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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:00 AM Original message |
Peek Oil Denial? |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. NO one is saying there is a shortage ANYWHERE. NOT even the oil cos are |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. prove it or shut it |
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DrGonzoLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. So....prove a negative? |
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laheina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
33. Negatives can be proven. |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Easy! Here is an outstanding link with additional links. Dave McGowan is |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Anyone who espouses the theory of abiotic petroleum origins... |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Perhaps you should read the links instead of blindly defending that which |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:59 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I;ve ALREADY read the links. |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 01:03 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. This isn't condescension, this is disagreement and frustration over the |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 01:25 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Sorry, but you're the one pushing 'junk science'. |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 01:45 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You didn't read the links. Therefore, you're uninformed. Abiotic oil |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 01:54 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. And I say again, I HAVE read the links. |
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MacDuff (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
62. Just Curious |
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grottieyottie (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 04:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
53. Peak Oil - Myth |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 09:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
65. as soon as they figure out how to process it for less than $300 a barrel |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Notwithstanding the current excess profit issue |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Quit drinking the Leftie Kool-Aid |
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ptolle (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. please to add |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Good idea! I'll believe the bought and paid for corporate scientists! |
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toymachines (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 05:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
57. Converging Catastrophes is a great read |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 05:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I think Jim is a wee bit Malthusianist |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. "There is no increased demand." |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. He or she likely doesn't understand what demand is. |
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laheina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:32 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. True. One would have to be in willful denial to accept that. |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. I was refering specifically to the USA, certainly not globally. This is |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:45 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Increase in GLOBAL demand = GLOBAL increase in prices. |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 01:01 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. But the rest of the planet isn't being gouged like the US consumers are. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Faulty comparison involving incompatible time scales. |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 11:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. umm, so then oil is a renewable resource? |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Oil doesn't come from melted dinosaurs. It IS in fact a self-renewing |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
55. while it would be nice to believe this, |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
56. Explain then, why the oil fields in Pennsylvania... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
66. "many scientists"... yet you site only one nt |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
30. There is increased demand. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 04:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
54. no-one? bullshit |
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MacDuff (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
61. Peak Oil is a MYTH??? |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
64. Peak oil is a myth??! |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yes - big disconnect |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. I cannot agree that peak oil is here. |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Actually peak oil would not worry the oil companies, especially since |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 08:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
59. They (US big oil) don't necessarily own the rights |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 11:41 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. They own some rights. They will also get rents through having expertise in |
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laheina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
39. I don't know that they would accept the fact of a crisis |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
5. the reality is that there is PEAK oil, but that has NOTHING to do with the |
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laheina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
40. Exactly! nt |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
60. Thanks for the sanity. |
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DrGonzoLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
7. So, what's your plan? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Obviously you didn't read the whole thing... |
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RufusEarl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Thats a solid plan |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Yes - at least a start |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
8. We blame politicians - and never look in the mirror |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
9. Peak Oil is real, but not here yet. This is just old fashioned GREED. |
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converted_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. That's how I feel about it too.. n/t |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. We are in the first stage of peak oil |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
14. Good post |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
15. U.S. and many other nations have already hit Peak Oil. |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Thanks for the good information |
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WalrusSlayer (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
20. Exactly my thoughts |
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Nordmadr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
22. Nice post, might want to fix the spelling, it's "peak". |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 11:13 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Opps! Can't fix Peak, to late to edit. Very good post though. :) |
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Nordmadr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Thanks. I regularly post about peak oil here, and for the most part get |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. I find I get ignored quite a bit too. It seems to happen when |
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MacDuff (34 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 09:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
63. Even better... |
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Bushwick Bill (605 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-27-06 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
23. Listen the Oil Drum Editors |
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lostinacause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #23 |
41. It's reasonably good information. Obviously some information is |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
47. I knew cheap oil was a thing of the past about five years ago when I went |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-28-06 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
50. The answer is closer than you think... |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-29-06 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
68. A debate on Peak Oil on Democracy Now on Friday, 28 Apr 06-link: |
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