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  Topic: Confessions of an ex-doomer @ POD
OilBurner

Replies: 88
Views: 7155

PostForum: Current Events   Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 5:07 am   Subject: Re: Confessions of an ex-doomer @ POD

It may be JD, but a DoctorDoom is a current member of this site and a former moderator here.

And here's another former moderator saying I agree with everything Dr.Doom wrote over there. Are you ...
  Topic: Do you have a personality disorder?
OilBurner

Replies: 39
Views: 4000

PostForum: Psychology   Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 4:35 am   Subject: Re: Do you have a personality disorder?
Stating the obvious, but these generic tests really have little value. Indeed, they have a high potential to mislead.

My own result came out as Very high on Schizoid Personality Disorder and High ...
  Topic: General Motors heading into senility?
OilBurner

Replies: 21
Views: 2946

PostForum: Current Events   Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 9:42 am   Subject: Re: General Motors heading into senility?
That's right. My 4 cylinder 1.9 CDTI offers 150bhp and 230 pounds foot of torque (315Nm).

Peak torque arrives at 1800rpm (approx) and lasts until 3000rpm and then tails off.

Compare this to the ...
  Topic: General Motors heading into senility?
OilBurner

Replies: 21
Views: 2946

PostForum: Current Events   Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 3:09 am   Subject: Re: General Motors heading into senility?
No offense guys, but you Americans need to remember that the VW TDI engine is not the only diesel engine out there.

The VW TDI uses Pumpe Duse fuel injection technology which isn't particularly env ...
  Topic: General Motors heading into senility?
OilBurner

Replies: 21
Views: 2946

PostForum: Current Events   Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 3:40 am   Subject: Re: General Motors heading into senility?
GM Already offer a diesel hatchback to rival the Golf TDi - it's called the Astra, and there is also the Vectra diesels to stand up against the Passat TDi.

Over here in Europe, you can get GM cars ...
  Topic: Another record (archive)
OilBurner

Replies: 2528
Views: 301931

PostForum: Current Events   Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 10:30 am   Subject: Re: Another record
I agree with jeffvail, if there are less refineries, then demand of gasoline is irrelevant, the price of unrefined crude should go down, unless other refineries are able to absorb and exceed the produ ...
  Topic: Saving gas: tips from your fellow EU peakoilers
OilBurner

Replies: 15
Views: 823

PostForum: Europe Discussion   Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 4:10 am   Subject: Re: Saving gas: tips from your fellow EU peakoilers
True. But if you need a car (and it's unfair to say there are people who don't) or aren't ready to make the big step to giving up car ownership, then the cost savings and environmental benefits of cu ...
  Topic: Saving gas: tips from your fellow EU peakoilers
OilBurner

Replies: 15
Views: 823

PostForum: Europe Discussion   Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 3:56 am   Subject: Re: Saving gas: tips from your fellow EU peakoilers
Don't forget the basics either.

If you must drive, then ensure your car is in good working order with properly inflated tyres (tires for you guys in America...).

Think ahead: there's no use acc ...
  Topic: I am now a Peak Oil skeptic
OilBurner

Replies: 194
Views: 15336

PostForum: Energy Technology   Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:49 am   Subject: Re: I am now a Peak Oil skeptic
Wow this thread is akin to the whole of PO.com encapsulated in one running argument.

We've got blind but sometimes informed optimists, the open-minded and the kind and generous on one side.
Then, ...
  Topic: Would you trust BP?
OilBurner

Replies: 3
Views: 664

PostForum: Economics & Finance   Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:11 am   Subject: Re: Would you trust BP?
Yeah, I've been paying over £1 a litre of diesel for some time. Sad

As an addendum to what I put before, over roughly the same time period Lord Browne describes, average crude prices climbed about ...
  Topic: Would you trust BP?
OilBurner

Replies: 3
Views: 664

PostForum: Economics & Finance   Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:20 am   Subject: Would you trust BP?
I'm preaching to the converted here, but I thought I'd pass on a little nugget I caught on the BBC:


Speaking to the BBC, Lord Browne said UK petrol at £1 a litre was "possible" if crude prices co ...
  Topic: Another record (archive)
OilBurner

Replies: 2528
Views: 301931

PostForum: Current Events   Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:38 am   Subject: Re: Another record
Barbara ,
Amazing , prices that begin with the number 4 ! Those were the days.
Paul

{duplicate post when system was under attack...}
  Topic: Another record (archive)
OilBurner

Replies: 2528
Views: 301931

PostForum: Current Events   Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:34 am   Subject: Re: Another record
Barbara ,
Amazing , prices that begin with the number 4 ! Those were the days.
Paul

It'll happen again, only next time it'll be >$400 and $45 will seem like a bad joke...
  Topic: "HUGE" energy find in Afganistan
OilBurner

Replies: 14
Views: 1722

PostForum: Current Events   Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:20 am   Subject: Re: "HUGE" energy find in Afganistan
It puts into perspective the nay sayers who claim that the invasion of Afghanistan had nothing to do with oil.
The US must have started looking for black gold practically the minute the Teleban were ...
  Topic: U.K. Gas Surges to a Record After National Grid Issues Alert
OilBurner

Replies: 13
Views: 2188

PostForum: Current Events   Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:46 am   Subject: Re: U.K. Gas Surges to a Record After National Grid Issues A
Just to confirm how these things work:

Large industrial users have special contracts that can include two critical points.
The first is that in order to get a heavily discounted price on their g ...
 
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