01-27-2012, 10:18 AM
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Has Petroleum Production Peaked, Ending the Era of Easy Oil?: Scientific American
Despite major oil finds off Brazil's coast, new fields in North Dakota and ongoing increases in the conversion of tar sands to oil in Canada, fresh supplies of petroleum are only just enough to offset the production decline from older fields. At best, the world is now living off an oil plateau—roughly 75 million barrels of oil produced each and every day—since at least 2005, according to a new comment published in Nature on January 26. (Scientific American is part of Nature Publishing Group.) That is a year earlier than estimated by the International Energy Agency—an energy cartel for oil consuming nations.
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Even with large supplies of coal and natural gas, the world faces a potential energy shortfall, one reason that the U.S. Department of Energy suggested in a 2005 report (pdf) that a "crash program" to cope with any decline in oil supplies be instituted. The report argued this program should start 20 years before peak global production to avoid "extreme economic hardship." That's because it will take decades for any kind of energy transition to occur, as evidenced by past shifts such as from wood to coal or coal to oil.
In fact, King and Murray argue that global economic growth itself may be impossible without a concurrent growth in energy supply (that is, more abundant fossil fuels, to date). "We need to decouple economic growth from fossil-fuel dependence," King adds. "This is not happening due to industrial, infrastructural, political and human behavioral inertia. * We are stuck in our ways."
* We are dragging the ball and chain of our more retarded into the future. Retrogradism is a disease...please donate to the scientists feverishly working to find the genetic basis for this grave disease...think of the chillens!
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01-27-2012, 10:41 AM
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Elitism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elitism is the belief or attitude that some individuals, who form an elite — a select group of people with intellect, wealth, specialized training or experience, or other distinctive attributes — are those whose views on a matter are to be taken the most seriously or carry the most weight; whose views and/or actions are most likely to be constructive to society as a whole; or whose extraordinary skills, abilities or wisdom render them especially fit to govern.[1]
Alternatively, the term elitism may be used to describe a situation in which power is concentrated in the hands of a limited number of people. Those opposed to elitism are considered supporters of anti-elitism, egalitarianism, populism or the political theory of pluralism. Elite theory is the sociological or political science analysis of elite influence in society - elite theorists regard pluralism as a utopian ideal.
Elitism may also refer to situations in which an individual assumes special privileges and responsibilities in the hope that this arrangement will benefit humanity or themselves. At times, elitism is closely related to social class and what sociologists call social stratification. Members of the upper classes are sometimes known as the social elite. The term elitism is also sometimes used to denote situations in which a group of people claiming to possess high abilities or simply an in-group or cadre grant themselves extra privileges at the expense of others. This form of elitism may be described as discrimination.
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01-27-2012, 11:06 AM
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Can an alien be president?
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01-27-2012, 11:43 AM
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So what is the definition of Ostrich with it's head stuck in the sand?
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01-27-2012, 12:18 PM
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Current clown show for president?
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01-27-2012, 12:19 PM
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For the Mad Magazine reference, I award you two internets!
Bravo!
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01-27-2012, 12:52 PM
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Elitism is the belief or attitude that some individuals, who form an elite — a select group of people with intellect, wealth, specialized training or experience, or other distinctive attributes — are those whose views on a matter are to be taken the most seriously or carry the most weight...
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So next time you're a passenger on a plane departing LaGuardia, and the engines stop 'cause you've just run into a flock of geese, why don't you suggest that all the passengers get together and have a nice democratic vote on the proper course of action?
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01-27-2012, 02:12 PM
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So next time you're a passenger on a plane departing LaGuardia, and the engines stop 'cause you've just run into a flock of geese, why don't you suggest that all the passengers get together and have a nice democratic vote on the proper course of action?
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What do you call it when the pilot / copilot and the crew hijack the plane you are on? And then pretend that they haven't really hijacked it? What WILL you do.....?
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01-27-2012, 03:13 PM
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Well, whenever we run out we will be dragged kicking and screaming into the future.
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01-27-2012, 10:05 PM
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So what is the definition of Ostrich with it's head stuck in the sand?
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Tar sands?
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