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Topic: Largest W. Hemisphere oil discovery in 3 decades (bloomberg) |
Sheb
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Views: 2858
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 7:50 am Subject: Re: Largest W. Hemisphere oil discovery in 3 decades (bloomb |
Nope...move the decimal place over.
At a worldwide consumption rate of 85-MBPD (31-BBPY), then provides enough for less than 0.3 years.
That's *if* all 8-B barrels are recoverable. Howeve ... |
Topic: Largest W. Hemisphere oil discovery in 3 decades (bloomberg) |
Sheb
Replies: 22
Views: 2858
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 7:48 am Subject: Re: Largest W. Hemisphere oil discovery in 3 decades (bloomb |
Nope...move the decimal place over.
At a worldwide consumption rate of 85-MBPD (31-BBPY), then provides enough for less than 0.3 years.
That's *if* all 8-B barrels are recoverable. Howeve ... |
Topic: OPEC say NO! and may cut production! |
Sheb
Replies: 22
Views: 2525
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:04 pm Subject: Re: OPEC say NO! and may cut production! |
US, even in bankrupt, can smash Venezuela or Ecuador to pieces.
Maybe even more so. After all, which is more desperate & dangerous to its neighbors...a hungry bear or a a well fed bear? Th ... |
Topic: Make Way for the Chinese Giant |
Sheb
Replies: 61
Views: 7444
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 8:35 pm Subject: Re: Make Way for the Chinese Giant |
And if you impose duty on China what would you do with Canadian lumber,
Your gonna slap a duty on my canadian lumber, I think I'll increase the cost of the water and oil we sell you guys to make up ... |
Topic: Two glimpses of China's maniacal growth |
Sheb
Replies: 34
Views: 4318
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 4:13 pm Subject: Re: Two glimpses of China's maniacal growth |
| That sounds reasonable from our perspective, but consider theirs (the Chinese people). They can't have forgotten the Tiananmen Square massacre already. The Chinese government has proven it's all too w ... |
Topic: The BEST Barter Items to Stockpile for a Post Peak Collapse |
Sheb
Replies: 146
Views: 31477
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 7:50 pm Subject: Re: The BEST Barter Items to Stockpile for a Post Peak Colla |
In trying times and scarcity, people will wake up from the Madison Avenue cultivated delusion that they are discriminating connoisseurs of finely crafted distilled beverages and realize that they ju ... |
Topic: The BEST Barter Items to Stockpile for a Post Peak Collapse |
Sheb
Replies: 146
Views: 31477
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 6:14 pm Subject: Re: The BEST Barter Items to Stockpile for a Post Peak Colla |
| In eastern europe I used to work alongside refugees from former Yugoslavia (this was during around 90-94). When they went home to visit family in the war zone they mostly brought coffee, booze, chocol ... |
Topic: Knowing the true reasons for oil production declines |
Sheb
Replies: 152
Views: 14120
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 11:28 am Subject: Re: Knowing the true reasons for oil production declines |
Someone posted a very nice spreadsheet here recently with the numbers, but I'm having trouble finding it at the moment. Here's a graph:
http://www.theoildrum.com/uploads/12/opec_reserve_growth.gif
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Topic: Building a Log Cabin |
Sheb
Replies: 33
Views: 3463
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 10:37 am Subject: Re: Building a Log Cabin |
I propose to make it six-sided so that the individual logs can be much shorter and easier to wrestle out of the woods. (Also, I think a six-sided structure would be a far more enjoyable space than ... |
Topic: Hillbilly problem solving |
Sheb
Replies: 19
Views: 2642
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 9:25 am Subject: Re: Hillbilly problem solving |
Below is my comment from another thread. It was suggested that it be started in its own thread, so here it is:
I know a lot of people with amazing problem solving ability....
...You probably do n ... |
Topic: Knowing the true reasons for oil production declines |
Sheb
Replies: 152
Views: 14120
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 9:06 am Subject: Re: Knowing the true reasons for oil production declines |
Much of the reporting relating to the production declines at most of the world's major oil fields is probably bogus.
Speaking of which...
Anyone have good references describing the history of Sa ... |
Topic: Knowing the true reasons for oil production declines |
Sheb
Replies: 152
Views: 14120
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 3:16 pm Subject: Re: Knowing the true reasons for oil production declines |
Much of the reporting relating to the production declines at most of the world's major oil fields is probably bogus.
Speaking of which...
Anyone have good references describing the history of Sa ... |
Topic: Uranium Supply |
Sheb
Replies: 1379
Views: 145393
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 2:43 pm Subject: Uranium Supply |
I refer to EROEI as silly because it is been discredited as useless unit of measurement in numerous threads.
1. Coal with an EROEI of 3 to 1
2. Oil with an EROEI of 6 to 1
If you want to ... |
Topic: [Shelter] Defense (THE gun thread) |
Sheb
Replies: 1328
Views: 163587
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 4:23 pm Subject: Re: [Shelter] Defense (THE gun thread) |
By the way save 22 brass it can be reloaded.
OK, you have my attention.
You can also use the 22 brass as jackets for 223 bullets.
Any references on how to do it? I'm sure it can be figured out ... |
Topic: [Shelter] Defense (THE gun thread) |
Sheb
Replies: 1328
Views: 163587
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 4:16 pm Subject: Re: [Shelter] Defense (THE gun thread) |
| A 75 grain 223 (especially with a WC or W core) travelling at 1700 to 1800 fps *should* be able to defeat level IIIA to III armor (I've seen it done), especially if the core diameter is kept as small ... |
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