tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post116837469290039984..comments2023-11-05T04:36:14.223-08:00Comments on The Mess That Greenspan Made: Is Peak Oil Already Here?Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-1168518936120216752007-01-11T04:35:00.000-08:002007-01-11T04:35:00.000-08:00Al Gore and the aliens? Finally, I get it! Poor ...Al Gore and the aliens? Finally, I get it! Poor Al is about as stiff as the robot in the 50's film "The Day the Earth Stood Still". The robot's name was Gort, now there's a connection. Al is about as stiff as Gort. Perhaps they are cousins? Instead of being made from metal, like most robots, our Al seems to be fashioned from wood.<BR/><BR/>Where is Al today, a friend recently asked. I replied, I heard he has a new job. Where is he, he asked? Go down to the corner of 5th and Main. I think you'll find him outside the cigar store. He's taken the place of the wooden Indian just outside the door.<BR/><BR/>Now to the serious...<BR/><BR/>It seems Peak Oil may finally show its face soon. When the public learns of the implications of permanent oil shortages, you can bet there will be severe financial and social consequences even the most astute economist and social scientists cannot even imagine. Our whole worldwide system of banking, industry and commerce depends on the ability to grow.<BR/>Once growth cannot be acheived, via inexpensive petroleum, the game is over.<BR/><BR/>Sadly, it seems that the die is cast because our society has come to depend on a diminishing natural resource. There is one redeeming feature if the stuff hits the fan, the federal government will eventually become irrelevant. Over time, everything will become localized and people will be forced, by circumstances, to reply upon each other much like in the 1800's. Great civilizations always have an Achilies Heel. Peak Oil seems to be ours.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-1168492967009436302007-01-10T21:22:00.000-08:002007-01-10T21:22:00.000-08:00I suggest you read TheOilDrum.com. TOD Forum memb...I suggest you read TheOilDrum.com. TOD Forum members Westexas and Darwinian are building a compelling statistical record on Peakoil that everyone needs to study & consider. Using the Hubbert Linearization Method and the Export Land Model as the basis for evaluating data. TODer Khebab and others have also posted impressive charts & graphs that point to increasing concern with further ramping of FFs. TOD is a ruthlessly peer-reviewed investigative website with members worldwide from many different careers & disciplines. If your time is severely constrained: check EnergyBulletin.net daily--they monitor TOD and other key webwritings, then repost snippets.<BR/><BR/>Bob Shaw in Phx,Az Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-1168445587947590272007-01-10T08:13:00.000-08:002007-01-10T08:13:00.000-08:00Luckily for Crudele former bureaucrats like Stepha...Luckily for Crudele former bureaucrats like Stephanopolous are corroborating what he's saying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-1168443414355379112007-01-10T07:36:00.000-08:002007-01-10T07:36:00.000-08:00I'll probably have an update on the NY Post story ...I'll probably have an update on the NY Post story and the GSCI Index later today. It doesn't look like there is anything to the story, which makes it harder for guys like John Crudele to be taken seriously.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-1168407124997688922007-01-09T21:32:00.000-08:002007-01-09T21:32:00.000-08:00I'm really confused by that NYPost article. If pr...I'm really confused by that NYPost article. If production didn't change, and the reported weightings haven't changed, what the heck is the article even about?<BR/><BR/>Have the changes perhaps not been enacted yet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-1168404695601504032007-01-09T20:51:00.000-08:002007-01-09T20:51:00.000-08:00I think that one flew over the top of some readers...I think that one flew over the top of some readers heads.<BR/>It's more than just a little suspicious, thanks for the deail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-1168399659383221442007-01-09T19:27:00.000-08:002007-01-09T19:27:00.000-08:00Venezuela, Russia, Iran.. why is all of our oil ov...Venezuela, Russia, Iran.. why is all of our oil over in their countries? <BR/>We need to get the price down so they'll beg us to buy it from them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-1168384826653686342007-01-09T15:20:00.000-08:002007-01-09T15:20:00.000-08:00No, I think Goldman is working in concert with Gor...No, I think Goldman is working in concert with Gore and space aliens to save Earth's ecosystems from global warming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-1168383592697939882007-01-09T14:59:00.000-08:002007-01-09T14:59:00.000-08:00Any chance Goldman is working in concert with Bush...Any chance Goldman is working in concert with Bush to drive down the price of oil to reduce Iran's income for a few months before we attack? Didn't Reagan use the price of oil to hurt the USSR economically?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-1168379958578991882007-01-09T13:59:00.000-08:002007-01-09T13:59:00.000-08:00I didn't mean to trivialize the subject of peak oi...I didn't mean to trivialize the subject of peak oil by oversimpliflying it in this post - this was just an attempt at a little humor that will likely prove to be unsuccessful.<BR/><BR/>The post does include an accounting of what changed in the index - it doesn't sound that nefarious compared to what happened in August.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530974968126497397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11719208.post-1168378535377759582007-01-09T13:35:00.000-08:002007-01-09T13:35:00.000-08:00IMO, just looking at the production numbers does n...IMO, just looking at the production numbers does not tell you whether Peak Oil already happened. The demand for oil is clearly down and the producers would be stupid if they were increasing the production in this environment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com