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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:02 PM Original message |
Doom, gloom, death, destruction, chaos and horrible suffering! Yay! |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. There was a thread recently |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I dunno if action will be fast enough |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
58. I say, humans need to get off the oil addiction or there WILL be mass catastrophes |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. I wish |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. "Being fine today doesn't Mean Anything... It's just a small piece of weather." |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. Any "innovation" will not come from the United States, though... |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Kevin Phillips deals with the collapse of empires due to greed in his book"Wealth and Democracy". |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. He goes into more detail in _American Theocracy_ |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Whale oil didn't exactly sustain civilization. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. "...there are plenty of alternative ways to satisfy our energy needs, |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
38. Fusion, fission, hydro, and tidal. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 11:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. I'm sorry, but... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 02:58 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. So glad to see that you can't dispute my facts, so you pretend like they're not there. NT |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:32 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. LOL! I don't HAVE to pretend they aren't there. ROFL! You |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #38 |
50. The fact that you include fusion in that list |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Jeez, Paul. So many people with no clue AT ALL of what's |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:46 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I wouldn't mind so much |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. Considering we have no plan B |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. The San Fransisco Chronicle on Plan B, or the lack thereof... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. Always look on the bright side of death! |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. Geez, not the whale oil analogy again . . . . |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. You're obviously unfamiliar with the concept of metaphor. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #39 |
53. Bwaaahhahahahahaa! I'll tell you what. You just stick to that |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #39 |
56. Toyota scrapped their RAV-4 EVs about, oh, five or six years ago . . . |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yeah, it's a good thing coal and crude took over for whale oil. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. Crude oil has little to nothing to do with the things you describe. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Fertilizer is currently made from natural gas |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
55. Oh God! Stop it! You are KILLING me! Tar? Easily replaceable? |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. You are distorting the facts to make your position sound more tenable, but you are wrong... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. No, actually I'm not. |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 01:18 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Sorry, but I am not giving you crediblity for reading people's minds and... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #46 |
57. Sigh |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-31-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Sir, you are seriously misinformed about nuclear energy. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. "Here's the bottom line reality." |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
16. Oil dependency is a myth. |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 09:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. That's a bold assertion. Do you have any examples? |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Nothing bold about it..... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Nothing bold- other than it violates the 1st law of thermodynamics |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. You need to go back to school |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 02:11 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. So, where do you think you're going to get a replacement? |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 02:30 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. We don't need a "replacement" for something we never needed |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 03:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. A fee? LOL. |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. The corporations which profit from oil dependency will maintain it unless we stop them by... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 02:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
47. For once, you and I agree on some things. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
59. making prouncements doesn't make your statements true |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. Civilization will survive... |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-27-07 11:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Mad Max was a comedy. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 07:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. You've sure got a strange idea of comedy n/t |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. In essence you are correct, in reality you are wrong. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
28. Agree and disagree |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 10:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Thank you A and D for putting some facts on this thread. Here is another interesting article... |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 10:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. And to add more... |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
30. "idiotic commune system" |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 11:30 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. everything is idiotic to the person that is not willing to give up anything... |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
31. Oh joy! |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I call them the tech only solution geeks... |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
32. "they don't really want a SOLUTION, so much as they want a problem." |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
33. Oh where to begin... |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-28-07 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. Some people have aways feared change... |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
49. You can NOT understand where we are going unless you understand where we came from |
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