You refer to the "good ones" a lot. Unfortunately, realtors are a one-price for everyone model no matter how new they are to the business or whether they are any good or not or whether they are even ethical. You also need to understand that if you are a buyer, your agent actually works for the seller unless you pay for a "buyer's agent". So, they want you to buy any house listed by a licensed realtor they think they can get you into as quickly as possible. In fact, it's their job.
- I get the impression that his activities were considered illegal in Australia as well since they were trying to understand why he could be tried and serve his time there.
- Yeah, it's fucked up that they extradited him (even though he did what is considered a crime in both countries). Worst case, he should have been tried and punished in Australia.
- The guy is of British origin. Not sure if he's an Australian citizen or not.
The very day that I read that Australia surrendered an Australian citizen to the US Authorities for breaking a US crime (that is not a crime in Australia), I started looking for a job elsewhere. What, you don't think that Germany has an extradition treaty with the US? Try Brazil.
If you haven't heard of syncrude made from syngas, which has fuelled *entire countries*, you are *WAY* out of the loop when it comes to oil production. I can't find anything on the net that says that. Provide references.
You act as if all of this is no big deal but the truth is that cost of fuel is skyrocketing and there's no light at the end of the tunnel. So, if it's not big deal then why is gas getting so expensive? To me a solution to the problem isn't just replacing petroleum with some super expensive shit that nobody can afford. Our economy is already seriously threatened and prices are going nowhere but up. The fact is that we're 100% tied to petroleum for survival since all the alternatives, at least the ones that exist right now, aren't good enough to get us off of petroleum. And the reason there are "doomers" as you call them, is that I was around during the 70's when OPEC showed us how they have us over a barrel. The government didn't do jack shit about it so we still have the same dependency now as we did 30 years ago. We don't learn from our lessons until it's a fucking crisis. I guarantee you that this situation will causes way more pain than it ever should because of the lack foresight and competence on the part of our leaders. So call me a fucking doomer...I got good reason to be one.
The classic dodge of the doomers: Preach the end of the world, and when your argument falls apart, narrow down the definition and cut back on the whole doom and gloom part. In common parlance, "Peak Oil" seems to mean whatever the person promoting it wants it to mean at the time, anything from "apocalypse" to a minor technical term with few real implications for the world. Feel free to show me anywhere I stated anything about the end of the world. I have not changed my position about what peak oil is during this entire discussion.
And that's the problem; you're debating something that you just "heard about" "in the news", rather than something that you actually know anything about... I just have a serious problem with facts being misrepresented. I never said that I only get my info from the news. The point I was making is that if syngas is so promising, I should at least of heard about it in the news. You have failed to explain the reason why that is the case. So I can only assume that syngas is a bunch of bullshit and is an unrealistic solution for one or more reasons.
Actually, all you have to do is contact any one of the credit reporting agencies and report that you believe fraud has occurred on one of your credit accounts (whether it has or not is irrelevant). This is usually all done via automated phone system and you won't be talking to a human being. They will automatically perform the freeze and contact the other two agencies to do the same thing. It's pretty damn simple.I
I've actually done this. None of it costs so much as a dime. LifeLock and the like are complete rip-offs.
The term Peak Oil was coined in reference to petroleum found in the ground. It has nothing whatsoever to do with alternative fuels or synthetic fuels. I don't see what's so difficult for you to "get" here.
On a completely unrelated note, if syngas is so easy and great, why aren't they doing it? I hear about bio-diesel, ethanol/E85, hydrogen, fuel cell, and electricity for fuel sources but nobody in the news EVER talks about syngas, which you seem to think is the solution to this whole mess.
Wow, you're a "fucking moron" if you think that oil is the only source of energy on the planet. Once again you change the argument to suit your needs. I at no point in time said that oil was the only energy source on the planet. However we were talking about peak OIL for fuckssake, not peak WIND power, nor peak COAL but peak OIL. Peak oil is real. Since you don't seem to know what it is, maybe you should read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil.
Every place I've ever been that uses VPNs always requires the client machine to have VPN software running locally on that machine. Anything else (like connecting to another machine that will do the encryption) is super-n00btastic. I don't know anybody who does stupid shit like that.
Yeah, i reinstalled windows home on my gf's comp and within 1 minute of connecting to the net to get the updates, the machine was owned I guess you never heard of a firewall.
False AAA ratings are what have caused the global credit crunch and mortgage crisis. Actually, there were fuckups at EVERY level of the game but of all the fuckups, I still say that giving $400,000 home loans to people who make $50k a year is what caused it. Lenders were giving out loans to people who had no business having them. They knew damn well that they were bad loans but since they also knew they would be securitized, they didn't give a shit. Somebody else was going to have to eat it. I guess technically you can't call them fuckups since it was all intentional (except for the false AAA ratings) and was motivated purely by greed.
Oil is *Not* a finite resource (at least no more than energy itself is). Wow, you're a fucking moron. Oil is a resource used to create energy, it's not energy in and of itself. It has to be converted to gasoline, jet fuel, etc.. And yes, there is a limited amount of it on the planet...that's not subject to debate. You can talk about creating energy from other organic sources but we're talking about petroleum (you know...the stuff all our cars run on??) and you know it. That's changing the argument to suit your needs which means you don't actually have a valid argument.
Oh and yes I'm familiar with how "production from different regions rises and falls depending on market price"...it doesn't change the fact that it just eventually runs out. It also doesn't change the fact that when the price is sufficiently high, it's just not viable to use to power autos anymore. Lets pretend there actually is an infinite supply but if it costs $500 a gallon to extract it, it's not a viable energy source.
The fact that you believe there's infinite petroleum or even near infinite amount at a reasonable price tells me you're either delusional or just fucking stupid. Either way, there's no point arguing with you because you don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
Apparently these people aren't familiar with the fact that there are vast areas of the world that had tons of oil derricks pumping oil and they are now empty (or empty enough where it's not worth the effort to get the last few gallons out). They are huge deserted areas that nobody even bothers with because it's too much of a mess to clean up. You know the US used to be the largest oil producer in the world, right? It's true. Guess what...we ran out of most of it. Oil is a finite resource on this planet, therefore, peak oil is a real thing. Various predictions may be wrong but that's because they are predictions on scales to vast to compute accurately. Any given oil field can be accurately predicted. You should also keep in mind that the demand for oil is going up rapidly as China and India's economies skyrocket.
Yes, and before britains get all misty eyed about their history, they should remember that the Cyrus Cylinder was the world's first charter of human rights and came over 1000 years before the Magna Carta and that the Magna Carta's protections weren't really for the common man but for the upper classes and most of its protections were repealed by 1969.
There are ancient castles and manors falling down which are much more photogenic and attract more tourists. Yes but how many of those manors were used to save Britain's ass in WWII? I guess the park itself isn't all that important but the things inside of it should be preserved in a museum somewhere.
1) Blacks were considered 3/5 of a person by the constitution. So please spare me. They had no protection as far as the constitution was concerned.
2) What does terrorism have to do with it? I don't like Bush or his "cabal" anymore than you do but we weren't discussing terrorism suspects (fake or real). The people in question in the appeals court were not accused of terrorism.
I've recently become aware of that exemption and I find it unfathomable that the Supreme Court would support such a notion. It's basically a free ride for the government to violate all your rights because you happen to be entering the country. Not that anyone gives a shit about the Bill of Rights anymore.
I told you to STFU because what you say represents a dangerous attitude that ultimately results in the loss of rights if people actually start to believe it. You need to study history to understand why what you said is horribly wrong. Your arguments have been used to promote ideas like fascism.
Hello! If you are not breaking the law the you really have nothing to fear. You are either unbelievably ignorant or you are a moron. Please specify which. I'm just curious.
So stop with the America bashing if you don't like America leave! If you are not in America and hate it Stay out! Simple as that.. Yes, my way or the highway. Brilliant. You must have been a real wiz in debate class.
My suggestion to you is to get an education. You can either do this via self-study or a formal institution of higher learning. Either way, you're in desperate need of it. Until then, it would be best if you'd just STFU. thx
That's flat out bullshit. Once you reach US territory, legally or otherwise, before or after customs, you are still afforded the protection of the constitution.
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You refer to the "good ones" a lot. Unfortunately, realtors are a one-price for everyone model no matter how new they are to the business or whether they are any good or not or whether they are even ethical. You also need to understand that if you are a buyer, your agent actually works for the seller unless you pay for a "buyer's agent". So, they want you to buy any house listed by a licensed realtor they think they can get you into as quickly as possible. In fact, it's their job.
You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. I think you need to read up on how the realty business works.
I assume you are referring to this story: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/05/06/1178390140855.html
- I get the impression that his activities were considered illegal in Australia as well since they were trying to understand why he could be tried and serve his time there.
- Yeah, it's fucked up that they extradited him (even though he did what is considered a crime in both countries). Worst case, he should have been tried and punished in Australia.
- The guy is of British origin. Not sure if he's an Australian citizen or not.
You act as if all of this is no big deal but the truth is that cost of fuel is skyrocketing and there's no light at the end of the tunnel. So, if it's not big deal then why is gas getting so expensive? To me a solution to the problem isn't just replacing petroleum with some super expensive shit that nobody can afford. Our economy is already seriously threatened and prices are going nowhere but up. The fact is that we're 100% tied to petroleum for survival since all the alternatives, at least the ones that exist right now, aren't good enough to get us off of petroleum. And the reason there are "doomers" as you call them, is that I was around during the 70's when OPEC showed us how they have us over a barrel. The government didn't do jack shit about it so we still have the same dependency now as we did 30 years ago. We don't learn from our lessons until it's a fucking crisis. I guarantee you that this situation will causes way more pain than it ever should because of the lack foresight and competence on the part of our leaders. So call me a fucking doomer...I got good reason to be one.
Actually, all you have to do is contact any one of the credit reporting agencies and report that you believe fraud has occurred on one of your credit accounts (whether it has or not is irrelevant). This is usually all done via automated phone system and you won't be talking to a human being. They will automatically perform the freeze and contact the other two agencies to do the same thing. It's pretty damn simple.I
I've actually done this. None of it costs so much as a dime. LifeLock and the like are complete rip-offs.
The term Peak Oil was coined in reference to petroleum found in the ground. It has nothing whatsoever to do with alternative fuels or synthetic fuels. I don't see what's so difficult for you to "get" here.
On a completely unrelated note, if syngas is so easy and great, why aren't they doing it? I hear about bio-diesel, ethanol/E85, hydrogen, fuel cell, and electricity for fuel sources but nobody in the news EVER talks about syngas, which you seem to think is the solution to this whole mess.
Every place I've ever been that uses VPNs always requires the client machine to have VPN software running locally on that machine. Anything else (like connecting to another machine that will do the encryption) is super-n00btastic. I don't know anybody who does stupid shit like that.
Oh and yes I'm familiar with how "production from different regions rises and falls depending on market price"...it doesn't change the fact that it just eventually runs out. It also doesn't change the fact that when the price is sufficiently high, it's just not viable to use to power autos anymore. Lets pretend there actually is an infinite supply but if it costs $500 a gallon to extract it, it's not a viable energy source.
The fact that you believe there's infinite petroleum or even near infinite amount at a reasonable price tells me you're either delusional or just fucking stupid. Either way, there's no point arguing with you because you don't know what the fuck you're talking about.
Apparently these people aren't familiar with the fact that there are vast areas of the world that had tons of oil derricks pumping oil and they are now empty (or empty enough where it's not worth the effort to get the last few gallons out). They are huge deserted areas that nobody even bothers with because it's too much of a mess to clean up. You know the US used to be the largest oil producer in the world, right? It's true. Guess what...we ran out of most of it. Oil is a finite resource on this planet, therefore, peak oil is a real thing. Various predictions may be wrong but that's because they are predictions on scales to vast to compute accurately. Any given oil field can be accurately predicted. You should also keep in mind that the demand for oil is going up rapidly as China and India's economies skyrocket.
I guess you think there's unlimited copper too?
Yes, and before britains get all misty eyed about their history, they should remember that the Cyrus Cylinder was the world's first charter of human rights and came over 1000 years before the Magna Carta and that the Magna Carta's protections weren't really for the common man but for the upper classes and most of its protections were repealed by 1969.
"Boone Pickens is probably best known as a prominent peak oil nut that the doomers like to cite"
Forget about Pickens, are you saying that you believe there's no such thing as peak oil?
I found beta 5 to be as stable or more stable the the release version of Firefox 2. You need to be more careful with your plugins methinks.
1) Blacks were considered 3/5 of a person by the constitution. So please spare me. They had no protection as far as the constitution was concerned.
2) What does terrorism have to do with it? I don't like Bush or his "cabal" anymore than you do but we weren't discussing terrorism suspects (fake or real). The people in question in the appeals court were not accused of terrorism.
I've recently become aware of that exemption and I find it unfathomable that the Supreme Court would support such a notion. It's basically a free ride for the government to violate all your rights because you happen to be entering the country. Not that anyone gives a shit about the Bill of Rights anymore.
I told you to STFU because what you say represents a dangerous attitude that ultimately results in the loss of rights if people actually start to believe it. You need to study history to understand why what you said is horribly wrong. Your arguments have been used to promote ideas like fascism.
My suggestion to you is to get an education. You can either do this via self-study or a formal institution of higher learning. Either way, you're in desperate need of it. Until then, it would be best if you'd just STFU. thx
That's flat out bullshit. Once you reach US territory, legally or otherwise, before or after customs, you are still afforded the protection of the constitution.