So the oil is running out and the alternatives don't have anywhere near the capacity to take up the slack. Demand is on the rise, most of the population is fat and lazy and drives everywhere becuse thats what adverts tell them to do every night. Governments, economists and the rest are studiously ignoring the Elephant in the room and engaging in buisness as usual, interesting times indeed. But wait, perhaps its not so bad after all, perhaps someone in the know can tell us why theres nothing to worry about and everything is going to be ok. Is it tar sands or is it solar plants in space beaming microwaves back to earth, or perhaps agal biofuels, I for one look forward to the answer.
No comment from anyone in the
No comment from anyone in the know??
Where is the Saudi officer in
Where is the Saudi officer in charge of dip sticking oil fields when you need a response to your blog post?!?
Found this graph
Found this graph amusing
omg will peak oil also mean the end of rock music?
/me hopes so
Mike your conclusion, as
Mike your conclusion, as usual, is a bit pessimistic and indicates a missunderstanding of peak oil, rock music, and strangely, forward slashes.
The graph clearly shows that rock and roll music - a largely US phenomenon - peaked in the the mid 60s just before US oil production. The logical extension is that global music will peak when global oil peaks. This is probably some time in the future which means the best music is still to come.
There's a five-year lag
There's a five-year lag between the peak in music quality and peak oil production! If we can isolate whatever mechanism rock musicians have been using to sense the size of the remaining reserves, we get a five-year lead on the "experts".
something to do with drugs I
something to do with drugs I expect
good graph, I shoud say
good graph, I shoud say something about stadium rock and dinosaurs ...
"The logical extension is
"The logical extension is that global music will peak when global oil peaks. This is probably some time in the future which means the best music is still to come."
Really, so which countries haven't peaked yet then?
I think some people need to wake up to the fact that the age of classic rock is gone and we need to prepare for a world where techno and rap predominate. Although i can see how this would be difficult to admit if one worked in the rock industry where even mentioning peak rock is career suicide.
How about allowing rock concerts in national parks, perhaps that will bring a return of the glory days?
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I got pinged for using the
I got pinged for using the word drug, and the verify thing was really hard.
I'm wondering if classical music peaked along with easy firewood supplies back in the day.
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