Peak Oil abbreviations and acronyms.

Spanktron9

I think I speak for many newbies when I say it would be great if there were a glossary (maybe there already is one?) of all the Abbrviations and acronyms that get bandied about on PO. I have been able to decipher or track down most, but a simple reference list would help a ton.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

geojap2 · Tar Sands Joined: Jun 12, 2008 Posts: 46 Location: Texas

The urbandictionary.com has most every abbreviation, acronym and bit of slang used today.

RedStateGreen

We're working on one. Smile

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Cashmere · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Mar 27, 2008 Posts: 1971

{Shanny - I can't remember exactly how the first censorship was phrased.}
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Massive Human Dieoff must occur as a result of Peak Oil. Many more than half will die. It will occur everywhere, including where you live. If you fail to recognize this, then your odds of living move toward the "going to die" group.

pedalling_faster · Intermediate Crude Joined: Dec 10, 2005 Posts: 914

the end of life as we know it
TEOLAWKI
(something like that)

TSHTF
the Sh*t hit the fan

LATOC
Life after the Oil Crash, LATOC

OMG WTF (oh my God, What the F*ck) -
what you say when TSHTF. commonly used among computer folks.

OIL BSOD -
oil blue screen of death. just made that one up.

pardon the swear words. it seems to go with the territory.

terminology -
doomer - thinks we're doomed
cornucopian - thinks technology will save us
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Spanktron9

Thanks RSG, I look forward to reading it.

TheDude

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Windmills

Great idea. When I first arrived on this board, it was difficult to follow many of the discussions because of my ignorance about the abbreviations.

EROEI: energy return on energy invested. A measure of how much energy is required in order to produce an energy source. The bigger the number, the better. Small EROEI numbers, perhaps below 2, may be a waste of time. Numbers less than 1 certainly are. They mean that you have to put more energy in than you get out, which is a loss or a sink.