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Topic: Will Crude Prices Cycle Back This Year? |
bobbyald
Replies: 5
Views: 1021
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:37 pm Subject: Re: Will Crude Prices Cycle Back This Year? |
Yes.
Despite all upside pressure short term prices are heavily influenced by speculation and the big players favour volitility. |
Topic: Peak Food will quickly follow Peak Oil |
bobbyald
Replies: 82
Views: 15184
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:45 pm Subject: Re: Peak Food will quickly follow Peak Oil |
| so Malthus was right after all... |
Topic: Compressed air car article - Gizmag |
bobbyald
Replies: 153
Views: 9130
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:45 am Subject: Compressed air car |
I read in todays London Metro about a compressed air car called the MiniCAT developed by Moteur development International of France.
It is made of fibreglass and costs £5,500 ($11,000).
It is clai ... |
Topic: Russia's natural gas supplies running low |
bobbyald
Replies: 6
Views: 1667
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Forum: Europe Discussion Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 4:02 pm Subject: Re: Russia's natural gas supplies running low |
| The UK's gas supplies are depleting fast. We have a contract with Norway to supply gas for something like 10 years after that Russia will supply us with lots of lovely cheap gas because that's how the ... |
Topic: Tight oil will shake up lifestyles, expert warns |
bobbyald
Replies: 11
Views: 1792
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:38 am Subject: Re: Tight oil will shake up lifestyles, expert warns |
Tertzakian doesn't align himself with the "peak oil" theory...However, he acknowledged that production of light, sweet crude oil...probably already has peaked
Don't you just love people like thi ... |
Topic: THE US Housing Thread (merged) |
bobbyald
Replies: 479
Views: 10536
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Forum: Americas Discussion Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:43 am Subject: Re: Dallas: Foreclosures jump to 1980s level |
Have a look at Mish:
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/ |
Topic: Jim Rogers: Time to buy natural gas |
bobbyald
Replies: 10
Views: 1134
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:39 am Subject: Re: Jim Rogers: Time to buy natural gas |
| I would like to buy some natural gas but I’m not quite sure where to store it. I have got some rather large bags that might do the job but I run the risk of floating off into the stratosphere if I for ... |
Topic: What Happens?????? |
bobbyald
Replies: 12
Views: 1469
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Forum: Environment Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 3:08 am Subject: Re: What Happens?????? |
You are correct.
Here in the UK I live in fear of the floor of the North Sea collapsing because of all the oil we have extracted. This would cause a tsunami which would crash into the country and c ... |
Topic: Yes... You can make it on a small patch of land! |
bobbyald
Replies: 30
Views: 3437
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:09 am Subject: Re: Yes... You can make it on a small patch of land! |
I've been reading Pathtofreedom.com recently and it's amazing what can be done - 6,000lb of food from 0.1 acres!
I'm quite interested in permaculture etc. so thought I'd have a break from PeakOil a ... |
Topic: Time for a first post! |
bobbyald
Replies: 13
Views: 2357
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Forum: Welcome Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:35 am Subject: Re: Time for a first post! |
Welcome to the site.
I've only played a few PC games but a Peak Oil based game sounds a great idea and I'm sure this forum would be an excellent source of ideas.
One thing I have learnt from the ... |
Topic: The incredibly shrinking forum |
bobbyald
Replies: 13
Views: 3083
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Forum: Technical Support Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:35 am Subject: Re: The incredibly shrinking forum |
You're right! It's definitely down from last year.
I fear we have reached and past "peak forum" and fully expect further depletion in the future. |
Topic: Running Out of Oil |
bobbyald
Replies: 13
Views: 1937
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:11 am Subject: Re: Running Out of Oil |
During the 1970s, the Club of Rome report, "The Limits to Growth," said that, assuming no rise in consumption, all known oil reserves would be entirely consumed in just 31 years.
This is a commo ... |
Topic: 2006 Debt-to-GDP Crash Update |
bobbyald
Replies: 19
Views: 2678
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:23 am Subject: Re: 2006 Debt-to-GDP Crash Update |
I should also add that a large chunk of the debt is not owed to foreigners because it’s future commitments. In other words it’s owed to future generations of Americans.
So, given a total debt of 4 ... |
Topic: 2006 Debt-to-GDP Crash Update |
bobbyald
Replies: 19
Views: 2678
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:02 am Subject: Re: 2006 Debt-to-GDP Crash Update |
| This guy is saying that the USA owe FOUR times what they have? In other words, that if all the people USA owes money to came to ask for their money, the WHOLE country would be sold and still, only ONE ... |
Topic: Good one from Simmons, Kinda scary. |
bobbyald
Replies: 53
Views: 7199
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:32 am Subject: Re: Good one from Simmons, Kinda scary. |
By 2020, the current 80+ mb/d base could be
reduced to 25 mb/d.*
*Schlumberger’s 8% per annum estimated global decline
Wow! Is this for real? |
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