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37 comments on British MP interviews David Strahan, author "The Last Oil Shock"

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Spaceman on July 16, 2007 - 10:24pm Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

Bor-ing!
Where's the FIRE?
Where's the BRIMSTONE?
Ooops! Sorry! Wrong continent!
Have at it mates!

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andyh on July 16, 2007 - 10:43pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

If you go to his book website you will find this fascinating map:

http://www.lastoilshock.com/map.html

It really is a most excellent way to present the depletion problem (though no doubt some of the information contained will be the subject of some debate 9ie the predictions of future peak).

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Spaceman on July 16, 2007 - 11:42pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Thanks for the response andyh,
Unfortunately the AAV (Average American Viewer) would have changed channels had this been on their telly.
Soon after the opening remarks too!
I just wanted to "characterize" the problem of bringing THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FACING HUMANITY to the conciousness of the AAV!

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GeDaMo on July 17, 2007 - 12:54pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

If anyone's interested, the map applet he uses on that site is available for anyone to use.

DIY Map

Each country can have a colour, some text and a URL attached to it by editing an XML file.

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ThatsItImout on July 16, 2007 - 11:33pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

But hey, there's good news!
http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/07/11/mens.health.myths/

For those who keep saying "population is the key", it turns out that sitting with a laptap on, where else, your lap, may actually raise the tempeture of the family jewels enough to lower sperm count...

Now all we have to do is get all our males a laptop and train them to sit using it on their lap!

I told ya' technology would work! :-)

RC
Remember, we are only one cubic mile from freedom

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