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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:48 AM Original message |
Peak oil? Hardly. |
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Nordmadr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. Right....OPEC says there is plenty of oil, so I guess I'll just have to |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The point is price |
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Bru (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 03:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. Are you trying to say... |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 07:06 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Here we go again... |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 09:02 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Some things are bugging me about those figures... |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Numbers are suspect - I agree |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 02:43 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Ooh, you old cynic... |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 05:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. National debt is debt held outside the country isn't it? |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 06:04 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. It's debt outside the government... |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. Whatever! |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. doomsday forecasts counterproductive, here is why |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 11:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Are you suggesting that the "world as we know it" will not end |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 11:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Cheap energy is already 'used up' |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Cheap is under $10 a gallon for argument's sake.... nt |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. In fact, $10 gas would solve many problems |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 08:47 AM Response to Reply #34 |
56. You still didn't answer the question |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Survivors WILL use a LOT less |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 08:05 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Great proposal but |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm a tad confused aztc. Are you believing OPEC's press release and |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. We will NEVER 'run out' of petroleum |
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Nordmadr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Well, I do agree that we will never actually run out. There will |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Agreed, a new paradigm is required - but now |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Regarding Syn-Fuel Capabilities |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. At $6 gallon, consumption would decrease |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Cellulosic Ethanol Production Is Still A Research Project |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. It IS $6 a gallon in Europe. I don't think consumption there has decreased |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Some facts will help here |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. The peak will be this decade. Read me now, believe me later. nt |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. My Gut Tells Me We Are On The Plateau Now |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. I've heard 2010-2012. Not this decade but to close for a 17 a year old. |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. It is not a one day event |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 10:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. define "more scarce" |
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Bru (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. Good and not-so-good solutions... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. Gee. They guarantee our supply all the way thru next year... |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 11:01 AM Original message |
Whatever we demand |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. They can't sustain current demand forever. Their supply is finite. |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. No, it will not run out |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Well, yes it makes sense to me. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I Can Guess At The American Response |
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Nordmadr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Panic and hording, plain and simple. N/T |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. I don't get it |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 11:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. That's what they say, but what if... |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 11:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. I hope you think this through |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 11:06 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I can explain further. |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 07:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
52. It's a theory |
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rustydad (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 11:23 AM Response to Reply #52 |
64. Less and less |
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Bru (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. OPEC countries have lied in the past |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
8. Well Hot Damn, Margo. Cancel That Prius Order, Cause . . |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Individual consumers have direct control over this price |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 11:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The more interesting questions are... |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 11:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Military Industrial Complex (MIC) |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. We have surely organized our economy around consumption. |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. And what will we do with the mercenaries if peace breaks out |
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rustydad (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-25-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
65. Well....... |
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Bru (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
48. In September we found out just how inelastic oil demand is |
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philb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
36. At the minimum there is an extreme imbalance in supply |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
37. I'm just a tad confused here |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 09:19 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Dude, 58? I'm not worthy. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 01:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Adventures in Poverty |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 04:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. It's a bit different here in Phoenix. |
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Bru (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Natural Gas woes |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 11:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Far more than 'good educational PR campaigns (like Earth Day was/is)' |
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Bru (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 03:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Well said! |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
44. EIA Boosts its Long-Term Projections for Oil Costs |
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philb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
55. This was a short term analysis; for this year only |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-15-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Volatile market infested with 'Sharp' operators |
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aztc (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-30-05 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
66. California gasoline production nears 1 million barrels a day |
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