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MisterHowdy (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:23 PM Original message |
Peak Oil: Real or not?? |
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Mark 2000 (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Doesn't matter |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. you still have time to edit you post- |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Most have given up on trying to get anything like halfway decent English out of internet folks. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Welcome to DU, Mark 2000! |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. Its a fact, the Earth, and all its resources are limited... |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. As Mad Max said in the Road Warrior. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. What do mean, "real"? |
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MisterHowdy (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. good point about not knowing. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. DUer GliderGuider and I have met a few times - he's the authority on Peak Oil |
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MisterHowdy (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. thanks for the link |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Yes, Grasshopper, that is the real question |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. I tend to think that peak oil is the real deal |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. If you want to get caught up with the peak oil doomsday scenarios, it will rule your life. |
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MisterHowdy (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. all ready starting to rule my life. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. That too. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Sounds great! |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. We are at peak NOW |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Couldn't OPEC simply decide to produce more oil? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Nope, next question! n/t |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Wrong! Next nonsensical response. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. First, that article is a "call" for OPEC to increase oil production... |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I don't think you really believed that I thought they could double production. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Considering the post you were responding to, yes that is exactly what I thought... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 12:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
49. Produce more oil how? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 12:56 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. By no longer deciding to produce less oil in order to manipulate the price. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 01:04 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I believe resources are limited. Do you? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 01:09 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I just don't believe they've yet reached a peak. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's real |
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MisterHowdy (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. so far...chilling responses |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. See #15 for why I'm no so sure it is real. A fabricated reality is just as profitable, |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. Psychological manipulation. |
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MisterHowdy (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. hopefully, as you say, the truth is in the middle. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Yeah, so the oil companies, 50 years ago, told Hubbard to make up this Peak Oil shit... |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. Here's over 110 investigative articles by Mike Ruppert about PEAK OIL and ENERGY Look what happened |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Holy crap! And his residence was burglarized also! |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. Its not the theory that I question |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Seems rather difficult to find "new oil fields" when all of them are practically tapped... |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Your analysis avoids |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. What does economics have to do with it, I'm talking science, not voodoo... |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Couple things |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:40 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I find the definition of "giant oil field" interesting... |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. "The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones." |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I like that. |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
38. I think that the *easy* oil has peaked... |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
41. oil is a finite resource |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. enough said. |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 04:54 AM Response to Reply #41 |
55. thanks for those links |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I'm glad you found them useful |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
42. Peak Oil Is Primarily An Economic Event |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. As an abstract phenomenon...it's real. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. The when is easy to figure out... |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 12:24 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. :o) |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 04:43 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. To a degree that is true. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 05:21 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. That is true, and in some cases it is already happening, Oil Shale and Oil Sands... |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
48. ...is this a serious question? |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
53. It Will Happen |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
58. Well oil can't last forever, but we have enough to continue on for a while |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
59. Sort of real, but more as a catalyst for action than a catastrophe in the waiting |
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MisterHowdy (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. hope your right about finding better sources of energy |
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SubjectiveHistory (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
60. Peak Oil Not The Problem |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
62. yes, eventually, Oil is not a renewable resource |
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