work out and eat healthy probably don't worry about hitting the age of 60 as much as people who don't.

[Nicholai]

Peak oil...what can I say...

I started reading about peak oil about 1.5 years ago. I was an 18 year old Canadian kid living in central Alberta and going to college. Now I'm a 19 year old Canadian kid living at a collective in northern Denmark learning carpentry. Peak oil has been the largest transforming force in my life by far. Don't worry. Travel to the rest of the world and you will appreciate living in North America. I will return soon enough myself, but I needed worldly experiences to enforce the conclusions I had made over the past few years. Most of them were thankfully confirmed. La vie est belle.