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Re: Audio interview with Tom Whipple (stream or download)

Unread postby Newsseeker » Sun 11 Mar 2007, 20:37:22

Tom Whipple does a great job for ASPO-USA...
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Tom Whipple

Unread postby TheDude » Wed 04 Jun 2008, 04:03:39

Graeme recently started another thread which ostensibly was based (I think) around Tom's column in the Falls Church News-Press, it got derailed/abandoned/who knows? I figured he should have a dedicated thread here. Tom is a marvelous writer and does a great job of collating all the latest news in peak oil; indispensable reading for all.

His columns invariably get picked up at EnergyBulletin.net, and I catch the latest headlines there using our PeakPortal.

I notice something called www.tomwhipple.com is under construction as well.

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Re: Summer of DOOM

Unread postby drakedaggers » Fri 13 Jun 2008, 05:13:41

wow very doomerish. Leave it to Tom Whipple to always have something concise and right on to add to the dialogue.

Living off our stockpiles cannot last. Prices are gonna be quickly going up big time and shortages are gonna start showing up. By 2010 our lives are going to be drastically changed especially with no more oil coming in from Mexico.

Let's hope for the best in people and in our adaptability to change.

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Re: Summer of DOOM

Unread postby seldom_seen » Fri 13 Jun 2008, 05:24:03

drakedaggers wrote:Let's hope for the best in people and in our adaptability to change.

I live in Seattle. This city seems hell bent on trying to import as many people it can get from the third world before everything goes butts up.

As if they want to make things as bad as they can get them before things go under. Can someone explain this to me?

Overpopulation doesn't bring out the best in people. Trust me.
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Re: Summer of DOOM

Unread postby ThunderChunky » Fri 13 Jun 2008, 05:24:57

Every summer is the summer of doom. But hey, a broken watch is right twice a day.
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Re: Summer of DOOM

Unread postby grampybone » Fri 13 Jun 2008, 05:31:37

Quite the doomerish article and right on target.
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Re: Summer of DOOM

Unread postby IslandCrow » Fri 13 Jun 2008, 05:48:23

As some bard or other put it:
Now is the [s]winter[/s] summer of our discontent
We should teach our children the 4-Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rejoice.
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Re: Summer of DOOM

Unread postby KevO » Fri 13 Jun 2008, 06:21:34

so fall and winter will be better?
and spring?
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Re: Summer of DOOM

Unread postby TheDude » Fri 13 Jun 2008, 06:32:58

seldom_seen wrote:As if they want to make things as bad as they can get them before things go under. Can someone explain this to me?


They don't realize what's going on - I mean, no clue. Zip. A doomer - no wait, DOOMER - pal of mine likes to tell people he'll be fine, because he's going to mount a wind turbine on the roof of his car. Usually they take an active interest in his admirable renewable energy stance... :x
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Re: Summer of DOOM

Unread postby Phoeberose » Fri 13 Jun 2008, 07:13:24

I'm new here, and relatively uninformed, compared to all of you. Thanks to you I am learning quickly. Could someone please explain/define stockpiles and reserves, national and global? And do the numbers include the govt's Strategic Reserves?
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Re: Summer of DOOM

Unread postby JJ » Fri 13 Jun 2008, 07:14:27

the local paper (Austin American) keeps printing letters to the editor about if we only could drill in ANWAR we wouldn't be dependant on foriegn oil anymore.
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Re: Summer of DOOM

Unread postby Cashmere » Fri 13 Jun 2008, 09:46:17

Idiot Conservative - "If we could only drill in ANWAR we wouldn't be in this mess."

Idiot Liberal - "If we would just invest in alternatives, we wouldn't be in this mess."
Massive Human Dieoff <b>must</b> occur as a result of Peak Oil. Many more than half will die. It will occur everywhere, including where <b>you</b> live. If you fail to recognize this, then your odds of living move toward the "going to die" group.
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Re: Summer of DOOM

Unread postby TheDude » Fri 13 Jun 2008, 09:53:28

Do they always misspell ANWR? That extra A makes it look similar to Ghawar, always seemed like some subconscious mental slip to me.

Phoeberose - Wolf at the Door is an excellent PO primer. Stock(pile)s are simply how much oil/gasoline/etc. we have in the distribution/storage system. Note that this has to remain above a certain Minimum Operating Level, or MOL. In the US for crude oil this is ca. 270 million barrels.

The US Government's Energy Information Administration (EIA) website lists inventories of stocks of crude, with or without the SPR.

Hope that helps, and wilkommen!
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Re: Summer of DOOM

Unread postby Roy » Fri 13 Jun 2008, 10:10:33

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Re: Summer of DOOM

Unread postby joelcolorado » Fri 13 Jun 2008, 11:30:17

My buddy says the crowds have not arrived in Branson Missouri yet. They are worried now. Usually wall to wall ppl.
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Re: Summer of DOOM

Unread postby Byron100 » Fri 13 Jun 2008, 12:20:11

joelcolorado wrote:My buddy says the crowds have not arrived in Branson Missouri yet. They are worried now. Usually wall to wall ppl.


That's kinda funny, as I saw an *awful lot* of commercials for that place when I was stuck at the house of a TV addict last weekend.

And I kept thinking to myself, why would anyone want to go someplace in BFE Missouri of all places? Especially with gas at $4 plus a gallon. 8O

No sh*t Sherlock, there ain't gonna be a season in Branson, MO, not this year, and probably not ever.
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Re: Summer of DOOM

Unread postby frankthetank » Fri 13 Jun 2008, 15:55:56

Gasmon-

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lawns should be outlawed.
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Re: Summer of DOOM

Unread postby Kristen » Fri 13 Jun 2008, 19:10:03

Truck drivers in the United States get 30,700 - 15, 743, or about 12,000 pounds, after taxes. You'd be better off being a yardmaster at a railroad company and make 60,000.

As to the summer of doom, I expect things to only to be a fraction worse than they are corrently at. Besides, everything always looks better in the rear view mirror. There's a certaintity to it.
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