tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12623101.post114113582206271732..comments2023-06-25T09:40:13.649-05:00Comments on Russell Glasser's blog: Peak oil worriesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05324968314168283095noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12623101.post-81416515838996177692009-05-20T12:31:06.467-05:002009-05-20T12:31:06.467-05:00If you are interested in this topic, this might be...If you are interested in this topic, this might be a good show for you:<br /><br />http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12623101.post-1141184102029195262006-02-28T21:35:00.000-06:002006-02-28T21:35:00.000-06:00While it's wise to take sensible precautions towar...While it's wise to take sensible precautions towards future possible calamities — hard to do in a world run by religious fanatics who only care about Power Now! — it's easy to fall into the Chicken Little trap, too. I remember back during last year's one-two hurricane punch that gas prices would be up to $5 a gallon or higher by now, but they've actually gone back down to the $2 range and have stayed reasonably stable. $2 is still high, but not the disaster the worst-case-scenario predicters were foreseeing. I don't see the sky falling any time soon. We've had these "gloom and doom is just around the corner" prognostications for decades and the end times are still not upon us. Of course, there's always that random fundie with a backpack nuke....Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933545393470431585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12623101.post-1141154693846346952006-02-28T13:24:00.000-06:002006-02-28T13:24:00.000-06:00I'm just about halfway through Collapse at the mom...I'm just about halfway through Collapse at the moment. At the Greenland bit. Any page now they're all going to die. Yes, it's a bit depressing - but more sobering.mapletree7https://www.blogger.com/profile/15261672903705693449noreply@blogger.com