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This situation obviously cannot go on. During the last month, U.S. crude stockpiles have dropped by 18 million barrels out of a total commercial reserve which is now just over 300 million barrels. Remember that much of that 300 million is below the minimum operating threshold and as a practical matter is not useable.

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

Branson, 'The Live Entertainment Capital of the World' … isn't (link)

By LEE HILL KAVANAUGH
The Kansas City Star
JILL TOYOSHIBA | The Kansas City Star

Bill Caldwell is leaving Branson after more than a decade playing in live bands at the shows for which the area is known. Fewer musicians can make a living there, compared to years ago when Caldwell first arrived.

BRANSON | After 14 years playing in Branson's theaters, musician Bill Caldwell has had enough. He's leaving. And he's not shy to tell why.

"Branson, 'The Live Entertainment Capital of the World,' … isn't," said Caldwell, 45, as he sat with a group of fellow musicians in a coffee shop.

Branson was built on the backs of the musicians who made its shows come alive, Caldwell said. But now he and some other musicians here say they are being cast aside as an extravagant luxury.

Replaced by recorded tracks.

As the economy has soured and gas prices have soared, more and more shows here are relying on recorded tracks instead of hiring musicians to perform each night.

Roy wrote: If it weren't for those damn liberal enviro whackos we could have $1 gasoline from now to infinity.

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Thats it !! - I've had enough. Summer is here, mid June in England & its COLD. Wife just put gas fire on as I write. Global warming my arse. Shell fuel tanker drivers on strike, the're on £32000 / year ($64000) & want £39000 ($78000) - Greedy bastards. (what do Yank truckers earn) - Alltogether bad news all around.

Time for action folk, this is what I'm doing

1. Cut down seriously on car use - sick of MY MONEY going to the Arabs, (via the banks!!!!) (just been on a bike ride with kids).

2. EVERYTHING I buy I will look where its made. West OK, CHINDIA gets put back on the sales shelf, unless its something I really need & there is no alternative. Easier said than done, but I intend trying. Quite simply they can GET STUFFED. They can have SOME of my trade, but they are NOT having it all.

3. I'm fed up of subsidising the third world. They allways want, want, want. Africans being the laziest bastards on this planet they deserve f*** all, and that is what they will get out of me.

BTW far east, china etc are NOT lazy - very industrious, but TPTB in China suck grandstyle. They can stick their Olympics also. They will go wrong big time, (as will London's in 2012).

4. STUFF the big name supermarkets. In Tesco (UK) profit of £2.9 BILLION announced, but food prices doubled, same with Asda (Wallmart) & snooty Sainsbury's, STUFF THEM, its Aldi & Lidl for the basics, and its good value.

5. STUFF the doomers, look at my signature below. (might be wrong on this !!!).

6. Politicians - Viva la revolution. (I'm afraid for me only at the ballot box).

7. Open to more suggestions, Any offers ??

Rant over, (as is often said on these posts).

Angry Gasmon

GASMON wrote:Cabrone - Poll tax riots many years ago, under Maggie Thatcher.

Shows though that the British (Yanks & others too) will only take so much. There is a breaking point.

Things are a' kickin up.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7452385.stm

I would like to say it's going to be a long, hot summer, but its noticeably cold today, (but sunny) - funny!!.

Gasmon

GASMON wrote:Cabrone - Poll tax riots many years ago, under Maggie Thatcher.

Shows though that the British (Yanks & others too) will only take so much. There is a breaking point.

Things are a' kickin up.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7452385.stm

I would like to say it's going to be a long, hot summer, but its noticeably cold today, (but sunny) - funny!!.

Gasmon

GASMON wrote:3. I'm fed up of subsidising the third world. They allways want, want, want. Africans being the laziest bastards on this planet they deserve f*** all, and that is what they will get out of me.

GASMON wrote:Yes, merry England WANTS, but merry England got off its arse, worked bloody hard AND GOT IT.

Every now and again there comes along a new technology that changes civilization. Gunpowder, steam engines, electricity, internal combustion, nuclear energy, transistors, and the integrated computer circuits readily come to mind.

Looming just over the horizon is the possibility that another such disruptive technology may, and I emphasize may, be in the offing. This technology would be a capacitor with the ability to store large amounts of high-voltage electricity as a static charge in a relatively small and inexpensive device. No chemical reactions - just electrons in and electrons out.

dinopello wrote:I like Tom Whipple, he's a character.

He does have this inability to imagine a civilization without automobiles though and therefore he swings from being very doomerish (because we will lose the abiity to fuel our cars) to Jiminy Cricket wishfullness that we will find some other way to keep our cars running.

The technology, if it works I supose could help with some kind of transition. But, I believe the transition will still have to be made. I'm not sure if he agrees with that or not.

Tom Whipple is a former US Intel analyst who has put out the PeakOilNews for more than a decade. His newsletter is now associated with the PostCarbon institute and can be found at Peak-oil.org. Tom is not a tin-foil hat guy, but we get into a discussion in the heart of the interview about exotic alt. energy matters, including new developments in fusion and cold fusion. I disagree with Tom about the role that electric cars might play in the years ahead, but we didn’t have a debate about it per se during this chat, which i believe you’ll find very interesting.

BabyPeanut wrote:

The Peak Oil Crisis:
Waiting for Winter (link) By Tom Whipple: