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research24 on June 30, 2008 - 7:59pm Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

THANK-YOU, THANK-YOU, THANK-YOU all who devote their time and expertise. Without such, I would be miles behind in my understanding. Two years ago I was on the "plenty" side of the debate, a fool for believing "official" numbers. I'd probably still be spouting "But there's three trillion barrels out there just waiting to be pumped."

But it was the bottomless oil wells of Arabia that first got my attention. You know, the kinds of wells where the more you pump out, the more there is. Magical! Mysterious! And in the end, not so marvelous!

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Joe Average on June 30, 2008 - 10:41pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

As an Average Joe (married, three kids, mortgage, average IQ), I've...
1. Learnt one heck of a lot over the past months visiting here;
2. Been thrilled at the level of detailed reply from Todsters to my often simplistic questions and observations.

Though not fully aboard the PO boat just yet (I still believe the Hubbert Curve will look more like a slowly declining plateau to a cliff), there's certainly enough regularly-updated content here to keep anyone with even the slightest interest in current energy-related affairs absorbed for hours.

Well done Keepers-of-TOD and keep up the great work!

Regards, Matt B from Australia

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SthPacific on July 6, 2008 - 12:22pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Hi Hi Joe Average, In response to a question you asked me a while ago, Sorry I dont get here often enough. "Why dont we see this stuff in the MS media" That is simple. In the USA "particularly" there is no Organized media, Ronald Reagan got rid of it, Organized media (not Independant media or Corporate media) is the government funded media set up purely for public education, so that citizens can be properly informed and make properly informed decisions, So to give an exampole, ":PBS (sold by Reagan) sponsered by Chevron and BP " does a report on Peak oil, running a story counter to there sponsers current line, and Jim Lehrer goes on about Peak Oil blah blah blah. Now we will cut to a comercial break, "The new Heavy Chevy SUV is the most powerful in its class etc etc, Next Jim Lehrer returns and says, we will now end transmission due to lack of funds, our sponsors have pulled out

I hope that explains it to you.

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