Funny, stupid, or tragic?

mickydaniels · 03-16-2004, 02:59 PM

TheGame · 03-16-2004, 03:59 PM

Already posted in Black Project... pretty freaky if you ask me. My mind can't comprehend that being true, so I'm purposly putting myself in a state of denial.

The Duggler · 03-16-2004, 04:09 PM

I found it funny, and I'm sure it's true.

GameMaster · 03-16-2004, 06:09 PM

I labeled it stupid.

TheGame · 03-16-2004, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Nitram

I found it funny, and I'm sure it's true.

Hmm.. you think it's true, and you think it's funny?

That's.... that's crazy!

Kitana85 · 03-16-2004, 07:22 PM

I've been studying this for awhile, and horrifyingly, its true... and the scary thing, is that all of will be affected by the time we are 40!! If you really think about oil in production and daily use, what will happen to the economy is truly scary.

TheGame · 03-16-2004, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Kitana85

I've been studying this for awhile, and horrifyingly, its true... and the scary thing, is that all of will be affected by the time we are 40!! If you really think about oil in production and daily use, what will happen to the economy is truly scary.

Yes...the part that freaks me out is his predictions of the population drop.

Shadow_Link · 03-16-2004, 08:19 PM

Maybe the calculation didn't factor in new, alternative forms of energy production being discovered and used within the near future? The Hydrogen cell technology is getting very advanced (BMW is testing it), so maybe that, and other alternatives can prolongue the depletion of the oil reserves?

TheGame · 03-16-2004, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadow_Link

Maybe the calculation didn't factor in new, alternative forms of energy production being discovered and used within the near future? The Hydrogen cell technology is getting very advanced (BMW is testing it), so maybe that, and other alternatives can prolongue the depletion of the oil reserves?

http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/PageTwo.html

maybe over time this can change... but for now nothing out is gonna cut it.

TheSlyMoogle · 03-16-2004, 10:14 PM

It is true that eventually we will run out of oil. Very true. There are several solutions though, and people managed to live without oil and electric before. I think the death toll estimations are a little too high. I do believe that it will be harder for people to live, especially the very young and the very old. They are researching alternative sources of energy, and even though it's dangerous more Nuclear Power plants could be built. I seriously don't believe that so much stuff will happen.

Happydude · 03-16-2004, 10:20 PM

...i think the death toll estimates are too high as well.

other then that i think it's all true and umm....stuff...

Jason1 · 03-16-2004, 10:40 PM

Eh...Its could be true, could be very true. Or it could be a bunch of overexaggerated garbage. Yea. Thats what im going to go with. Overexaggerated garbage.

manasecret · 03-16-2004, 11:55 PM

Propaganda.

The Peak Oil ideas are very interesting and I'd like to read more about that. But that website seems like a lot of political propaganda against the right.

Look at the way it's written.

The way things are presented is very propaganda-like, with very little point-counterpoint discussions about differing viewpoints. Instead, it's written with incendiary accusations and acting as if everything it says is pure fact. It seems very inflammatory, if that's the right word, like it's trying to use apocalyptic scare tactics or guilt to move people into action for something that isn't necessarily true. In other words, propaganda.

But hey, I didn't read it all. I was interested until I started reading the anti-war, anti-Bush drivel. I don't like Bush much, but once politics enters an article like that I take it with a grain of salt.

So if you think I'm wrong, fine. I'm not going to argue about it.

P.S. Some choice quotes.

What are some steps that I can take in the next few days to begin addressing this situation?

-5. Adopt a vegetarian/ vegan diet, or at least reduce your meat consumption as much as you can.

-12. Investigate alternative forms of health care such as bioenergetic healing, self hypnosis etc. . .

Blackmane · 03-17-2004, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by manasecret

Propaganda.

The Peak Oil ideas are very interesting and I'd like to read more about that. But that website seems like a lot of political propaganda against the right.

Look at the way it's written.

The way things are presented is very propaganda-like, with very little point-counterpoint discussions about differing viewpoints. Instead, it's written with incendiary accusations and acting as if everything it says is pure fact. It seems very inflammatory, if that's the right word, like it's trying to use apocalyptic scare tactics or guilt to move people into action for something that isn't necessarily true. In other words, propaganda.

But hey, I didn't read it all. I was interested until I started reading the anti-war, anti-Bush drivel. I don't like Bush much, but once politics enters an article like that I take it with a grain of salt.

So if you think I'm wrong, fine. I'm not going to argue about it.

P.S. Some choice quotes.

What are some steps that I can take in the next few days to begin addressing this situation?

-5. Adopt a vegetarian/ vegan diet, or at least reduce your meat consumption as much as you can.

-12. Investigate alternative forms of health care such as bioenergetic healing, self hypnosis etc. . .

It merely said that going to war to fight for the last scraps of oil that were feasible to mine is foolish. He also said that Bush was one of the first to acknoledge the problem and put money behind finding new sources of energy, something he stated Clinton never did.

I found no signs of any real bias, lots of quotes from many different sources of opinion, and very well explained and thought out ideas, though perhaps a little more doomsdayish than other sources. Read the article completely before you make accusations against it.

The scary thing is that we can see some of this stuff beginning to occur. Just think about the soaring prices of gas and reading the newspaper about the lack of cooperation of middle-east countries in the "war on terror". It's kinda creepy.

Kitana85 · 03-17-2004, 11:11 AM

I'll admit this wasn't written very well, but as I said, you can check out any number of reliable sites, including MANY national and government sites and its true. And yes, we do have alternative energy sources, but do you see high level massive overhalls? Me neither.