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 Topic: I'm worried, but I dont think everything will go up in smoke |
Narz
Replies: 38
Views: 1490
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 Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:37 pm Subject: Re: I'm worried, but I dont think everything will go up in s |
You'll notice as you peruse this site that the extent to which a member believes that we are doomed is highly correlated to their knowledge level.
That is a causitive relationship.
I agree, when I ... |
| Topic: Peanut butter sales? |
Narz
Replies: 20
Views: 948
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Forum: Depletion Economics Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:09 pm Subject: Re: Peanut butter sales? |
| I'm more of an almond butter fan myself. They have raw almond butter at Trader Joe's for $4.99 a pound. Strangely that price has come down from $5.99/lb previously (even as almonds in general are pr ... |
| Topic: How do you know when to pick apples? |
Narz
Replies: 8
Views: 394
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:43 pm Subject: Re: How do you know when to pick apples? |
| Fruits are like women, when they yield to easily you, falling into your hands with even the slightest brush, then they are ready. If you have to force them out of the branches they are not ready & ... |
| Topic: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
Narz
Replies: 134
Views: 3744
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:42 pm Subject: Re: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
What is so hard to grasp?
"People continue to advocate further technological breakthroughs as the supposedly sure cure for carrying capacity deficits. The very idea that technology caused overshoot ... |
| Topic: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
Narz
Replies: 134
Views: 3744
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:35 pm Subject: Re: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
Also salt isn't necessary for human consumption. It's a luxery not a necessity.
Man....The human body requires between five and ten grams of salt a day. Humans need a daily intake of salt. Unli ... |
| Topic: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
Narz
Replies: 134
Views: 3744
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:52 pm Subject: Re: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
Without computers (the Internet specifically) probably 80-90% of people here wouldn't even know about peak oil.
And ain't we glad that PO is happening in the post-Internet days and not pre-? Too ... |
| Topic: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
Narz
Replies: 134
Views: 3744
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:52 pm Subject: Re: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
Wow Narz... a point-by-point rebuttal! That may be one of the first ones I ever received here.
Glad to be of service. 
I'll concede this point to you. Yes, homo sapiens sapiens does rely on " ... |
| Topic: Where does all the oil go? (any charts or pie graphs?) |
Narz
Replies: 2
Views: 199
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:23 pm Subject: Where does all the oil go? (any charts or pie graphs?) |
Someone asked this on another forum :
We use roughly 1/2 of oil consumption for motor vehicle fuels of all types. The other 1/2 includes home heating oil, boiler fuel for other buildings and powerp ... |
| Topic: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
Narz
Replies: 134
Views: 3744
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:15 pm Subject: Re: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
Hating technology is just a form of self-hatred. Homo sapiens sapiens are tool (technology) using creatures. No getting around that.
C'mon...In all the other civilizations before the machine age ... |
| Topic: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
Narz
Replies: 134
Views: 3744
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 4:38 pm Subject: Re: Abandoning Cargoism & Embracing Our Options |
And, I agree with you that technology is really the root of our problems
I disgaree. The root of our problems is in the way we think about the world. Not the use of technology. The use of technolo ... |
| Topic: Why Technology Will Solve Peak Oil in the End |
Narz
Replies: 673
Views: 15888
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:55 pm Subject: Re: Why Technology Will Solve Peak Oil in the End |
| BigTex, I'm not saying you intended to come off that way, just that I could see where the guy was coming from. |
| Topic: Five short videos from TOD... |
Narz
Replies: 7
Views: 465
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:54 pm Subject: Re: Five short videos from TOD... |
Thanks Rocc, reposted them with comments.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=6977809#post6977809 |
| Topic: No evidence of manipulation in oil trading |
Narz
Replies: 1
Views: 277
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Forum: Current Energy News Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:53 pm Subject: Re: No evidence of manipulation in oil trading |
Thanks, reposted (along with the Oil Drum's videos)
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=6977809#post6977809
and given it's own thread [url=http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php ... |
| Topic: Why Technology Will Solve Peak Oil in the End |
Narz
Replies: 673
Views: 15888
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:04 pm Subject: Re: Why Technology Will Solve Peak Oil in the End |
Wow.
I thought my post was pretty friendly.
I don't know where he got condescension.Are you serious? You basically lumped him in with a certain "type" and proceeded to tell him all the things h ... |
| Topic: UrbanDanger.com |
Narz
Replies: 2
Views: 322
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Forum: Book/Media Reviews Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:48 pm Subject: Re: UrbanDanger.com |
Lacked focus.
Terrorist, virus, grid failure.
It was like "101 things that could go wrong".
Keep it mind it was only a preview of the actual movie (which isn't out yet). |
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