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GauharJK on January 8, 2009 - 9:50am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

News just in from India...

First it was all the Truckers who were on strike... next the Oil company employees went on strike... now its the petrol pumps across the country who would pull their shutters from tomorrow... Severe transportation problems. The nation is coming to a halt. Buses and Aircraft are getting delayed due to unavailability of fuel. Food is getting expensive by the hour.

We're seeing a trailer of what peak oil would be like...

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xeroid on January 8, 2009 - 10:29am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

We're seeing a trailer of what peak oil would be like

Actually, I think the data will tell you the world is now past peak oil ... and that means economic chaos at the very least! ... is it the final peak? ... who knows? ... but, if this is the final peak then attempting to grow the world economy is probably futile ... ponder the implications!

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noutram on January 8, 2009 - 11:09am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I'm not sure I believe the LATOC-like view that the oil simply stops arriving at time 'T', therefore at time 'T+x' society ends and so whenever there is a strike caused case of oil decline I don't think you can simply extrapolate and say something like "this is how it will be..."

Under what circumstances are there NO deliveries? -that's not PeakOil, that's GST: Globally Succesful Terrorism.

Nick.

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jokuhl on January 8, 2009 - 1:04pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I don't interpret his post to mean simply a shutoff of all fuel supplies, but the tangles that develop when once steady supplies grow intermittent.

I've been thinking of adding an addendum to my "PEAK OIL. Coming Soon to a Highway near you.. got options?" Bumper Sticker.

Something like '..but Gas is cheap, so back to Sleep! (cuz' it could never happen again.. preparation is for wusses!)' With maybe a Rumplestiltskin Graphic snoozing in the corner.

Bob

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totoneila on January 9, 2009 - 4:31am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Hello GauharJK,

Having 20 shutdown I-NPK factories does not help either as your country is losing 50,000 tons/day of output:

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/01/08/stories/2009010852050100.htm

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