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Topic: 2008 Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone Season |
joewp
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Views: 24238
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:04 am Subject: Re: 2008 Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone Season |
The forecast path for Ike keeps moving west.
http://icons-pe.wunderground.com/data/images/at200809_5day.gif
At this rate it will be hitting the oil patch by Thursday. |
Topic: New Catton Vid...49 minutes |
joewp
Replies: 22
Views: 922
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Forum: Environment Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:33 pm Subject: Re: New Catton Vid...49 minutes |
| IIRC, he didn't say we "peaked" in population around the Civil War, he said we probably overshot the permanent carrying capacity of the United States around that time. We're using fossil fuel energy t ... |
Topic: Lula: Brazil to become granary of the world |
joewp
Replies: 37
Views: 1141
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:29 pm Subject: Re: Lula: Brazil to become granary of the world |
| Uh yea. What you don't seem to get is that all this cushy, energy slave enabled lifestyle we're living is only a temporary thing, and guaranteed to collapse to somewhere between hunter-gatherer and ho ... |
Topic: Lula: Brazil to become granary of the world |
joewp
Replies: 37
Views: 1141
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 6:37 pm Subject: Re: Lula: Brazil to become granary of the world |
| Germany used to be covered with lush temperate forests as far as the eye could see. Now most of them are gone, being replaced by . . . well, Germany. I hope you don't expect either Germany or Sao Pau ... |
Topic: Port Fourchon & the LOOP -Aftermath..what to expect now? |
joewp
Replies: 65
Views: 3609
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 6:00 pm Subject: Re: Port Fourchon & the LOOP -Aftermath..what to expect |
It could be a day or more before oil and natural gas companies can assess the damage to their drilling and refining installations. To the east of the city, state officials were unable to reach anyon ... |
Topic: Lula: Brazil to become granary of the world |
joewp
Replies: 37
Views: 1141
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:03 pm Subject: Re: Lula: Brazil to become granary of the world |
Put differently: Doomerism is totally Doomed!!
So Lorenzo, after you turn Brazil and Africa into these gardens of perpetual food production and the world population swells to 10 billion people, what ... |
Topic: What Happened to Peak Oil? |
joewp
Replies: 78
Views: 3480
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:36 pm Subject: Re: What Happened to Peak Oil? |
What Happened to Peak Oil?
Now, the real point of peak oil here is not that oil supplies are running out, the sky is falling and the world is coming to an end. Rather, it is an understanding that the ... |
Topic: Chris Martenson Videos |
joewp
Replies: 2
Views: 291
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:00 pm Subject: Re: Chris Martenson Videos |
| Thanks for the links, guys. Very interesting and well done. |
Topic: 2008 Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone Season |
joewp
Replies: 859
Views: 24238
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:05 am Subject: Re: 2008 Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone Season |
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8679/ofcl12z31augci6.th.jpg
If it keeps on track, it looks like the eyewall is going right over Port Fourchon, the most important platform servicing port in the ... |
Topic: Will there be a 2012 olympics? |
joewp
Replies: 24
Views: 1244
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:53 am Subject: Re: Will there be a 2012 olympics? |
| I want a choice for "Yes, but much scaled down and a shell of its former grandeur". |
Topic: New Catton Vid...49 minutes |
joewp
Replies: 22
Views: 922
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Forum: Environment Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:32 pm Subject: Re: New Catton Vid...49 minutes |
Excellent find, Rocc. Thanks much.
Anybody who understands what this guy is saying has to be a doomer. There's really no other alternative. |
Topic: Obama calls for using strategic petroleum reserve now |
joewp
Replies: 26
Views: 1183
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:56 pm Subject: Re: Obama calls for using strategic petroleum reserve now |
In the grand scheme of things, the use of the SPR is relatively harmless, compared to Obama's totally irresponsible proposal to give an additional $1000 "energy rebate/stimulus check" this fall.
Th ... |
Topic: Code of Conduct - Minor update |
joewp
Replies: 12
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Forum: -Board Kiosk- Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:32 pm Subject: Re: Code of Conduct - Minor update |
So it's not often a thankful job
Hey Bas, thanks for keeping the board clean and on topic, and thanks to all the other mods, admins and owners too. This place is an island of sanity is a consumer cr ... |
Topic: Maybe the Empty Quarter isn't so empty after all |
joewp
Replies: 12
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:17 pm Subject: Re: Maybe the Empty Quarter isn't so empty after all |
Better gas than nothing.
At least it isn't *totally* empty.
Good for you, OF. Extract and burn up the very last oil and gas that exists. Find that last drop, we'll be so much better off when ... |
Topic: Suggestions for "Member Quotes" |
joewp
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Forum: -Board Kiosk- Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:22 am Subject: Re: Suggestions for "Member Quotes" |
When, oh when, will we get a clue? The unifying issue is the vast and still-expanding size of the human population and its bottomless demands.
[url=http://www.peakoil.com/post752720.html#752598]link
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