During the July meeting I mentioned two books explaining the dark politics in the US. Â The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America ...
Morning opus in the Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/News/Ideas/article/471491 Aug 02, 2008 04:30 AM The End of Travel High oil prices are crippling...
This mainstream article complements the one Dennis just sent. -Bryan http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25820046/ Don't take a flier on airlines $130-a-barrel oil...
No surprise here. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/02/BAVA12420H.DTL&type=printable Mayor accused of going back on transit deal Heather...
I absolutely love this yahoo group and all the poignant insight offered here, but every time I see a reference to Howard Kunstler I recoil. This guy has...
Hi, William. I think it's valuable to point out that if it hadn't been for people like Kunstler, Y2K could have been a disaster. I was working in the software...
The 2005 "Hirsch Report" from the Department of Energy said it would take about twenty years to mitigate Peak Oil if toxic technologies (coal to liquids, tar...
Mark Robinowitz
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... It was interesting at the time - January 2, 2000, to go read the despair on the doomer groups that believed no amount of work would make a difference and...
From: Bob Banner <info@...> Date: August 1, 2008 5:52:01 PM PDT To: nocalpcn@googlegroups.com, beyondoilsonoma@...,...
Scott Munson
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Aug 4, 2008 3:43 am
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Some links on Pre-oil transportation <http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2007/2/12136_space.html> <http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Steamship> ...
August 3, 2008 Shipping Costs Start to Crimp Globalization http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/business/worldbusiness/03global.html?_r=1& oref=slogin By LARRY...
Aaron Lehmer
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Aug 4, 2008 5:43 am
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Andre, I couldn't find a link to a good source in this thread; do you have suggestions. I'm on the road in Whitefish, MT [near Glacier National Park - still ...
http://www.investmentmoats.com/investment-ideas/sector/nouriel-roubini-barrons-interview/ Prof. Nouriel Roubini who depicts a dim scenario of the U.S. economy...
The place I bought my freeze-dried food is nitro-pak.com. They have stock (important, many other retailers don't or you have to wait two+ months for delivery)...
Suburban areas, the new slums of the future. Anticipated by Pet Shop Boys (co-author: James Howard K.?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEbikoW0Fn4 paul...
Point taken about being well past the time to candy-coat reality. However I still believe that Kunstler is a dubious spokes person for anything other than doom...
Kunstler writes well and is entertaining. Do you bet your future on his prognostications? I hope not. I think his big picture story is correct, but how peak...
Hi, David. What you just shared is a point of view that I hear often enough, but don't personally subscribe to. While it's true that we don't know precisely...
... Big picture being there is peak oil, there is economic collapse... but not big picture population, ecosystems, I never see too much from him on these. I've...
He also said that the real estate bubble would burst, more or less accurately. Predicting exactly what the stock market will do is not possible. But the long...
Mark Robinowitz
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... And THAT's the lesson he really needs to learn....
... Maybe. I am willing to give Kunstler props for continuing to speak about the future he sees despite getting some of his predictions wrong. This is actually...
Fair enough. I think we're saying much the same thing. ... Fair enough. I think we're saying much the same thing. On Aug 4, 2008, at 11:32 PM, David F wrote:...
... Oh, I am too. I just don't think he should say "in two weeks we could see the end of the world [dollar, etc. etc.]." Even if the "could" is in there,...
Got to admire pragmatists. No, actually Sharon, you don't have to admire them... if you do, I'm sure that you'll have admiration for the street person who...
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