those are economic issues caused by living beyond our means. It had to blow up sometime and it will get worse until the trade deficit = $0. It would have happened even if oil was free.basil_hayden wrote:Yeah, not a problem in the world...
demand down 9% in my country yet fuel prices are still high as hell...
at least 10% unemployment.....all but two state budgets in the red.... extreme cutbacks in police, firefighter and education services....Must be the bumpy plateau!
I think Ayoob put it best in a post a couple years ago stating that the second quarter of the depletion curve will be the worst part, as depletion accelerates. But why distort your current point of view with the facts?
dsula wrote:those are economic issues caused by living beyond our means. It had to blow up sometime and it will get worse until the trade deficit = $0. It would have happened even if oil was free.
Mesuge wrote:PO walks undercover: economic depression, wars, disease, infrustructure crumbling, ..
I work for a living, so not the end of the scale presented in that article; I live in rural Eastern Connecticut and believe we should secede from the rest of the state, with our part called Mashantucket and the rest given to New York.frankthetank wrote:PO takes other shapes, like carbon taxes and unemployment. Anything to hide the truth.
Basil- Speaking of CT...What end of the scale are you on? link
basil_hayden wrote:Now back on-topic, if dsula can't see that the world is reorganizing around higher petroleum prices, nothing will change his point of view.
Either that or the technotopians win and fusion/super batteries/etc save the day.
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