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  1. Re:Probably no chance of most of those anytime soo by IronBlade · · Score: 1 · on How Will We Get Around Near-Future Earth?
    It's not because we're short on gas, it's because of the oil cartels.

    I suspect the cartels are cutting back on supply, not to screw America, but because oil production has peaked and they are starting to run out of cheap oil

    And gas prices in the USA are ridiculously low, compared with almost every other western country.
    For example, here in Australia, 1 litre (approx .3 gallon) is AUD0.90-0.98 on average. Translating that to USD per gallon makes it about USD2.50 per gallon. And last time I was in Norway, the price there was a little over double of Aussie prices.
    The world in going to hell, not in a handbasket, but in a gas-guzzling SUV...

  2. Re:Probably no chance of most of those anytime soo by gpark · · Score: 1 · on How Will We Get Around Near-Future Earth?
    But we *are* running short on oil...

  3. Re:They'll be able to deal with it.... by dr_tube · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Nuclear 'Asteroids' Due In A Few Hundred Years

    Well, actually, no.

  4. Die-off by IronBlade · · Score: 1 · on Cheap Solar Cooling Solution?
    And it can only get worse as these finite reserves of oil are consumed. What is the end game we are heading towards? Surely it is nuclear war or nuclear terrorism. We cannot tolerate where this is heading, yet we seem to ignore the clear signposts.

    Some people believe we're at Peak Oil now, and the crash will hit us in the next 3-8 years.

    This is why I said a rise in the price of oil is a good thing.

    If we are at the peak, then the price of oil will continue to rise, as will food prices, the prices of anything made with the use of electricity. Life as we know it will dramatically change.

    In my worst case scenario, I foresee a global conflict with no holds barred, including the use of WMDs (Nuclear and Biological) by every country in attempts to seize the remaining valuable oil supplies. World War III.
    Of course, it won't be enough, and after further damaging our already fragile planet, we'll be at a tech level roughly equivalent to the mid 1700's, but worse off, as we've largely forgotten how to do things for ourselve to ensure survival. Do you know how to grow enough food to last a year? Make clothes from raw cotton or wool? Build a shelter? Make a fire? I know I don't have much of a clue about these things, and they are just the basics to survive. Food, shelter, warmth. I think we'll come to appreciate them..

    Further problems: diseases running rampant, no emergency services of any kind available. Looting, riots, fires raging through cities. Billions dead or dying (it's estimated the die-off will reduce the global population to around 500 million). Anarchy. People killing each other to get their hands on food.

    *sigh* I hope things turn out better than this, but with people like Bush in charge of the US (let's hope he is defeated and the new president of the USA is better), I see no hope for humanity.

  5. Re:I've Seen the future, and I've left it behind by John+Biggabooty · · Score: 1 · on A Law Show Set 25 Years from Now

    I predict that the future will be a lot like Mad Max movies. It will begin several years after we hit peak oil. Maybe we already have hit it with gas at $2.00 per gallon. Read more.

  6. Re:Man science moves fast... by IronBlade · · Score: 5, Insightful · on A Law Show Set 25 Years from Now
    but I must express my doubts that LA will have maglev monorails and all cars will be fuel cell powered by then.

    Well, if the site I link to is any indication, then the cars will have to run on something other than petroleum products.
    Would be interesting to see if the coming energy crisis will be covered at all...
    Somehow, I doubt it, as ignorance (and/or denial) is bliss...

  7. Re:If ya really wanna scare yourself... by the7cs · · Score: 1 · on Yellowstone Super-Eruption Threat Debunked

    There's a Website that talks about these issues and why the alternative fuels are not alternatives at all. Specifically, because of how much oil it takes to produce many of them. Many others simply cannot be used to power vehicles given present and emerging technology. The specific article dealing with the alternative fuels is here.

  8. Re:If ya really wanna scare yourself... by the7cs · · Score: 1 · on Yellowstone Super-Eruption Threat Debunked

    There's a Website that talks about these issues and why the alternative fuels are not alternatives at all. Specifically, because of how much oil it takes to produce many of them. Many others simply cannot be used to power vehicles given present and emerging technology. The specific article dealing with the alternative fuels is here.

  9. Electric Car Adoption basic supply and demand by Killswitch1968 · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Aircraft Maker Will Produce Electric Cars in 2006

    Electric car adoption really comes down to the price of oil. Nobody will buy an electric car that is more expensive to run than a combustion engine, and no company will heavily invest in the development of an electric car if it won't turn profit.
    So really it comes down to oil and how much is left. It won't be environmental concerns or government involvement that will ultimately push electric cars into mass-scale production, but consumers and their pocketbooks.

    Still, these articles are reassuring that nutballs like this are wrong.

  10. Re:Oils replacement by Bilange · · Score: 1 · on Fusion In Sonoluminescence (Again)?

    We have not enough time to implement (on a worldwide scale) an alternative energy source before oil runs out.

    Check out this for explainations (sp?).

  11. The big crunch by BenSpinSpace · · Score: 5, Funny · on Today Is SCO's Deadline To Sue Linux User

    SCO is going to sue a Linux user. SCO is going to sue a Linux user. SCO is going to sue a Linux user. SCO is going to sue a Linux user. SCO is going to sue a Linux user. SCO is going to sue a Linux user. SCO is going to sue a Linux user. SCO is going to sue a Linux user.


    SCO doesn't sue a Linux user.

    Try this:

    Tomorrow, we log onto the Internet and witness a vicious battle going on. There's a flash video in which a streaming clip manifests Darl McBride in every home user's web browser. Why? It turns out that the hacker behind MyDoom is actually an evil corporation trying to destroy SCO, the promoter of Open Source software. Its first target was Goatse: by removing an object of internet culture that everyone has a love/hate relationship with, it destabalized the internet. SCO has been working around the clock to resolve the issue and restore the internet to its full power. SCO couldn't tell us its true intents only because that would ruin their plan. And thus we witness Darl McBride fighting against the MyDoom virus, incarnate, yet coded into a flash file.

    Suddenly, when it looks like Darl McBride might lose the valiant fight, brilliant hackers intercept the sattelite connection going to SCO and insert special weapons for Darl McBride.

    Whammo, Darl McBride wins the battle, and in a tremendous flash of colors, the creepy Peak Oil website literally explodes, covering Google in a hidden cache of virtual oil, which can be printed out by any inkjet printer into real oil.

    People even write offensive, politically volatile websites solely for the purpose of getting people to donate money so they can buy Dance Dance Revolution.

    Goatse.cx is restored, to the detriment of Internet users everywhere but to the spirit of the Internet altogether.

    Darl McBride is hailed as a captain of the Internet, and he forms a team with Linus Torvalds, Bill Gates (who decides to make Windows open source) and Steve Jobs (who decides that maybe Mac programs, as good as they are, should have more than 2 options per program). They develop the ultimate flawless operating system, and Netscape, Opera, and IE combine all their best parts into a browser that has the ability to stretch one's computer screen to twice its physical dimensions while in use.

  12. Coooool! by vandan · · Score: 1 · on Ethanol to Hydrogen Reactor Developed

    Hopefully this will help solve problems such as http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/. That's some scary stuff...

  13. more info by dr_tube · · Score: 1 · on Ethanol to Hydrogen Reactor Developed

    For those who don't know just how serious the energy problem will be in a few years, read this

  14. More important things by IronBlade · · Score: 1 · on Bush's Space Panel Seeks Public Input

    While I am excited by mankind's abilities to reach out into space and touch other planets, there are more immediate concerns.
    One which I was made aware of yesterday, through a link on Fark, is Peak Oil, something which appears will make our worst Y2K nightmares look like pleasant fantasies.
    This is scary stuff! Read the linked page, read the pages it references, think about it for a while, then tell your friends and loved ones.