THE State of Ohio Thread (merged)

wxman · Heavy Crude Joined: Aug 23, 2005 Posts: 173

I did a quick search of the forums to see if this had been discussed before, and I didn't find anything, so forgive me if it has. I was doing some data gathering at work today and tripped across the Ohio State Geology website. They were advertising a new class that began this fall called Sustainability and Peak Oil (Geol Sci 694). I was a little shocked. Lectures and seminars are one thing, but a whole class is something that I hadn't considered. Are there others like this around the country/world?

Ohio State link

Starvid · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:47 am Post subject: Re: Peak Oil Class at Ohio State

We have had a class called "Energy, Climate and the Modern Society" here in Uppsala for quite a few years. It was in that class I first came into contact with Peak Oil, in the autumn of 2004.

Since then, the peak oil issue has grown extremely much. From getting zero media space and being looked upon as conspiracy theorists, today we get full pages in major papers and recognition from governments and major energy agencies.
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EnergySpin · Fission Joined: Jun 25, 2005 Posts: 2381

Required book list:

UIUCstudent01 · Intermediate Crude Joined: Mar 10, 2005 Posts: 894

BabyPeanut · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:08 pm Post subject: Re: Peak Oil Class at Ohio State

So what books would you suggest to add? The Endless Well or whatever?

keladry · Coal Joined: Apr 29, 2005 Posts: 12 Location: Ohio

In my intro evnvironmental studies class we read Powerdown. The class covers a broader area than peak oil, obviously, but the prof seems fully aware of PO and a lot of the related dangers. There's also a class on sustainable agriculture I would absolutely love to take....

Leanan · News Editor Joined: May 20, 2004 Posts: 4448

And you thought your gas bill was bad. Laughing

AmericanEmpire · Heavy Crude Joined: Jul 14, 2005 Posts: 497

Hey, I wished I could laugh but thats the price people are gonna be paying when we go over the natural gas cliff.

bike756 · Tar Sands Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 20

Hi everybody, Ive been lurking for a while, but this is my first post. As the title says, I live in suburban northeast ohio with my family. I am the only one who cares about peak oil. I live in a large house next to 60 acres of woods, so I'le have wood for a while at least. I have already started stocking up on supplies:fishing equipment, bow and arrows, candles, soap, hygene products, matches, and a few other things. I have quite a fleet of bikes and am very healthy.

I am taking horticulture tech prep at school, so I know a lot about plants, propagation, and growing a crop. My parents are typical upper-middle class consumers. we live paycheck to paycheck at times despite them making just over $200,000 a year. Being a cyclist and an environmentalist, I can't wait for peak oil to come.
What can I do to prepare for the future?

MD

Pay attention in school. Go to college. Choose a career in alternative energy or mass transit industries.

Plan for a good future, be prepared for hard times. A little less on the bow and arrow Rambo bit, a little more on how you can make yourself valuable in your community.
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crude_intentions

Paycheck to Paycheck on $200,000 a year?? Shocked

I think your parents might need some debt counseling but, I think your doing great. Just stay out of any large amount of debt. Horticulture and Agriculture is something that will always be in demand. So if you enjoy it study it at college. Also Relax don't panic, Peak Oil does not mean the world will degenerate into Mad Max. So don't go overboard with the stockpiling.
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bike756 · Tar Sands Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 20

bike756 · Tar Sands Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 20

RonMN

You're doing good! Now i suggest LEARN LEARN LEARN! (which you already are).

Learn what grows in those woods that is eadible...as well as what you can hunt. Grow heirloom seeds & save them. Get a magnifying glass & try to start a small camp fire with it. Learn by doing. Find the nearest running stream to your house & see what a pain it is to carry just 1 gallon of water back to the house. etc., etc., etc.
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azreal60

Holy wow, I have to echo on the 200k a year and paycheck to paycheck. Are you sure your parents don't have a secret coke habit or something? I can't imagine making that much money and not having it coming out of my ears. Wink

On a serious note, honestly, get your parents to give some of that money to you, or even better, tell them to deed some of that land to you. Or convince them to buy more land in the area. Your not in a bad area in terms of natural resources, but keep in mind the advice on the being valuable in your community. Given your parents pretty sweet set up, I would be reluctant to live too far away in case you need to move back.

You honestly will be an asset to any community you join given your mindset and your general survival skills. And I don't just mean the Rambo style survial skills, although don't degregate those too much. In a pinch, those can be quite handy. No I more mean your ability to see and prepare for things that are honestly quite hard to prepare for. You have probably done more than I have in the last 3 years I've known about this, and I have had alot more time to do something.

Just keep doing what your doing, that, and get as much land under your control as you can. Own it outright, and start building ties with people like yourself. Those ties more than anything will serve you well in any kind of situation, from long slow decline to Mad Max. In otherwords, make friends.
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