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Having read Jared diamond's 'Guns, germ and Steel some while ago I have just got a copy of his 'Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive'. I only...
Hello everyone (I actually typed "personal death" in to begin with in the subject box!) I've just read the above article by Clive Smith and it reminded me of...
Forecasting the course of events following PO is very difficult as there are so many variables. What is clear, however, is that energy and food will both...
Chris, on the issue of leaving government to address the situation, well, they won't without prodding that is for sure. But do not think that government can't...
Philip, Although I would agree basically with what you say I would make the following points. Although PO will have a drastic effect on banking and we have no...
Thanks for the responses on the personal debt issue...more appreciated. The reason I wrote about the interrelation of finance and society is the interest it...
Well it’s an interesting one isn't it? The complete instant economic crash theory. It’s very popular with some of the American Peak Oil campaigners, but I...
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I appreciate what you say and in many ways I agree with your thoughts. There are however one or two points that I will make. Weather any collapse or crash will...
I totally agree, there are far too many variables to even begin to make accurate forecasts of post PO events but we can look at likely general trends. Let's...
... I'm not convinced either, but I wouldn't dismiss the idea entirely. I've been intrigued by the way that peak oil has started to slowly creep into the...
I think the quandary we all face is simply future uncertainty. There are so many unknowns and variables it is impossible to predict what the future holds....
Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Norman South West England Peak Oil? Include Me Out Thoughts from a Once-Burned Y2K Activist by Mick Winter On December...
A few thoughts: In the case of Y2K we knew the problem was limited to older hardware and software i.e. anything made / written from (say) mid 90’s onwards...
yup. at first his laconic delivery had me fooled. his use if the y2k red herring while he snuck peak oil slowly into the main focus was subversively effective,...
Michael Dunkley
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Feb 9, 2005 8:45 am
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Chris, I appreciate and understand what you say. The point of my posting this was because I felt it gave an excuse for all those 'survivalists' of all sorts...
Y2K presented a real threat (I, too, was in the IT industry at the time) - however it was entirely within the control of companies and governments to manage it...
... I suppose as a software engineer, the once difference for me between Y2K Peak Oil was that I felt more qualified to judge it. I judged it to be a low to...
Dear Philip, I am a French woman who has moved to England (Essex) last year, and got in touch with James Howard as I have been aware of peak oil for a while,...
BBC2 - Tonight! Horizon Thu 17 Feb, 9:00 pm - 9:50 pm 50mins An Experiment to Save the World Horizon takes one of the most controversial and ambitious claims...
The Threat of Oil Depletion. . . . The modern, commercial agricultural miracle that feeds all of us and much of the rest of the world is completely dependent...
The BBCs experiment, which seemed to follow Rusi Taleyarkhan's experiment quite closely, failed to replicate his findings. To be honest you didn't miss an...
There are many such attempts at new sources of energy - and new developments that go against current scientific thinking. I've spent a bit of time looking...
One of the gems to come out of Davos 2005 is the Global 100 list of the most "sustainable corporations". Being the WEF, of course, "sustainable" in this...
... but ... Sounds like a good idea, but who decides which "theories" are worth funding with Tax payers money (for example)? How much and for how long? I would...
Can't disagree on the need to redirect funds from defence to investment in minimising the impact of peak oil. As for investment in 'peripheral' science. It is...
