Re: [Vo]: The Military and Hubbert

2006-07-29 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to John Steck's message of Fri, 28 Jul 2006 23:30:11 -0500: Hi, [snip] >I know picking a side is contentious, but I disagree entirely with that >statement. I will not argue the point that we are too reliant on a single >fuel source, that this addiction is dumping excessive C02 into the >

RE: [Vo]: The Military and Hubbert

2006-07-28 Thread John Steck
d study the event, we are just canaries in the coal mine. ...ok, I am bumming myself out now. sorry. -john -Original Message- From: Robin van Spaandonk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:09 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]: The Military and Hubbert Since

Re: [Vo]: The Military and Hubbert

2006-07-27 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to John Steck's message of Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:42:15 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Nor does it take into effect phenomenon like old/tapped wells filling back >up by unknown means While this is apparently happening to some extent in some cases, it clearly can't keep up with demand, or the US wouldn

RE: [Vo]: The Military and Hubbert

2006-07-27 Thread John Steck
true, but likely not going to happen like that. -john -Original Message- From: Robin van Spaandonk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 10:18 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]: The Military and Hubbert In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Wed, 2

RE: [Vo]: The Military and Hubbert

2006-07-27 Thread John Steck
One side makes you tall, one side makes you small says the Major. 8^) -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 6:44 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]: The Military and Hubbert On 7/26/06, Robin van Spaandonk <[EM

Re: [Vo]: The Military and Hubbert

2006-07-27 Thread Harry Veeder
Terry Blanton wrote: > On 7/26/06, Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> For a very interesting read see also >> http://www.greatchange.org/ov-simmons,club_of_rome_revisted.html > > I read this book when I was in college! Thanks for reminding me of it. > > I came up with an excel

Re: [Vo]: The Military and Hubbert

2006-07-27 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:43:35 -0400: Hi, [snip] >I came up with an excellent solution: all we need to do is shrink >humans and all our technology to a much smaller size and the resources >would last much longer. ;-) > >And, yes, I was smokin' wacky tobaccy back

Re: [Vo]: The Military and Hubbert

2006-07-27 Thread Terry Blanton
On 7/26/06, Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For a very interesting read see also http://www.greatchange.org/ov-simmons,club_of_rome_revisted.html I read this book when I was in college! Thanks for reminding me of it. I came up with an excellent solution: all we need to do is

Re: [Vo]: The Military and Hubbert

2006-07-26 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:32:07 -0400: Hi, [snip] >If we maintain a mean consumption of 10^8 barrels per day (it's around >88 mbpd now), 10^12 will last 10^4 days, or totally deplete in 2033. >We will be bankrupt and dead long before that. Idiots. [snip] If you st

[Vo]: The Military and Hubbert

2006-07-26 Thread Terry Blanton
http://www.energybulletin.net/18056.html excerpt from a long article: "The American Petroleum Institute estimates that 1.1 trillion barrels of oil remain; accordingly, this supply would last only 43 years. Estimates of peak world production vary. The U.S. Geological Survey predicts the world's p