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Leanan
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 Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:54 am Post subject: Samsam Bakhtiari |
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I don't have any official confirmation of this, but someone posted last night at TOD that Samsam Bakhtiari has passed away. He said he heard the sad news from Mr. Bakhtiari's brother.
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mkwin
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:42 am Post subject: Re: Samsam Bakhtiari |
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| That's a shame. I didn't think we was that old? |
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advancedatheist
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 8:55 am Post subject: Re: Samsam Bakhtiari |
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I predict that some of the tinfoil hat people will say that the assassination order came down to silence him because he blabbed too much about the oil situation.
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killJOY
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:20 am Post subject: Re: Samsam Bakhtiari |
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Bakhtiari is among my top three favorite analysts: Deffeyes, Campbell and he, among the old-timers.
He brought a palpable dignity to the "doomer" vision: his message was that catastrophic change is coming and we should choose to take it like adults.
He has what I think is the best moment in End of Suburbia:
| Quote: | | "God does set his own limits. I believe he likes to test human kind from time to time. And I think the test is going to come very, very soon." |
Listening to Bakhtiari, one could almost feel good about embracing the change that is to come. This isn't doomerism so much as maturity.
Seeing that he has died, and seeing the newest raft of "skeptical" arguments (actually denialist articles) against peak oil, I grow more convinced that, while the peak oil argument has been won, the peak oil CAUSE is lost.
We're still arguing about WHETHER peak oil is coming. But Bakhtiari notable told us that "the modeling phase is over."
He drew vicious attacks from frothers (who shall remain nameless), I think because his vision was so bracing: We most decidedly could not have our cake and eat it too.
Who is going to fill his shoes?
| Ali Samsam Bakhtiari wrote: | | [T]here is no time left to prepare public opinion for 'Post Peak' sequels. The shocks will first surprise, then jilt, and finally entangle swaths of people worldwide. Those better prepared will be less inclined to react in a disorderly way and panic when the shocking truth will be unveiled. |
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clv101
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:21 am Post subject: Re: Samsam Bakhtiari |
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| mkwin wrote: | | That's a shame. I didn't think we was that old? |
61? Sad news indeed. He contributed a lot.
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clv101
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:25 am Post subject: Re: Samsam Bakhtiari |
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Shannymara
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:55 am Post subject: Re: Samsam Bakhtiari |
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How sad. He seemed an amazing man.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:11 am Post subject: Re: Samsam Bakhtiari |
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He had a lot of nerve considering his situation and lack of support among his peers.
It's sad that he only saw the beginning of the PO downslope. I expect he could have become very well known in just a few more years.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:12 am Post subject: Re: Samsam Bakhtiari |
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From samsambakhtiari.com
Dear friends and associates,
Regrettably we inform you that Dr. Ali Morteza Samsam Bakhtiari passed away in October month 2007.
Dr. Samsam-Bakhtiari's funeral and burial ceremony took place in Tehran, Iran.
We thank you in advance for supporting our father's objectives during his career. All inquiries may be directed to amirbsamsamb@hotmail.com .
Sincerely,
Golbenaz & Amir Bahman Samsam Bakhtiari
Vancouver B.C. 2007 |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:35 am Post subject: Re: Samsam Bakhtiari |
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| That's sad news. I had a lot of respect for Dr. Bakhtiari, and I had hoped to meet him at ASPO-USA 2006 in Boston, where he was invited to speak, but was unable to attend due to visa issues. He was a good man. |
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:35 am Post subject: Re: Samsam Bakhtiari |
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Anybody else thinking: "Lucky bastard. Getting out before it gets rough."? Or just me?
May God rest his soul. He was a good man for the little I knew of him.
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Shannymara
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:37 am Post subject: Re: Samsam Bakhtiari |
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Not to provoke advancedathiest, but I wonder what Bakhtiari meant by this:
| Quote: | | My participation as a guest speaker at 'ASPO' conferences began with the marvelous 'Historical Premiere' at Uppsala University (Sweden) in May 2002, and it all came to a rather bitter end in March 2007 at the Florence Convegno (in Italy) -- from which I was very lucky to get away with my life. |
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Does anyone have any information on what did kill him? Cancer?
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject: Re: Samsam Bakhtiari |
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| killJOY wrote: | | He brought a palpable dignity to the "doomer" vision: his message was that catastrophic change is coming and we should choose to take it like adults. |
Well said, and I agree. He seemed like a very nice man as well. |
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SILENTTODD
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| Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:32 pm Post subject: Re: Samsam Bakhtiari |
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Guess this news is for real. It's posted in his site.
http://www.sfu.ca/~asamsamb/homedown.htm
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