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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:31 AM Original message |
IEA report predicts oil declines of 6.4 - 9.1% annually -- FINANCIAL TIMES |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. There's more oil under North Dakota than Suadi Arabia, doncha know. |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. The oil decline story - how many Saudi Arabias? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. "Enough" for what? |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Enough to "meet our needs" |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. You need to read a wider variety of publications |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. And you need to get it |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. So you are saying your ignorance is your proof? |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The burden of proof is on the positive |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Your reasoning has two flaws (besides |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Pointing out the speck in another's eye while ignoring the mote in your own? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Considering the degree of willful ignorance, I was being restrained. nt |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. No, you were just being your usual egoic self. Nothing new there. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I don't think I do. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Ah. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. The market for new automobiles in the USA alone is about 10 million per year. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You need antidepressant meds, dude; not weed. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 05:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Clap harder! Clap harder kiddies ... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. GG sock puppet desho? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. If you had a clue, you might try writing it in English. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. kawaisou akanbo... |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. See .20 |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Is that all you have, kisama? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. The Japanese seldom, if ever, revert to such gutteral utterances. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Glad it touched you. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. They did note that this is all happening |
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lutherj (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
26. I see the discussion has moved beyond the reality of peak oil, and now is |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Why keep using the misnomer "peak oil"? |
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lutherj (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Ahh, I think I'm starting to get your point. Your two points do sum up the issue |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Supply demand |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. The question has never been about "running out of oil"... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. The problem with that is your second paragraph. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. You need time and capital to make a transition like this, |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. That simply isn't true. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. A war has entirely different characteristics than an energy changeout |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. That has to be the most idiotic thing you've written in a long time. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. No attempt to address the substance of my argument? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. You've given no arguments. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Here's a bit of data to support my statements |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. The comparison is extremely apt. |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. "The subtext of everything you post" is pretty obvious |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 05:21 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Careful ... |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Oh, snap! |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Nuclear? |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. OMG, that one is funny! |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. The problem in 1940 was lack of capital alone... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Aircraft and wind turbines are similar manufacuring challenges and |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
59. It's funny you mention WWII as an example |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Couldn't Germany have just switched to wind turbines???? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Oh my, you have us pegged. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Along with massive infrastructure destruction, manpower depletion |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:21 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. And Russia? |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
63. Although I think I understand what it is you mean by this WWII comparison |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. You make a solid argument |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Time and capital and fossil-based energy |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. Perhaps you should research the fundamentals of your claims before making them |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Perhaps |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. My reply to you was meant more for other readers of this thread... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Do you always argue from ignorance? |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Summary of your argument: I know you are but what am I? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. You mean assumptions such as |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-05-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Because it's a convenient shorthand? Kind of like "Global Warming"... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-03-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Unique window of opportunity for policy change |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. Actually no matter who is elected, there won't be any money to spend... |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-04-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Eisenstein's conclusion seems similar to Dmitry Orlov's... |
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