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SJMStrategy on November 15, 2006 - 12:16am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
Hi TOD

Thanks Heading Out for this great post.  To westtexas, please continue to be a contributor of the TOD.  You are one of the contributors I have come to respect most.

On the CERA report, I think that there is no doubt that peak oil is now firmly on the agenda.  This in of itself is a great accomplishment.  The TOD and others have all played a part.  It is my fond hope that TOD continues to do so.

It is thanks to the TOD, ASPO and others that care about this issue that I took the time to author a teaching case on this subject for an MBA class (it is as far as I know the first to explicitly do so). Still, it is for me just a beginning in trying to play my part and there is still a long road ahead but it is worth traveling.

Despite Hothgar and others like that, I will continue coming to TOD

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Hothgor on November 15, 2006 - 12:28am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I'm flattered, but give it a rest please.  If I were a troll, I would have been banned/removed a long time ago.  My opinions differ from yours, yes, but the fundamentals are the same.
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GreyZone on November 15, 2006 - 11:35am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Your data has been publicly refuted. You have made claims against Westexas for data which even you cannot supply. You have ignored historical discussions that occurred at TOD for over a year before your arrival that already debunked the small field myth with which you tried to attack Westexas, and you incessantly use ad hominem attacks, demonstrating your irrationality.

I do wish there were an ignore button on TOD. You would be the first to whom I would apply that button.

Oh, hint - if you want to understand how useless the small fields are, go wade through Matthew Simmons' presentations. The data is in there. I'm not going to assist you further or repeat everything here because you do not deserve it.

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Hothgor on November 15, 2006 - 11:49am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I never said small fields were useless.  I said I wanted to see where he got his information from because I suspect there were a lot of fields that production was expected to fall just short of westexas 'criteria' for inclusion in his list.  That and I believed he was intentionally ignoring project slips from the past couple of years and being outright selective in his process.  Perhaps he was worried about being assassinated if he listed them.

But I can see how you MIGHT confuse the two :P

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Hothgor on November 15, 2006 - 11:51am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
'sigh' replace 'useless' with 'worthwhile'.
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DelusionaL on November 15, 2006 - 9:15pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Hotgor..You are most welcome to provide the charts as has khebab and others...I'm still waiting from the last time I asked...
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Hothgor on November 16, 2006 - 10:58pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I am not usually this abrupt and too the point, but you sir, are a moron.  I do not understand how you can possibly read this post asking to see where WT got his data from, and somehow conjure up a response that asks me to show my graphs...
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oilmanbob on November 15, 2006 - 11:21am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Hothgar has quit posting insults and ad hominem arguements since the discussion last Saturday, which I found to have a very positive effect on TOD. I personally think we should lighten up about him. He's obviously trying ! (yes, the double meaning is intended)
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Big Gav on November 16, 2006 - 12:04am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I second that - if you want the tone to improve then you should forget past flame wars.

He isn't behaving like a troll in this thread so its best to let bygones be bygones...

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AlanfromBigEasy on November 16, 2006 - 12:52am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I agree.  He is young and has much to learn.

Never forgiving or giving a second chance gives no room for improvement.

OTOH, this is a tough site and unless someone appeals for a "learners permit" as they struggle with the complex issues here, they should be judged by the same standard.

And I miss WesTexas.

Best Hopes,

Alan

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