No one listens

RedStateGreen · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject: No one listens

On a gamer forum I've been on for four years, they've got this gas thread going, with the usual OMG OHNOEZ! every time someone puts up a number.

But this one young guy is getting really panicky:

"what can we do? seriously!! what options do we have? I'm ignorant to the alternatives we have, so all you political junkies hop in here and explain to me why I'm paying nearly $4 a gallon"

So I post the link to the Peak Oil Overview.

This isn't the first time I've posted this particular link. I put a whole thing up before xmas warning people not to get in debt, and all the stuff that's going on with peak oil, climate change, taking away our freedoms, the economy, etc. Ignored last xmas.

Here's what happened yesterday:

I post the link. Silence.

Three hours later, the forum asshat jumps in (there's always one, the guy who always HAS to be right): Nothing we can do, the cost of oil is "FICTICIOUS" ... then he goes into how it's the speculators that are making the price go up.

Then everyone goes back to whining.

BangHead

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btu2012 · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject: Re: No one listens

RedStateGreen · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject: Re: No one listens

Ferretlover · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:31 pm Post subject: Re: No one listens

RedStateGreen · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:39 pm Post subject: Re: No one listens

SpringCreekFarm · Expert Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 694

I think that would make a great song, that is, the fact that we tell this very important message to a blank stare or we risk being ridiculed. My experiences have been very mixed. Of course that was a while ago because I've stopped talking about it with anyone new.

I sent this picture to my coworkers yesterday and put a little PO jab in there to get the usual deniers going and I got complete silence.

We had a meeting today and the same group came to life and wanted to talk about peak oil. The deniers were not saying too much. Most of the others made a point of acknowledging it and I felt good that this group of people were getting it and wanting to know more. People are scared.

Cute car huh? It cracked me up. I really would like to have one but I'm probably too big for it. Sad

btu2012 · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject: Re: No one listens

btu2012 · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:02 pm Post subject: Re: No one listens

Ferretlover · Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:16 pm Post subject: Re: No one listens