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Peak Oil? No problem.

by katkinkate » Fri 24 Jun 2005, 04:59:39

All we need to do is discover slood.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')When gods get together they tell the story of one particular planet whose inhabitants watched, with mild interest, huge continent-wrecking slabs of ice slap into another world which was, in astronomical terms, right next door – and then did nothing about it because that sort of thing only happens in Outer Space. An intelligent species would at least have found someone to complain to. Anyway, no one seriously believes in that story, because a race quite that stupid would never even have discovered slood."

(Anyone remember the comet that broke up and crashed into Jupiter several years back?)

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')It would be terrible to think that some impatient deity might part the clouds and say, 'Damn, are you lot still here? I thought you discovered slood ten thousand years ago! I've got ten trillion tons of ice arriving on Monday!"

Definition:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')Much easier to discover than fire, and only slightly harder to discover than water."

All quotes from "The Last Continent" by Terry Pratchet (one of my gurus)

Disclaimer: This is a joke and not an attempt to put forward a serious solution to the peak oil problem or any of its ramifications, in any way whatsoever. It is also not intended to be taken as an indication of an expectation in the mind of this poster, that a solution can be found at all, or that even a partial solution is actually possible beyond that which has been discussed (ad nauseum) within these forums. This poster accepts no responsibility for emotions, thoughts, actions or attitudes inspired by this post and would like to state that any effects eventuating from the reading this post is the responsibility of the reader and/or the reader's parent or designated guardian. No animals were harmed by the writing of this post. :roll:

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