c> ... long as ... good way ... Unfortunately, idealistic as it sounds, I think the communist experiments of the C20th century are rather too convincing as ...
The article below is a fairly short, fairly typical "peak oil debunked" article. I strongly recommend reading both the article and the numerous readers'...
I attempted to delve into economics earlier this week (yikes) and model the possible prices we could see in response to an oil shortage. Like most economics,...
... few ... I'd be very surprised if we didn't see before 2010. By 2012 it's guaranteed, once a carbon trading scheme is put in place. Of course, we might get...
... I disagree. The carbon content of 1 litre of petrol is about 700 grams (rough figures). At $100/tonne of carbon, that would add just 7 cents to every...
I've been a bit depressed of late. Hearing James Lovelock tell a full Town Hall that we've missed the boat with Global Warming was pretty hard. I've found a...
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/10/1975215.htm?section=justin The International Energy Agency has warned of a shortage of oil in the next five years. It...
FYI http://www.energybulletin.net/31980.html Fairly technical article looking at Australia's oil production forecast over the next few years. Not looking all...
The interesting thing to me in this article is the reflection of what happened in the oil shocks of the 70s and 80s. I for one was too young to remember the...
... For one thing Australia has something like 4 million guns (roughly speaking, 1 for every 2-3 adults) and fairly strict gun control, whereas in the US there...
They also have a great interview by Andi Hazelwood: http://globalpublicmedia.com/dr_albert_bartlett_in_depth Out of interest, Andi and her partner Dean were...
Apologies again. This appears to be some kind of automated group-signup. Or just a really perstistent idiot. Have banned the user. We will all look forward to...
Well, it's been a while so I thought I'd provide an update on what we're up to. Keen to hear everyone else's story too. Mel and I jumped on the bandwagon of...
TO: The Hon. Alexander Downer MP Minister for Foreign Affairs Federal Member for Mayo 3rd September, 2007 Dear Mr Downer, I greatly appreciate your responses...
Right, well after an eventful morning i've come to realise that a pseudo-peak has hit the Ward-McLean household. Our peugeot was booked in for a service this...
Hey I had a similar experience last week when my car was booked in for a service over 2 days... I took one day off and then the second day I caught the bus to...
Well... It seems the cost of fixing our little Peugeot is roughly equivalent to the car's current value. In fact, if you subtract what we still owe on the car,...
Then again it could be a good time to start learning how to fix the beast yourself out of scrap and baling twine, a handy skill for the future ;) Geoff...
You show me someone who has built a diesel injector pump out of scrap and bailing twine, and I'll show you how to build a time- machine out of toothpicks. ... ...