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Leanan
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 Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:21 am Post subject: We're Preparing For a Crisis |
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Check out this site:
| Quote: | | Now, here's the thing. We eight have come to believe that a crisis is coming – on April 30, to be precise. (An oil shock, or something to do with oil.) We have no proof – it's just something a guy said in an unguarded moment. He may have been putting us on. But we don't think so. We have decided to prepare. |
It is a work of fiction. Perhaps some kind of collaborative role-playing game. Interesting idea.
But even more interesting is who's behind it. The Corporation For Public Broadcasting is funding it. In other words, the U.S. government.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:11 am Post subject: Re: We're Preparing For a Crisis |
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Funny you posted this link and it happened to be the first thing i decide to check out this morning. I was just thinking about this site actually. my local peak oil group sent out an email about two weeks ago mentioning this.
i'm curious to see what it is. some kind of online virtual reality game....hmmm
i guess we'll have to wait till april 30.. |
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Pops
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:24 am Post subject: Re: We're Preparing For a Crisis |
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| Quote: | | Play it – before you live it. |
I thought that was what this site was for.
:>)
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Shannymara
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:29 am Post subject: Re: We're Preparing For a Crisis |
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| Pops wrote: | | I thought that was what this site was for. |
Yeah, but that is a Flash version for the younger folks. Maybe they'll come up with some creative ways of dealing with the situation, who knows.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:33 am Post subject: Re: We're Preparing For a Crisis |
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm starting to get the impression that maybe there's a sort of peak oil underground out there that could be a lot more extensive than any of us realize.
Could it be that there are far more people very much aware of what's coming than we think there are? They're lying low at the moment because they've learned, as we have learned, how they're treated when they go public with their concerns. But perhaps they're going to start emerging from the shadows pretty soon. It could be that when the supply and demand curves finally cross, and the initial shortages begin, we'll see the flood gates open, and a host of closet peak oilers will start yelling from the rooftops.
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Pops
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:36 am Post subject: Re: We're Preparing For a Crisis |
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Come to think of it, we have been living and not just playing it
here since July 2004 to the tune of 165,497 views.
Thanks to CeeCee.
And thanks for the link Shanny, I am gonna check it out...
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Pops
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:45 am Post subject: Re: We're Preparing For a Crisis |
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| Pops wrote: |
And thanks for the link Shanny, |
Oops, I meant, Leanan.
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Shannymara
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:47 am Post subject: Re: We're Preparing For a Crisis |
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| Zardoz wrote: | | yelling from the rooftops |
Or maybe they're planning something more... People do extreme things when there's nothing to lose and everything to save.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:14 am Post subject: Re: We're Preparing For a Crisis |
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this forum appears full of stuff
and here
This page
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MattSavinar
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:44 am Post subject: Re: We're Preparing For a Crisis |
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| Leanan wrote: | Check out this site:
| Quote: | | Now, here's the thing. We eight have come to believe that a crisis is coming – on April 30, to be precise. (An oil shock, or something to do with oil.) We have no proof – it's just something a guy said in an unguarded moment. He may have been putting us on. But we don't think so. We have decided to prepare. |
It is a work of fiction. Perhaps some kind of collaborative role-playing game. Interesting idea.
But even more interesting is who's behind it. The Corporation For Public Broadcasting is funding it. In other words, the U.S. government. |
Personally, I find this a bit bizarre and it has set off my "spidey sense."
Maybe they want to corral people into online role playing games so they don't step out of line in real life?
In other words, people might respond to these problems in irrational ways if left to their own devices. But if we corral them into playing video games . . .
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MattSavinar
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: We're Preparing For a Crisis |
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| Zardoz wrote: | Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm starting to get the impression that maybe there's a sort of peak oil underground out there that could be a lot more extensive than any of us realize.
Could it be that there are far more people very much aware of what's coming than we think there are? They're lying low at the moment because they've learned, as we have learned, how they're treated when they go public with their concerns. But perhaps they're going to start emerging from the shadows pretty soon. It could be that when the supply and demand curves finally cross, and the initial shortages begin, we'll see the flood gates open, and a host of closet peak oilers will start yelling from the rooftops. |
No.
If that were the case, the traffic on the PO blogs would be in the A or B, not C category.
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killJOY
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:50 pm Post subject: Re: We're Preparing For a Crisis |
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So we have this crisis coming, and people's response is to play games.
This is exceedingly bizarre.
How about learning to ferment cabbage instead? |
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MattSavinar
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 1:25 pm Post subject: Re: We're Preparing For a Crisis |
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| killJOY wrote: |
So we have this crisis coming, and people's response is to play games.
This is exceedingly bizarre.
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My feelings exactly.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 1:50 pm Post subject: Re: We're Preparing For a Crisis |
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| Zardoz wrote: | Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm starting to get the impression that maybe there's a sort of peak oil underground out there that could be a lot more extensive than any of us realize.
Could it be that there are far more people very much aware of what's coming than we think there are? They're lying low at the moment because they've learned, as we have learned, how they're treated when they go public with their concerns. But perhaps they're going to start emerging from the shadows pretty soon. It could be that when the supply and demand curves finally cross, and the initial shortages begin, we'll see the flood gates open, and a host of closet peak oilers will start yelling from the rooftops. |
No way. I've been sounding the alarm bells all over the Net and to everyone I know and many I've never met before. I happened to run into an old friend the other day and did my pitch about PO. He knew exactly what I was talking about (enviromental engineer). This is the ONLY person I've talked to about PO that has a clue. |
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Lore
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 1:57 pm Post subject: Re: We're Preparing For a Crisis |
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So tell me, what level dungeon master are you guys?
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