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GliderGuider

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22. They closed down last September.

Mon Jul 21, 2014, 09:03 AM

Jul 2014

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If you had followed any of the discussions there, you'd know that the range of opinions among the staff and the readership was extremely wide. Many on both sides (staff and readership) felt that the site's editorial position was too narrow, absolutist and simplistic. The final arbiter of reality isn't some small set of opinions (whether theirs, yours or mine) but reality itself. We shall see what unfolds.

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Collapse is Inevitable [View all] GliderGuider Jul 2014 OP

Jeezus will come back and save us tularetom Jul 2014 #1

no no, you have this all wrong hollysmom Jul 2014 #4

Dominionists! defacto7 Jul 2014 #11

Meh Shivering Jemmy Jul 2014 #2

so is denial of reality. nt awoke_in_2003 Jul 2014 #7

Who denied anything? Shivering Jemmy Jul 2014 #33

I read you comment about pessimism awoke_in_2003 Jul 2014 #35

Blind optimism defacto7 Jul 2014 #12

I know more about the laws of thermodynamics Shivering Jemmy Jul 2014 #32

So what do you know about MPP and MEPP? GliderGuider Jul 2014 #36

^ this ^ defacto7 Jul 2014 #38

Then you are not a blind optimist. defacto7 Jul 2014 #37

Pessimism may be quite healthy. GliderGuider Jul 2014 #34

Guess I'll live a thousand years. defacto7 Jul 2014 #39

I just watched Ken Burns: The Dustbowl not too long ago. I was really amazed by that. brewens Jul 2014 #3

My dad worked for the CCC planting trees for a wind break hollysmom Jul 2014 #5

Obviously! It failed miserably before but if we try the same thing again,it's sure to work out! n/t brewens Jul 2014 #10

I just miss the wisdom of doing something productive hollysmom Jul 2014 #17

We're always nudging things "in a good way". That's how we got here. GliderGuider Jul 2014 #18

withthe exception of a few years, I try and keep my foot print small. hollysmom Jul 2014 #19

There isn't any "right" way to live so we don't screw things up. GliderGuider Jul 2014 #20

And while they do that they are lowering their water levels in their wells. I was back in Iowa jwirr Jul 2014 #27

You can show the words and they get read. edgineered Jul 2014 #6

"We'll keep doing what we do until we can't... alterfurz Jul 2014 #8

+ 1,000 cantbeserious Jul 2014 #9

^ this ^ defacto7 Jul 2014 #13

^^ Agree. nt GliderGuider Jul 2014 #14

It's happening flamingdem Jul 2014 #15

As much as I agree with most of thism I still see light at the end of the tunnel Starboard Tack Jul 2014 #16

The Oil Drum is still around? LouisvilleDem Jul 2014 #21

They closed down last September. GliderGuider Jul 2014 #22

That's charitable FBaggins Jul 2014 #25

I have NOT seen any evidence that world wide oil production did NOT peak in 2005 happyslug Jul 2014 #24

If you haven't seen it... then you aren't looking. FBaggins Jul 2014 #26

Has oil peaked or hasn't it? GliderGuider Jul 2014 #29

It hasn't. FBaggins Jul 2014 #30

My worry now is not that there is too little fossil fuel, but too much. GliderGuider Jul 2014 #31

Peak oil has ALWAYS been the 1/2 way point.... happyslug Jul 2014 #40

Peak Oil has NEVER been the 1/2 way point LouisvilleDem Jul 2014 #41

The collapse is happening now, both environmental and economic. hunter Jul 2014 #23

Wonder what Republicans will say if they SummerSnow Jul 2014 #28