tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post111487316354920937..comments2023-12-01T16:56:04.415+11:00Comments on Peak Energy: Voyage of the BeagleBig Gavhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00682404837426502876noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-1149273793229837802006-06-03T04:43:00.000+10:002006-06-03T04:43:00.000+10:00If anyone has been watching NHL Hockey lately, the...If anyone has been watching NHL Hockey lately, then you'd see that the final playoffs are between the carolina hurricanes and the edmonton oilers. <BR/><BR/>What great Irony<BR/><BR/>Will hurricanes, oil shortages, or oil shortages because of hurricanes lead to the fall of the US economy sooner... <BR/><BR/>find out in the final matchup!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-1114961935199879092005-05-02T01:38:00.000+10:002005-05-02T01:38:00.000+10:00I thought you were marginalizing the ideas as bein...I thought you were marginalizing the ideas as being weirder than you would normally post. Instead, I would call it a perfectly sensible post. <BR/><BR/>Today's weird becomes tomorrows normative. If that's the case, we need more weird to keep us motivated to connect the dots.@whuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297101284358849575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-1114924737304095312005-05-01T15:18:00.000+10:002005-05-01T15:18:00.000+10:00wow. that's good work, Gav. linking it now. I th...wow. that's good work, Gav. linking it now. <BR/><BR/>I think you're dead on right. Bush and the right grow the government because of the choice of not "powering down." <BR/><BR/>We had liberties here in the US once...and we also believed in limited government. But, now, we're going to grow government to maintain an "order"--the very definition of fascism. <BR/><BR/>Sad days, my friend. Sad days.Prof. Goosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036803822245221785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-1114922339416717112005-05-01T14:38:00.000+10:002005-05-01T14:38:00.000+10:00m. simon - thanks (?) for the flurry of comments. ...m. simon - thanks (?) for the flurry of comments. Its always interesting to see what someone who hasn't bought into the idea of peak oil thinks.<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid you'll need a bit more evidence about us not being at the peak than just raving about tar sands though. You need to understand natural gas depletion and EROEI of tar sand extraction first perhaps - those are the key issues to address if you're claiming tar sands will hold the peak off for a few more years.<BR/><BR/>I'd recommend you study the ASPO depletion model and read Richard Heinberg's books first.<BR/><BR/>As for Bush - are you saying you are in favour or fascism ? Or do you have some argument that would explain that the US hasn't adopted fascism so we can relax and sleep more peacefully in our beds at night.<BR/><BR/>And BTW - by "liberation" did you mean liberation of oil or of people ? What does liberty mean to you exactly ?Big Gavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682404837426502876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-1114922104832869742005-05-01T14:35:00.000+10:002005-05-01T14:35:00.000+10:00WHT - I meant "weird" in the sense it doesn't conf...WHT - I meant "weird" in the sense it doesn't conform to what Jay would call a "normative" set of ideas. And I'm not saying every last thing I lnked to or quoted is necessarily true.<BR/><BR/>However a lot of the ideas presented do some to explain the otherwise inexplicable events we can see occurring - so obviously its worth discussing what shape the future may take by extrapolating these trends (ugly as that may be - I had to avoid linking to some of the dieoff articles which may have been a bit too blunt about the situation ).Big Gavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682404837426502876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-1114917884951250312005-05-01T13:24:00.000+10:002005-05-01T13:24:00.000+10:00We are no where near peak oil.We may be near peak ...We are no where near peak oil.<BR/><BR/>We may be near peak chep oil.<BR/><BR/>Canada is mining its tar sands for oil and Europe is making deals with dictators. The MO is available to any one who reads about Saddam's oil deals.<BR/><BR/>I kind of like the wars of liberation Bush is implimenting. That used to be the stand of the old left. "Down with dictators". The new left's motto seems to be "Dictator? No problem. Lets make a deal."<BR/><BR/>I can understand it though. Better to have the dictators stoning gays there than Bush preventing gay marriage here, eh?M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-1114915254578658092005-05-01T12:40:00.000+10:002005-05-01T12:40:00.000+10:00What do you mean weird post? You writing this stu...What do you mean weird post? You writing this stuff prevents all of us from going insane. <BR/><BR/>Try as I might, I can't find anyone on the right acknowledging anything semotely related to reality, whether oil depletion, as you mention, or some other important stuff.@whuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297101284358849575noreply@blogger.com