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2016 Predictions

l33tminion wrote in peak_oil Jan 10, 2016 19:21

My predictions from last year seem to have been about right on. Of course, "less pessimistic than JHK" seems to be easy money.

"Sustained low [oil] prices": Check, in spades.
While immigration will continue to be a contentious political issue, there won't be 'open ethnic warfare' in 'France, Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden', nor will the level of ( Read more... )

Ukrainian inventors suffer from fraud in Denmark

tarassi14 wrote in peak_oil Nov 25, 2015 16:01

Dear Sirs ( Read more... )

Cars That Run on Air and Water? Audi Rolls Out E-Diesel

baron_waste wrote in peak_oil Apr 30, 2015 11:53

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2015 Predictions

l33tminion wrote in peak_oil Jan 05, 2015 22:11

It's the new year, and that means one things to all the futurists and wanna-be futurists out there: Time for predictions!

Kunstler's annual predictions post is as dramatic as ever. The guy seems to be playing doomer Martingale: If your pessimistic predictions turn out to be overly so, make your predictions next year twice as pessimistic, you're ( Read more... )

Subprime Oil

l33tminion wrote in peak_oil Sep 08, 2014 23:19

This article has been in my queue for a while, but it's worth a comment:

In 2012, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast that the US would outpace Saudi Arabia in oil production thanks to the shale boom by 2020, becoming a net exporter by 2030. The forecast was seen by many as decisive evidence of the renewal of the oil age, while informed ( Read more... )

ПЕРЕРАБОТКА БУРОВЫХ И НЕФТЕШЛАМОВ

juice_earth wrote in peak_oil Jul 30, 2014 13:06

Оригинал взят у juice_earth в ПЕРЕРАБОТКА БУРОВЫХ И НЕФТЕШЛАМОВ
Наиболее экологически, экономически и даже этически оправданными способами очистки природных объектов от нефтесодержащих и других видов загрязнений являются биотехнологические способы, воспроизводящие природные процессы самоочистки почв от всякого рода загрязнений. Все известные способы ( Read more... )

Post-Peak Parenting

l33tminion wrote in peak_oil Jul 27, 2014 22:22

In the past few years, I've read a few books that discuss modern American middle-class parenting:

Leanore Skenazy's Free Range Kids suggests that middle-class American parents are going crazy with worry in a media environment that exaggerates the risks posed to children by crime or accident. (The sole risk that gets understated is the danger of ( Read more... )

The Slaves We All Happily Keep-With Addendum

peristaltor wrote in peak_oil Jul 21, 2014 15:57

I'll take a break from a currently tumultuous family life and digress into a thought that has niggled at my brain for about three decades now. Back in college, a friend and I were mulling over beers about a simple question: Why is invention-specifically the rate of invention-accelerating ( Read more... )

Iran Invades Iraq in "Sectarian Violence" Turned Civil War

l33tminion wrote in peak_oil Jun 13, 2014 15:14

And suddenly, Fox News is taking Iran at their word:

Iran is coming to the aid of its historic nemesis, sending elite fighters to Iraq in the wake of a Sunni insurgency that has claimed two key northern cities and now threatens Baghdad, Fox News has learned ( Read more... )

Catching Up on Peak Oil

l33tminion wrote in peak_oil Apr 26, 2014 01:58

I knew it had been a while since someone posted to this community, but nothing since January 2013. Anyone still listening?

Major Peak Oil stories from 2013 and 2014 so far:

July 6, 2013 - The town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec was destroyed when a train carrying Bakken crude oil derailed and exploded.

September 22, 2013 - Peak Oil blog The Oil Drum ( Read more... )