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Cherenkov on February 19, 2006 - 3:52pm

In my humble (LOL) opinion, everyone should immediately jump on a plane and fly like a viagra salesman behind in sales. I also advocate the purchase of Kenworth tractors to replace your regular vehicle. Instead of walking to the end of the drive to pick up the mail, fire up the Kenworth and motor down there. Buy a 1000 gallon gasoline tank and fill it with fuel then dump it in your swimming pool and set it on fire!!! What fun!!!

Leave the Kenworth idling all night in order that it will be warm when you wake.

I'm sure there are a lot of other fun ways to hasten the end of the petroleum era. If you think hard enough, or should I say watch a few NASCAR races and dumb yourself down enough, I am sure you too can become part of the great American/Western selfishness festival.

Now, some of you may think I am being ironic. I am not. I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY do want us to hasten the end of this despicable era. The one thing I know for sure is nature/physics does not care about your politics, your invisible sky-being, or your family, so do not start whining and crying about the "good" parts of society, the arts, or the vast variety of cultures we will kill. TOO LATE FOR THAT, YOU SELFISH BASTARDS. The sooner we go into a Malthusian collapse, the better it will be for the remnants of humanity, the sooner we will have to deal with nature/physics on a real time basis.

Yes, vacation your ass right out to Antartica. If you can figure out a way to do it with your Kenworth mounted on a concrete barge, all the better. BURN BABY BURN.

Bring on the cull.

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SolarDude on February 19, 2006 - 4:09pm

I couldn't agree more with this. Every day this stupid chimpanzee adds a net 200,000 more people to this badly overpopulated planet. If there was wide-spread recognition that we have a problem and need to stop or at least severely curtail our breeding for a while then I would say lets conserve. But since every day we delay the collapse we effectively condemn another 200,000 unfortunate people to an early and probably painful demise I say lets use it up as quickly and inefficiently as possible.

I'm taking a trip to Belize in a couple of weeks which I figure may be my last plane trip ever. When this bombing of Iran starts I expect the fast crash and police state lock down to get under way.

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jokuhl on February 20, 2006 - 1:20am

I guess I prepare myself that EVERY flight I take is going to be my last, and not usually because of oil supplies running out. I've got a job flying me to Costa Rica next month, though I'm not putting my own cash in for the ticket, but I do consider that I'd better appreciate the thrilling rush of takeoff in this Dinosaur-guzzling Dinosaur each time, in case it is the last time, for whatever reason. But I'm not turning the trip down, as if such an action would support some kind of ideal or save us a couple gallons of fuel. I'd love to see Costa Rica, and lots of other places.

I am still truly annoyed at the 'Party Full Tilt' attitude that I see in this country (and thread) .. a Brazilian friend was telling me about the knuckleheads he worked with when he first got to the US, but said don't forget that there are idiots everywhere. I asked him 'what's the difference between Brazilian Idiots and American Idiots?'.. He said that 'the Brazilians just aren't as proud of it'. I don't think you're an idiot because you want to see your family or the world, but when I hear that pushy Me-First, I want my MTV! attitude that thinks that what you do with your last dollar is buy Candy, not try to leverage another chance with it, not try to make things work out.. then I'm more than happy to Moralise against it. It's the American fantasy of PseudoLibertarianism that says there's nothing but the individual, and this individual wants more toys! Got Kids? Nephews, Nieces, Grandkids? Try to think out a few steps. There are some pretty simple things we could be designing, collecting, saving for or learning that could make all the difference if/when the basics that we take for granted are suddenly not so easy to lay a hand on. Energy, Food, Social Systems, Water Supply, Alternate Communications..

I don't think Vacation travel is where you'd make your greatest impact in fuel usage anyhow. It's the constant, daily uses that really add up. Every day your house helps burn up more calories than your car, or likely your flying fuel will have ever added up to.. Mine is burning around 7 gallons a day this winter, up to 12 when it gets really cold and windy for a long spell..(Coastal Maine) A bunch of glazed boxes on the roof or south face could cut way into that. Got Glass? Couple Fans, Some Insulated Hoses?

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Dragonfly41 on February 19, 2006 - 4:48pm

In some ways, I wish the early arrival of Peak Oil not because of the hardships it will bring to all of us, but of the hope that it will bring regime change to the USA. Which is the lesser evil? Continued life under Bush policies (plenty of oil obtained militarily) or Post Carbon society without any effective centralized government? Hmmm...in my mind, I choose the later. Of course, these may not be the only choices. We shall see.

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Davidh on February 19, 2006 - 5:37pm

Global Warming.

Will burning more now prevent burning even more (biomass, coal, etc.) later? I'm not sure.

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sr on February 19, 2006 - 7:34pm

I knew some of us lurked here. Bring it on, indeed. Let it come, since it will come.

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Mad Maxout on February 22, 2006 - 12:13am

Why settle for a Kenworth? Better yet, use a cement truck with a load of gravel. Have it rotate any time you use it, just to waste more fuel. Now, I can have SEVERE taste. A Harrier is better yet. Besides overflying traffic, it can take off and land vertically - right into a parking space. And it uses LOTS of fuel to hover. Get yourself a pilots license and your Harrier. You'll be glad you did, if you REALLY want to waste fuel. An even better ride is a Lockheed F-35. It does the Harrier parking trick but can go double-sonic. i.e. you can drive from Chicago to Miami in an hour.

Also, get the biggest house you can. Then order it uninsulated and leave the windows open to waste natural gas. Make sure to heat your outdoor swimming pool year-round with it in Minnesota. A -30F day will REALLY use up the NG. And take a dip before you drive to your cushy job in Miami with that F-35.

(and, yes, I'm being sarcastic)

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