jasonraymondson wrote:How many of you are prepared?
What will you do without your computer and internet friends to keep you company?
How many of you, are going to be able to cope, with only access to book for your entertainment?
Next year the power failures will start.
Good luck.
eastbay wrote:My first Social Security check arrives in eight years so I should be ok.
jasonraymondson wrote:How many of you are prepared?
What will you do without your computer and internet friends to keep you company?
jasonraymondson wrote:How many of you, are going to be able to cope, with only access to book for your entertainment?
jasonraymondson wrote:Next year the power failures will start.
Good luck.
jasonraymondson wrote:Next year the power failures will start.
seldom_seen wrote:jasonraymondson wrote:Next year the power failures will start.
If the Internet goes down that means the porn industry will collapse. One of the last great American industries besides Casinos. We can't run this country just on Casinos, we need the porn.
jasonraymondson wrote:Strip clubs and brothels are old stapels
jasonraymondson wrote:Apparently some of you "geniuses" don't pay much attention to what is going on.
Zardoz wrote:jasonraymondson wrote:Apparently some of you "geniuses" don't pay much attention to what is going on.
Well, okay then, educate us. What is going on?
uNkNowN ElEmEnt wrote:I still haven't seen or been able to google one piece or article that would corroborate this claim.
Zardoz wrote:uNkNowN ElEmEnt wrote:I still haven't seen or been able to google one piece or article that would corroborate this claim.
Same here. All I get is stuff like this:
U.S. power grid in better shape 5 years after blackout
Sure, the grid needs some work, as it always has, ever since its inception. But I can't find any indication that the electrical age is about to come to an end.
The U.S. Faces Serious Risks of Brownouts or Blackouts in 2009, Study Warns
Enviro Group Lawsuits, Cost Concerns, Climate Regulation Uncertainty Cited As Major Obstacles To Grid Improvements
Denver, CO (Oct. 1, 2008) -- A new study released this week highlights what experts have been saying for years: the U.S. faces significant risk of power brownouts and blackouts as early as next summer that may cost tens of billions of dollars and threaten lives.
The study, "Lights Out In 2009?" warns that the U.S. "faces potentially crippling electricity brownouts and blackouts beginning in the summer of 2009, which may cost tens of billions of dollars and threaten lives."
"If particularly vulnerable regions, like the Western U.S., experience unusually hot temperatures for prolonged periods of time in 2009, the potential for local brownouts or blackouts is high, with significant risk that local disruptions could cascade into regional outages that could cost the economy tens of billions of dollars," the report warned.
U.S. baseload generation capacity reserve margins "have declined precipitously to 17 percent in 2007, from 30-40 percent in the early 1990s," according to the study. A 12-15 percent capacity reserve margin is the minimum required to ensure reliability and stability of the nation’s electricity system. Compounding this capacity deficiency, the projected U.S. demand in the next ten years is forecast to grow by 18 percent, far exceeding the projected eight percent growth in baseload generation capacity between now and 2016.
wisconsin_cur wrote:I did find this:
2009 Blackout/Brownout Study"If particularly vulnerable regions, like the Western U.S., experience unusually hot temperatures for prolonged periods of time in 2009, the potential for local brownouts or blackouts is high, with significant risk that local disruptions could cascade into regional outages that could cost the economy tens of billions of dollars," the report warned.
"If particularly vulnerable regions, like the Western U.S., experience unusually hot temperatures for prolonged periods of time in 2009, the potential for local brownouts or blackouts is high, with significant risk that local disruptions could cascade into regional outages that could cost the economy tens of billions of dollars," the report warned.
jasonraymondson wrote:What will you do without your computer and internet friends to keep you company?
How many of you, are going to be able to cope, with only access to book for your entertainment?
Next year the power failures will start.
jasonraymondson wrote:Apparently some of you "geniuses" don't pay much attention to what is going on.
Narz wrote:jasonraymondson wrote:Apparently some of you "geniuses" don't pay much attention to what is going on.
I've paid great attention. Whenever some yahoo claims the unwavering ability to predict the future (especially on peakoil.com) he's usually wrong.
Anyone with an adorable little child has a strong built-in incentive to denial. It's a scary existential threat. Since this is Thanksgiving its worth considering the experience of the Puritans in their dark winter of despair. Almost every woman in the early colony died, but almost every one of their children survived. Their mothers made sure of it at the cost of their own lives. I believe we will be tested as they were in 2009. Perhaps 2010.jasonraymondson wrote:Narz wrote:jasonraymondson wrote:Apparently some of you "geniuses" don't pay much attention to what is going on.
I've paid great attention. Whenever some yahoo claims the unwavering ability to predict the future (especially on peakoil.com) he's usually wrong.
Check my record.
I have the highest amount of recorded instances of correctness.
Do I believe in psychic bull crap. Nope, but I am damn good at spotting patterns. I am also a damn lucky guesser
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