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Topic: Runaway Global Warming - Has Arrived |
BlinkBlink
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Forum: Environment Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 10:24 pm Subject: Re: Runaway Global Warming - Has Arrived |
| Why not come down to visit the Murray Darling basin in Australia? See the Murray river drying up. Watch the moisture in the farm lands evaporating. Guess what? Both are caused by a LACK of increased c ... |
Topic: Is there anything behind permaculture? |
BlinkBlink
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:53 pm Subject: Re: Is there anything behind permaculture? |
Get Linda Woodrow's "Permaculture Home Garden"
It has plenty of practical ideas and actually tells you how to do it.
[url=http://www.affordablebooks.com.au/details.php?bookid=0-670-86599-0 ... |
Topic: Runaway Global Warming - Has Arrived |
BlinkBlink
Replies: 501
Views: 21448
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Forum: Environment Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:14 pm Subject: Re: Runaway Global Warming - Has Arrived |
| It is unclear whether the amounts of methane being talked about here is significant or not. Methane levels in the atmosphere have been fairly stable for the past 10-15 years. I would think you would n ... |
Topic: Aquaponics system |
BlinkBlink
Replies: 11
Views: 726
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:57 pm Subject: Re: Aquaponics system |
Yes.
I'm going to put in a system into my greenhouse. That way I can grow food year around. The water tanks are a good thermal mass. |
Topic: How many children do you have? |
BlinkBlink
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:53 pm Subject: Re: How many children do you have? |
None for me.
I'm not in favour of killing people. I am in favour of not saving people. |
Topic: Powering Down to Core Consumption |
BlinkBlink
Replies: 496
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:33 am Subject: Re: Powering Down to Core Consumption |
But it does NOT have to end in Human Oblivion.
I've read most of Monte's posts over the last 2 1/2 years. I don't believe he has ever said there is no hope or that were as a species are destined to ... |
Topic: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
BlinkBlink
Replies: 548
Views: 13485
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:59 pm Subject: Re: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
| I swear to god you're intentionally not understanding the distinction between "family and friends" and the vague abstract concept of "humanity"/"the human species"/"mankind". I would like to think you ... |
Topic: The post-peak die-off; The MonteQuest scenario. |
BlinkBlink
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:24 am Subject: Re: The post-peak die-off; The MonteQuest scenario. |
Oil production is
And in that time the population will be 8 billion if we are still feeding the population.
Half the worlds population lives in cities. Growing food is one thing but actually ge ... |
Topic: The post-peak die-off; The MonteQuest scenario. |
BlinkBlink
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Views: 89925
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:00 am Subject: Re: The post-peak die-off; The MonteQuest scenario. |
If oil production depletes at 5% per annum then we will have to make do with 50% of the oil that we use today. Where is that few percent coming from?
You should read the Oil is Food thread.
Wha ... |
Topic: The post-peak die-off; The MonteQuest scenario. |
BlinkBlink
Replies: 823
Views: 89925
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:00 am Subject: Re: The post-peak die-off; The MonteQuest scenario. |
| How do you expect to feed 7 billion people? Oil = Food. |
Topic: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
BlinkBlink
Replies: 548
Views: 13485
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:14 pm Subject: Re: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
How about China? Is there population finally decreasing somewhat?
No. The growth has slowed but it is still growing.
[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/1246731.stm]BBC |
Topic: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
BlinkBlink
Replies: 548
Views: 13485
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:49 pm Subject: Re: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
We have to kill lots of people?
Or not save them.
No AIDS drugs
No transplants
No prem babies
No vaccinations
No palliative care
Etc. |
Topic: First deaths attributed to PO |
BlinkBlink
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:56 pm Subject: Re: First deaths attributed to PO |
Congress murdered them with their gas tax and prohibition of hydrocarbon drilling on over 10,000 miles of US coastline.
Have a read of this thread. http://www.peakoil.com/fortopic41781.html |
Topic: Please prove me wrong! |
BlinkBlink
Replies: 34
Views: 3058
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Forum: Psychology Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:49 pm Subject: Re: Please prove me wrong! |
I was really worried about Peak Oil until I saw the video in this
[url=http://www.peakoil.com/fortopic42892.html]thread.
All my fears have been allayed. |
Topic: Founder of the Weather Channel On Global Warming And Gas |
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Forum: Environment Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:29 pm Subject: Re: Founder of the Weather Channel On Global Warming And Gas |
I keep seeing this cooling for 10 straight years figure. I'd like to know where they get it from.
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/Fig.A.lrg.gif |
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