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My plan post-peak.

No Plan12 %12 %12 % 12.64% (145)
Rely on Government2 %2 %2 % 2.27% (26)
EcoVillage14 %14 %14 % 14.04% (161)
Family Farm29 %29 %29 % 29.64% (340)
Hunt & Gather8 %8 %8 % 8.98% (103)
Soldier3 %3 %3 % 3.57% (41)
Vagrant2 %2 %2 % 2.88% (33)
Roving Reaper11 %11 %11 % 11.86% (136)
Prostitute5 %5 %5 % 5.06% (58)
Slave1 %1 %1 % 1.22% (14)
Corpse7 %7 %7 % 7.85% (90)
Other8 %8 %8 % 8.63% (99)

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Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by heyhoser on Tuesday, November 15 @ 08:49:58 EST
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Does "ZOMBIE" qualify as Corpse?


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by Trindelm on Tuesday, November 15 @ 13:01:51 EST
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Well if we consider that zombies and Vampires are classified as Undead, hence a walking corpse. However we considera corpse as an inanimate shell of a formerly living being. Given all the sticklers for definitions of dead and undead we should have provided that category. Frankensteins would fall under Victorian-era-Cyborg
I would be all about werewolf if that option presented itself. Now all I can be is some hippie turning a compost heap in some eco-village outside Kenosha.



Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by Ballzac on Tuesday, November 15 @ 13:48:32 EST
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I chose other because, as an attorney, I feel secure in my employment and money-making ability enough to know that I will have plenty of work representing the lawless heathens that start to pillage local stores and steal people's food when gas costs $5 a gallon. It truly is sad to see, but hey, I guess you all should have paid attention in school and not skipped class/college to work on your stock car and drink Busch Light with your hair-stylist girlfriends. Because, believe me, there are plenty of you out there.

I used to get upset at my parents for making me study and go to college and law school. But now, as I realize that I have a trade that will be necessary as we slowly lose the very structure that holds our country together, I just can't help but think that Darwin was right.

And yes, there will be a legal system post peak, so don't bother trying to point that out. The wealthy will make sure of it.


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by basil_hayden on Tuesday, November 15 @ 15:45:36 EST
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If I turn the property into a family farm on time, I'll stick with that.

If not - Roving Reapers for $1000 Alex!


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by RockHind (aquatech@bellsouth.net) on Tuesday, November 15 @ 17:40:24 EST
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Reaper, specializing in attorneys.


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by eastbay on Tuesday, November 15 @ 18:52:04 EST
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I selected soldier, for now. I notice only 5 others so far have also selected this post-peak career. I think all I'll need is 2 to 3% under my command to take over then I'll select, 'King of the Universe', which will then become my permanent career choice. Join me or die.


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by venky on Tuesday, November 15 @ 20:57:01 EST
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A doomer poll, are those going to be the only options?



Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by Ballzac on Wednesday, November 16 @ 06:45:37 EST
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Come on RockHind, don't get mad at me for telling you the truth. That's just the way it be, yo.


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by No-Oil on Wednesday, November 16 @ 09:44:21 EST
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Well its very hard to make a call here. I'm going to play it by ear & could end up doing a whole combination these things. But if it takes 20years to get really serious, then corpse will be high on the list, as the old gist normally gets it first ! :(


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by RdSnt on Wednesday, November 16 @ 13:45:36 EST
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Hunt and Gather:

Hunt lawyers,
gather slaves and prostitutes.


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by RockHind (aquatech@bellsouth.net) on Wednesday, November 16 @ 15:45:17 EST
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Sorry, Ballzac, my buds down at the stock car track tell me its going down different. Oops, gotta run, Tiffany has finished intalling her last weave for the day and the hambuger helper is on the table. Extra MSG for me!!!


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by Ballzac on Thursday, November 17 @ 08:37:14 EST
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Hey, I didn't say anything about Hamburger Helper. If it weren't for Hamburger Helper, I wouldn't be the exceedingly educated individual I am today. Besides, it's friggin' good!!!!!

I prefer the Philly Cheesesteak myself. The Bacon Cheeseburger is a close second. Those new Italian ones with the green lables blow ass, though.

Here's one for you. Take the Cheesy Hashbrowns HH and make about 4 eggs over-easy along side it. When completed, set the eggs on top, break the yolk, and mix it all together. You won't be disappointed.


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by flametree on Friday, November 18 @ 00:41:43 EST
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More people want to be corpses than want to be soldiers?

I think you might want to think about that for awhile. :)


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by MountainHiker on Saturday, November 19 @ 05:43:20 EST
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Adding my wise guy two cents to the zombie comments above...I would submit that a good portion of the population in my neck of the woods already qualifies as zombies, they just don't know it yet.


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by RedJake (jake@resteasyson.com) on Saturday, November 19 @ 09:17:28 EST
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Well I chose family farm, but will probably end up hunter gatherer. The dream is the plan, the reality may be different.


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by Specop_007 on Sunday, November 20 @ 03:03:11 EST
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Primary: Zombie Hunter
Secondary: Pompous Attorney hunter


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by Ballzac on Monday, November 21 @ 05:59:05 EST
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A lot of haters in here, there are!


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by Magnus_Redin on Tuesday, November 22 @ 06:54:10 EST
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No alternative seems to be a good one.
My plan is:
1. I am changing career to the energy field to be part of building and maintaining large scale systems. Or start a company to produce and sell smaller systems.
2. Becoming part of government on two levels. Local politics in my municipial and input to state politics. And practical work in the Swedish home guard and possible in civil defence.
3. I will probably build a fairly self sufficent vacation cottage to care for friends and family and if I have kids they will live part time in an environment whose workings are not hidden.

I would do anny of these regardless of peak oil, peak oil is not what is driving my life, it only adds extra opportunity to be usefull and of course extra stress if the peak happens soon.


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by copperweaver on Tuesday, November 22 @ 13:26:57 EST
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Ballzac

do you honestly think there will be democracy in a post peek world. You believe the rich folk are going to have a justice system that employes attorneys. I think secret military tribunals and firing squads are much more realistic in a post peek world. Time will tell.

as for me, I will be a hunter gatherer aka scavenger, and eventual a corps.


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by Ballzac on Tuesday, November 22 @ 15:00:41 EST
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You know, the sooner you all realize that this is a hoax perpetrated by people who are trying to make money off books (Matthew Simmons, J. Howard Kuntsler), people who have invested substantial amounts of money and are praying their long term investment will pay off (Kjell Aklett), not to mention the companioes that are making BILLIONS of dollars off of speculative buying, all because we happen to be at the point where, FOR THE MOMENT, demand has caught up with supply, and thus the Chicken Little syndrome finally has 3.15 a gallon to back it up, the better off you'll all be.

By the way, I bet at least one person who has posted on this question drives an SUV.


ROFL!!!! (Score: 1)
by Shannymara on Tuesday, November 22 @ 20:59:04 EST
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Funniest... poll... ever.


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by No-Oil on Wednesday, November 23 @ 04:18:00 EST
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Well I guess if Ballzac is a Lawyer, we should not be surprised at his poor advice & lack of attention to reality. Hell vote for him next time & we will all have SUV & unlimited free fuel ! He may find that the lawyer business is one of the first to go when the SHTF, why waste money on lost causes :)


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by Ballzac on Wednesday, November 23 @ 06:42:47 EST
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People like No-oil are very common in my business. Their M.O. is to attack what you say as either wrong or misguided, yet they offer nothing of any substance to refute. Republicans are good at it too.


It's in the same vein as a schoolkid retorting with "Yeah, well, you're ugly." No intellect whatsoever.

Where's your evidence, No-oil? If you say it's the information provided on this site, that isn't going to work. A lot of these websites also have articles about how children in Utah are conspiring to control the government with garage-made mind control devices, so what's that tell you?

I at least put my case on the line. Whether I'm right or whether I'm wrong, at least I offer some substance.


Re: My plan post-peak. (Score: 1)
by No-Oil on Thursday, November 24 @ 08:09:09 EST
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For Ballzac. Well I don't see any substance in your comments. You dispute peak oil & call it a hoax, but previously state that you will be well paid for representing people who steal when gas reaches $5 a gallon. You can't have it both ways, so here is a little substance experiment for you, to put it in perspective.

Go & buy a 10gallon jug of your preferred soft drink or alcohol & make sure its in a non see through container with a very tall narrow neck, so you can't look inside. Now drink small random amounts daily for a week, then invite a few friends around for the weekend, repeat. Now without keeping accurate records of consumption or picking the jug up, predict when it will run out !?

You have an advantage that you know exactly how much was there to begin with, geologists have to use guess work. You don't care how much there is, but geologists pay & bonus depend on it. They have a vested interest in getting their guesses as accurate as possible, you can just spend another $50 on a new jug, they get compaines to invest millions to develop a field.

Now who's point of view do you think I'm going to accept ? If I've got a legal question, I'll go to one of your colleagues for expert advice, for Hydrocarbon geology I'll go to a specialist hydrocarbon geologist !!!

Like Hubbert etc, no book sales there, just an honest expert opinion. People ask for mine everyday in my field (network communication) & I'm sure your clients ask for yours. Neither of us is always right, but the more often you are proven right, the more often people will believe what you say. Hubbert & Campbell get my vote, the politicians don't.

This may not be considered sunstance, but its equal to anything you contributed.

No-oil.
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