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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 01:44 PM Original message |
Robert Rapier wonders if he's wrong about peak oil. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hmm. Sounds less like "I might be wrong" than "put up or shut up." |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. No, he was doing serious reflection on the matter. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I see. Well, it's always good to sanity-check one's world views. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Since no one know how much oil there is, no one knows when "peak oil' will occur. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. PO will be a concept until the peak is behind us. Then it will be a thing. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. "true," but also facile. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. It's no more facile than the phrase, "Nothing lasts forever." Which is about the |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Peak Oil is interesting to the extent that we can discuss "when" and "consequences" |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I am of the same school. As for motive . . |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-20-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It's like cleaning out your bank accounts and burning down the house... |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-23-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
11. delete |
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