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Oil CEO on September 10, 2006 - 5:20am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
  1. I thought Stuart Staniford was dead.

  2. I paid BU tens of thousands of dollars over a number of years. Could I have a free ticket?

  3. Why was the early registration discount moved? Could it be that nobody is signing up for these ridiculously high prices.

  4. I already paid Matt Simmons $29.95 or whatever for the harcover. Why would I pay this kind of money to hear him tell me stuff I already know and dodge my questions?

  5. What are these high prices designed for? So only Oil CEO's can sign up? My hairdresser in Kenmore square wants to go, she says she's always been a huge fan of Heinberg, but these prices are keeping her at home. She says she's sad, but reruns of Desperate Housewives are going to have to fill the bill.

  6. These prices are ridiculous. The only people that can afford this are the Saudi students at Hairiri's new Business school. Next to the Burger King. You know where it is. The people you really want are the full-time working adults who take night classes and are paying $25 to park when the Sox are in town.

  7. Peak oil is screwed if it is going to take this pay-to-play elitist attitude.

  8. Where does the money go?

  9. What is going to happen when people figure out that Stuart is dead? Does everybody get a refund?

  10. Yeah. I will be there. And I'll pay full price if I have to. Study-up for any question and answer sessions you're planning on doing.
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ThatsItImout on September 10, 2006 - 6:13am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

ouch!  This is gonna' be a tough crowd! :-)

Roger  ThatsItImout

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airdale on September 10, 2006 - 9:08am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Wry wit and dry humor. Hard to do consistently but the man is a master at it, I do observe. Hats off! Right hand salute! I only saw it this well on some old Y2K forums and yet I note that the questions are valid still in all.(this is called a 'suckup')

I too live in Ky and I  did go by 2 wheels to the last IBM stockholders meeting in Louisville held there some time back(2002 or so). I vowed then that Looeyville would be permanently off my list of travel to cities. I suffered 50 miles of hard rain on the return , sans DryRider yet, if this event were to be in L'ville I would pay the money and go. Boston is out of the question for me and the number of wheels would not change that.

airdale--$2.32/gal

Too bad the Brown,
is not in Elizabethtown.  

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alanisthename on September 10, 2006 - 6:39am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Hi Oil CEO,

22 speakers in 2 days! That's nuts. Explains the price.

Personally, I can't stand Heinberg and his (ASPO's) depletion protocol. He wants countries to ration oil use to keep the price down. That just keeps us dependant on oil instead of doing alternatives. If you go to the conference, ask him why he's such an (economic) jerk.

PS I'm listening to Jimi Hendrix right now. Those were the days. Cheap gas, big V8s and little things like optimism.

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vtpeaknik on September 10, 2006 - 9:30am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
He wants countries to ration oil use to keep the price down. That just keeps us dependant on oil instead of doing alternatives.

Uh?  If it's rationed there will be plenty of reason to "do alternatives".  There will be some black market, but at high prices.  Even the legit stuff will be expensive, but not as volatile as would be without rationing.  I suppose some will object to such non-market ideas, but it'll be rationing in any case, even if based on price.  Want the rich to drive hummers and the poor to freeze in the dark?  You're sure you'll be one of the rich?  The "free market" is about to fail spectacularly, time for new ideas.  And tradeable quotas are a market mechanism too.

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peakearl on October 18, 2006 - 4:37pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Problem with rationing is ppl blame the govt for the shortages, and focus goes to any cheaters or insiders rather than the source of the problem. Still, it may be necessary at some point...
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beggar on October 18, 2006 - 8:59pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Globalized Market Failure....ooops.
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Luis de Sousa on September 11, 2006 - 9:14am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Registration for scientific conferences of 2/3 days usually cost something between 400 and 600 €.

Registration for ASPO-5 costed 150 €.

Compare.

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Oil CEO on September 11, 2006 - 9:24am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I can't compare. I'm so poor I can't even understand these numbers. Plus, I've never been to a single one of these conferences. Probably because I can't afford a plane ticket. Please compare for me. I am grateful my sister let's me look at her computer.
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AlanfromBigEasy on October 19, 2006 - 9:24am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Early registration for Hydrovision (1 day longer, less compensation for speakers, 4 sessions concurrent, 2,000+ attendees) was $650.  Large exhibition hall got more $ from commerical companies exhibiting.

Best Hopes,

Alan

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