[dohboi]

http://peakoil.com/enviroment/jeremy-ja ... apocalypse

A great and terrifying overview of the multiple catastrophes crashing into the oceans and onto those who live near it and depend on it.

Watch it and weep.

[vision-master]

Why has Peakoil been overtaken by the faithful, the religious zealots of doom, death and destruction?

This place has become a cult.

[Lore]

Would you rather have us concentrate on the presence of ancient extraterrestrial aliens?

[onlooker]

Why has Peakoil been overtaken by the faithful, the religious zealots of doom, death and destruction?

This place has become a cult.

Pointing out the factually indisputable nature of our current predicament and circumstances is hardly a zealous or ideological act. It is
in fact statements such as yours which continuously demonstrate the blind and willful deception and/or ignorance of some who would
discount the posts with a basis in reality which are made on this site.

[Ron Patterson]

Why has Peakoil been overtaken by the faithful, the religious zealots of doom, death and destruction?

Because that is our future, such as it is.

The Sky Is Falling: Chicken Little Was Right All Along, By Don Wilkin
http://www.carolynbaker.net/2013/11/24/the-sky-is-falling-chicken-little-was-right-all-along-by-don-wilkin/

I am well aware, after nearly a half century of trying, that my sense of impending doom is not widely shared. The sun still shines, gas tanks are full of ethanol, fridges are fully stocked with thousand-mile salads and 3000-mile bananas, and we are warm and cozy. Few can even conceive of the possibility of an impending collapse of human civilization, but there are notable exceptions. My angst is shared by those who, like myself, have studied critical resources in detail and have come to similarly dark conclusions about our future possibilities.

[vision-master]

We will all be dead and gone by then and if not, Que Sera Sera

[americandream]

Don't let this moron drift another very pertinent thread. Ignore him. No amount of reasoning works with this fellow.

[Newfie]

For whatever reason I don't fully understand that video got to me in ways no others have.

I posted a link on another forum about sailing and received one very positive thank you for doing so. Which is sad because it's kinda like hearing you have terminal cancer. I should not be thanked for telling someone such bad news.

One of his comments that hit me was when he says "this isn't news." Well, he is right, plenty is known. I just came from a party of left leaning professional folks. Lots of talks about trendy movies and books, some on medical insurance, etc. all the " right" things to cluck your tongues over. No mention of the environment. None.

[Keith_McClary]

Written at age seventeen (September 18, 1896) for a school essay in French ...
That was before he got into Cosmology.

[Lore]

It was meant to be a criticism of our reason and lack of foresight.

[dinopello]

JJ is really doomtastic. I think he probably held himself back with his cynicism though. Have you ever been at a party with a few drinks and gone off on a doom rant and had everyone gawking in horror ? I can imagine him being very good at that, with footnotes.

[careinke]

http://peakoil.com/enviroment/jeremy-jackson-ocean-apocalypse

A great and terrifying overview of the multiple catastrophes crashing into the oceans and onto those who live near it and depend on it.

Watch it and weep.

Wow. Hansen has nothing on this guy. What an amazing presentation. I was particularly moved by the fish collapse. His slides of the fish catches on the same dock, over five decades was truly eye opening. Also, 90 million 1,000 lb plus turtles along the shores of Cuba during Columbus time blew me away. We have truly committed crimes on a grand scale.

During my youth, in the sixties, I lived about 1/4 mile from a fishing resort, on the Northern Puget Sound. The resort was well into decline do to salmon depletion. Anyway, behind the soda fountain, there was a large board with the large Salmon (anything over 50 Lbs), caught. The fisherman's name, and the weight of the salmon, was carved into the board. At the end of the year a line was burned underneath and the next year would be carved below. There were a lot of 50-70 lb fish, a few were over 70 lbs, and 2 were over 100 with the largest AT 106lbs.
Today, my nephew thinks a 20 lb salmon is huge. I don't think people realize how bad things have gotten.

I hold no hope of government saving us. Therefore, the only ethical decision is to take full responsibility for ourselves, and our (hopefully) diminished number of children. Hopefully, some of us will make it through the upcoming bottleneck.

Depressing shit.

[Quinny]

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[americandream]

I hold no hope of government saving us. Therefore, the only ethical decision is to take full responsibility for ourselves, and our (hopefully) diminished number of children. Hopefully, some of us will make it through the upcoming bottleneck.

Depressing shit.

What was even more disturbing was the audience. A military academy and not your usual greenies. I was left completely flummoxed.

[Lore]

Today, my nephew thinks a 20 lb salmon is huge. I don't think people realize how bad things have gotten.

We've got shrinking 20 lb. salmon and growing 300 lb. people, maybe there's a message here?

[Newfie]

Cull the herd?

[vision-master]

Harvest the herd, harvest their souls?

This is happening NOW.

[Quinny]

I just finished watching this. Though I already knew much of it, it was still pretty depressing

[rollin]

All the time that the human race was told we were making progress (Euro point of view, not the rest of the world) was just a word for ultimate destruction. I think we need to redefine the word progress.

[clif]

Most indigenous peoples probably define progress much different then the modern day Euro-central meme of progress is defined.

The indigenous peoples of North and South America were much better at protecting the environment and handing a sustainable world to their descendants than the Europeans ever have been. Partly why the Europeans had to branch out to enlarge their planet scorching economic/political schemes, because Europe wasn't large enough by the 15th century for all of it to fit in.

But then again the natives of North and South America didn't rely on an invisible sky fairy to save their asses in the end.