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Topic: How will colleges fare? |
Terran
Replies: 37
Views: 2500
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:46 pm Subject: Re: How will colleges fare? |
I would be hoping that schools with agricultural programs should do well, since we do need agriculture to feed people.
I do plan on going to a agricultural school, where the basis is in agricultur ... |
Topic: How come they have so many solar/crank radios but no mp3ers? |
Terran
Replies: 10
Views: 1217
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:28 pm Subject: Re: How come they have so many solar/crank radios but no mp3 |
| You can always get a solar charge for your Ipod. I got one of those myself, but it takes forever to charge on solar energy. |
Topic: THE Thermostat Thread (merged) |
Terran
Replies: 210
Views: 5896
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Forum: Conservation & Efficiency Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:10 pm Subject: Re: Where's your thermostat? |
| Over here on the west coast, the temperature is fairly mild in the 50s for the winter. I only heat my room, using a convection heater. I keep the temperature at 76*F during the day, and keep at at 72* ... |
Topic: Toilet paper, and what else? (May be a repeat) |
Terran
Replies: 47
Views: 4335
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:27 pm Subject: Re: Toilet paper, and what else? (May be a repeat) |
| I watched a series on the history channel about bathroom technology. Back before toliet paper was around, people here in the United States used corn cob. In Europe where wheat is more abundently grown ... |
Topic: "Relationship" with Boards |
Terran
Replies: 5
Views: 938
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Forum: Psychology Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:33 pm Subject: Re: "Relationship" with Boards |
There's a couple peak oil related threats in the bike forum.
bikeforum.net.
There's an active topic under the catagory "living car free" and it states what to do when to oil runs out? That threa ... |
Topic: PO Changed My Life; Now I … |
Terran
Replies: 78
Views: 11097
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:23 am Subject: Re: PO Changed My Life; Now I … |
Generally more aware of everything around me, from the products I consume, all the external cost factored into it.
Used this as a justification to aquire a load of emergency supples such as food, ... |
Topic: Cool Gadgets for your Peak Oil Toolbox |
Terran
Replies: 5
Views: 1020
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:46 pm Subject: Re: Cool Gadgets for your Peak Oil Toolbox |
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.6821
solar powered flashlight. It's cheap, but the quality control isn't too good since its made in China.
You can also look up one of those battery ch ... |
Topic: Peak Oil Chat? |
Terran
Replies: 20
Views: 7130
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Forum: Suggestion Box Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:59 pm Subject: Re: Peak Oil Chat? |
| Anyone still go to Teamspeak? Or we discontinued this? |
Topic: Human Hibernation- Solution to Surviving Dieoff- |
Terran
Replies: 15
Views: 595
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:18 am Subject: Re: Human Hibernation- Solution to Surviving Dieoff- |
| In the past there was the idea of using liquid nitrogen. There are many problems to this, as cells freeze it expands, causing the cells to rupture. The technology dosn't exist to "bring you back to li ... |
Topic: How do you take your mind off Peak oil? |
Terran
Replies: 68
Views: 11732
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Forum: Psychology Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:58 pm Subject: Re: How do you take your mind off Peak oil? |
Very easy. Just put on your ipod turn it on and tune out. Best of all those ipods draw very little electric power, and can easily be charged with a solar charger.
Except after a few years the lith ... |
Topic: U.S. oil engineers in short supply. |
Terran
Replies: 18
Views: 2162
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:31 pm Subject: Re: U.S. oil engineers in short supply. |
| I guess for the younger folks on this board, it's a good time to go out to get a geology degree if your going to college. If not oil in the next few decades we're going to burn natural gas for a few m ... |
Topic: Do Drivers Hate Bicyclists? |
Terran
Replies: 40
Views: 4270
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:36 am Subject: Re: Do Drivers Hate Bicyclists? |
| Where I live most of the cases is just teenage boys in cars who thinks its funny to mess with someone on a bicycle. I guess they havn't fully grown up yet, and this is alot true for boys who are in th ... |
Topic: THE Motorcycle, Moped and Electric Bike Thread (merged) |
Terran
Replies: 158
Views: 5157
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Forum: Conservation & Efficiency Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:46 am Subject: THE Motorcycle, Moped and Electric Bike Thread (merged) |
Anyone have any experence with a moped?
Mopeds come in many designs, some look more like a motorcycle, while others look like a bicycle.
I'm thinking about building my own. My plan is to get a reg ... |
Topic: THE Bicycle and 'Cycling Thread (merged) |
Terran
Replies: 577
Views: 11584
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Forum: Conservation & Efficiency Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:33 am Subject: Re: Anybody Else Own a Folding Bicycle |
I too own a Kent Untralight Magnesium folding bike. I got it for $150, plus shipping was $15. The bike weighs only 23 pounds which is easy to fold can carry around place.
I usually place it in my ... |
Topic: THE Bicycle and 'Cycling Thread (merged) |
Terran
Replies: 577
Views: 11584
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Forum: Conservation & Efficiency Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:27 am Subject: Re: Anybody have an electric bike? |
I have an electric bike myself.
It's nothing more than a schwinn aluminium composistion bike modified to be electric. The bike itself cost about $160.
The front hub motor is 450 watts at 36 vo ... |
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