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 Topic: List of what to buy with spare cash |
setag
Replies: 39
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 Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:44 pm Subject: Re: List of what to buy with spare cash |
100 Items to Disappear First
1. Generators (Good ones cost dearly. Gas storage, risky. Noisy...target of thieves; maintenance etc.)
2. Water Filters/Purifiers
3. Portable Toilets
4. Seasoned Fir ... |
| Topic: Confessions of a Grocery stocker . |
setag
Replies: 97
Views: 9205
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:06 am Subject: Re: Confessions of a Grocery stocker . |
| Mack, i do remember you and was hoping you would check in. You are on the front lines and the info is helpful. Good job on the report and the preps you are making are impressive. |
| Topic: First year gardener. How am I doing? |
setag
Replies: 21
Views: 1842
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:26 am Subject: Re: First year gardener. How am I doing? |
| derekj, I am a lurker myself, but i had to log in and tell you how good I thought your garden looks. kjmclark is correct, "corn does some weird stuff" and yours looks good, man. One suggestion on your ... |
| Topic: fear is starting to grip .. |
setag
Replies: 42
Views: 2945
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:14 pm Subject: Re: fear is starting to grip .. |
jj wrote:
the Frito lay vendor said they are having a great deal of trouble getting potatoes for their chips, thus a shortage.
WHAAAAAA??? Seriously? Please expound! Who, what, why, where &am ... |
| Topic: World's largest steel maker to increase prices by 60% |
setag
Replies: 23
Views: 1389
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:19 pm Subject: Re: World's largest steel maker to increase prices by 60% |
Apparently, the price hike is only for "automotive steel". (But I can't imagine the other types of steel not increasing equally).
Thank you, lorenzo.
The hike is just for automotive steel ... |
| Topic: World's largest steel maker to increase prices by 60% |
setag
Replies: 23
Views: 1389
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:18 pm Subject: Re: World's largest steel maker to increase prices by 60% |
lorenzo
Please post this news release. I have been all over the English version of this site and I do not see it. Can not believe it just yet!
Thank you. |
| Topic: Geopolitical map to be redrawn around phosphorus |
setag
Replies: 10
Views: 1202
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Forum: Geopolitics Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:10 pm Subject: Re: Geopolitical map to be redrawn around phosphorus |
Oh, everyone will be looking for the wonderful phosphorus rock. There is uranium in them there rocks!
The technology to extract uranium from the phosphoric acid in phosphates is developed and Urani ... |
| Topic: No Peak in Thefts |
setag
Replies: 58
Views: 7163
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 8:32 am Subject: Re: No Peak in Thefts |
| Only if you are a slave to GDP figures. I am not. Improving standards of living as per the UNs Human Development Index and investing in sustainable development and a clean environment are more impor ... |
| Topic: Food riots 'an apocalyptic warning' |
setag
Replies: 77
Views: 5224
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:04 am Subject: Re: Food riots 'an apocalyptic warning' |
http://www.rttnews.com/apps/deskalert/article.asp?date=04/15/2008&item=835
Bush Sends Emergency Aid To Help Ease Food Crisis
4/15/2008 11:00:54 AM In response to pleas form the United Nation ... |
| Topic: THE Let the worldwide layoffs begin thread (merged) |
setag
Replies: 366
Views: 30066
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:47 pm Subject: Re: Let the layoffs begin |
Most informative, MrBill!!
"I do not believe in perfect markets" - By MrBill
Perhaps, this may be the best lesson for me.
The following is a good article I read and thought you would be in ... |
| Topic: THE Let the worldwide layoffs begin thread (merged) |
setag
Replies: 366
Views: 30066
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:58 am Subject: Re: Let the layoffs begin |
| In keeping within the theme of this post, I heard/read Freightliner out of NC was laying off 1500 employees and a carpet company out of GA is letting go of 300 employees. The sadness of it all........ ... |
| Topic: THE Let the worldwide layoffs begin thread (merged) |
setag
Replies: 366
Views: 30066
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:42 pm Subject: Re: Let the layoffs begin |
The global imblances have never been greater and that is the vector transmitting the instability pathogen from the host country to the most vulnerable through their capital structure.
MrBill - Sh ... |
| Topic: My Doom-O-Meter is jittering towards max |
setag
Replies: 957
Views: 18784
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Forum: Psychology Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:09 pm Subject: Re: My Doom-o-meter is jittering toward max |
Thinking out loud:
I wonder how many will have to die before the pressure is taken off the food supply?
A sudden pandemic or nuclear event would certainly hasten the population reduction, but, if th ... |
| Topic: My Doom-O-Meter is jittering towards max |
setag
Replies: 957
Views: 18784
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Forum: Psychology Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:56 pm Subject: Re: My Doom-o-meter is jittering toward max |
Thank you for your interjection, very interesting.
The question is, can technology itself possess any answers to the problems which we face?
In and by themselves, no. Should we make the right ch ... |
| Topic: My Doom-O-Meter is jittering towards max |
setag
Replies: 957
Views: 18784
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Forum: Psychology Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:46 pm Subject: Re: My Doom-o-meter is jittering toward max |
| Maybe you're misinterpreting what I'm getting at, which is that I don't have much faith in oil pooping bacteria or nanotech solar panels to make up for the drop in FF production. I see people finding ... |
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