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shawnott on February 14, 2006 - 1:02pm

I was thinking this morning that it would be interesting to conduct a poll on this website. I figure there is an easier way than just a string of replies to an open thread.

But my idea for a poll is this? What is your view of the net result of Peak Oil. 5 categories ranging from no effect to stone age by 2025. Then what time frame do you envision the net result happening. 5 categories of time frames for that. Then make a nice little matrix of the two.

I just think it would be interesting to see where everyone falls out in the matrix. What's everyone think?

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davidsmi on February 14, 2006 - 3:09pm

Could be an interesting idea. But you would have to be very careful is depicting your effect "categories." For example, I believe that progressing to a stone age height would be a vast improvement over our current civilization, but not everyone would agree.

As for timing, by 2025 I expect no more than "the greatest depression" - whereas I hold out hope that by 2100 we will have made it to the new stone age.

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