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German Military Braces For Peak Oil

Posted by timothy on from the malthus-was-right dept.

myrdos2 writes "A study by a German military think tank leaked to the Internet warns of the potential for a dire global economic crisis in as little as 15 years as a result of a peak and an irreversible decline in world oil supplies. The study states that there is 'some probability that peak oil will occur around the year 2010 and that the impact on security is expected to be felt 15 to 30 years later. ... In the medium term the global economic system and every market-oriented national economy would collapse.' The report closely matches one from the US military earlier this year, which stated that surplus oil production capacity could disappear within two years and there could be serious shortages by 2015 with a significant economic and political impact."

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  1. Is this a Godwin-invoking comment? by unitron · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, the German military does have some past experience in having to manage without petroleum. : - )

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    1. Re:Is this a Godwin-invoking comment? by Provocateur · · Score: 4, Funny

      since most Slashdotters get to wake up in soft beds, in airconditioned/heated rooms, take hot showers with nice smelling bath products
       
      //me hears jarring sound of needle scratching record and music suddenly stops

      Did he just mention "showers"?

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    2. Re:Is this a Godwin-invoking comment? by LordAndrewSama · · Score: 4, Funny

      well, shit.

  2. Erste Gepotsung! by Hognoxious · · Score: 5, Funny

    a German military think tank

    Ein Denkenpanzer?

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    1. Re:Erste Gepotsung! by Hooya · · Score: 5, Funny

      Nice Gestapost!

    2. Re:Erste Gepotsung! by SpecBear · · Score: 3, Funny

      Thank you, that was very helpful. Can you tell me what the German word for "Whoosh" is?

  3. Re:Peak wood, peak peat, peak coal... by De_Boswachter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Peak solar, that might be a problem.

  4. But we're learning from our past mistakes... by jafo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sure the hybrid tanks and APCs probably won't run into the stuck accelerator thing.

    Probably.

    Sean

  5. Re:Go Nuclear by AfroTrance · · Score: 5, Funny

    The real enemies are those who scream bloody murder whenever the N-word is brought up.

    Naggers?

  6. Re:Transition Movement by angeli · · Score: 4, Funny

    There is little proof that "organic" is truely organic.

    Love it when button-pushing ability exceeds knowledgeability. /. so good for tech stuff, so amazingly bad beyond that. As a former fighter pilot i'm definitely sub-par at code, but, don't they teach you guys something like when you learn trigger control, "keyboard control"? You'd think among so many extraordinary primates, QC on the stuff that distinguishes us from the lesser primates would be more fashionable.

    Seriously! Plot content quality on a 'scope, where 0 is the BS line i think it would be a square wave, max amplitude high for tech/geek, max low for everything else.

  7. Re:Peak wood, peak peat, peak coal... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just watch out for peak poke.

  8. Re:Thorium Reactors people! by guyminuslife · · Score: 4, Funny

    I knew there was a reason I stockpiled all that thorium back in Burning Crusade!

    Ha, I'm going to own the Auction House!

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  9. Re:Peak wood, peak peat, peak coal... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    My wood just peaked.

  10. Two words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Finally!

    Offworld colonies!

    Or Mad Max. Pick one.