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lottie244 Donating Member (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 07:44 AM
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Is this waht "peak oil" is all about? Even Al-Jazeera is reporting on oil
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lectrobyte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 07:48 AM
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1. Yes, that is exactly "peak oil" -- the production peak point on the
Edited on Tue Aug-10-04 07:52 AM by lectrobyte
bell curve. google it, lots of good sites.

For example:

http://www.peakoil.org/

http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/Articles.html
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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 07:50 AM
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2. We are soooo fucked.
The important thing to remember about Peak Oil is that economy isn't just addicted to oil... it's addicted to CHEAP oil. Without a cheap source of energy everything in our economy falls apart.

Despite what the optimists think, there is no viable alternative to petroleum. I'm not saying we are doomed to go back to oxen-power, but our entire lifestyle is unsustainable.

George W. Bush is preceding over the last empire of the industrial age.
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 07:55 AM
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3. Many links here:
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