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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 05:55 PM Original message |
Forbes: peak oil in five to ten years |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. I imagine stills will be set up all over the place |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Peak production "usually" comes 50 years after peak discovery? |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Peaks happen locally, regionally, and up |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I agree |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. The geology is pretty stubborn |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 03:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. "next century or so" really? |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. That's really funny. He uses 50 years? Not only the outside of his own horizon |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Difficult to explore something that isn't there |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I was relying on Obama to be sensible. This should have been the project of our lifetimes. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Don't follow leaders |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 03:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. My dream since I learned of peak oil was to get a solar energy set up. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. So do you have solar panels at your house? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Solar water heaters yes. Solar panels no. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Yeah it's all Obama's fault. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 03:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. More like he was the only hope. |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. A paradox with technology -- he does talk about it |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. Their logic on alternative sources is quite lame and incorrect |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. The logic of scale is the important thing with alternatives |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-17-10 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. Peak oil is now. |
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billlll (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 01:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. BP EXXON etc...what will happen to them? |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
19. Repubs still claim there are a bazzilion barrels of oil that is protected by environmental laws. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
21. And there is NOTHING WE can do about it except PAY MORE |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-18-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. If only there was a cheap reliable form of transportation that didn't use oil . . . |
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