tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post1567421097073984699..comments2024-03-26T11:32:37.965-07:00Comments on From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog: Jenna Orkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05812985825726850202noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-70983284097569314252008-01-06T19:45:00.000-08:002008-01-06T19:45:00.000-08:00thank you for trying, pcleddy, but that's not real...thank you for trying, pcleddy, but that's not really part two. it's the same articleJenna Orkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05812985825726850202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-21148471801850258952008-01-06T17:44:00.000-08:002008-01-06T17:44:00.000-08:00found this: http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free...found this:<BR/><BR/> http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/04_04_02_elephant.html<BR/><BR/>part ii of the articlepcleddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06050605714525151639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-71994506644680374562008-01-01T12:36:00.000-08:002008-01-01T12:36:00.000-08:00Best wishes to everyone in 2008.Why the era of che...<B>Best wishes to everyone in 2008.</B><BR/><BR/>Why the era of cheap food is over<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20071231/wl_csm/o2008food_1" REL="nofollow">http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20071231/wl_csm/o2008food_1</A><BR/><BR/> It is significant enough for the FAO to be warning about the dangers of turning too much food into fuel, and for the Chinese government, for example, to ban the construction of new refineries that use corn or other basic foods. In fact, earlier this month Beijing announced tax breaks and subsidies to encourage the use of cellulose, sweet sorghum, and cassava (nonfood crops in China) for biofuels.<BR/><BR/>Some analysts estimate that as much as 30 percent of the US grain crop will go toward producing ethanol this year, a doubling from 2006. IFPRI forecasts that if the world sticks to current biofuel expansion plans, the price of corn will go up 26 percent by 2020, and the price of oilseeds (such as soybean, sunflower, rapeseed) by 18 percent. If governments double efforts to produce this alternative fuel source, corn prices are expected to go up 72 percent and oilseeds by 44 percent in 12 years' time.Tyler Havlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07265974944508880834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-34618153570497410552008-01-01T07:33:00.000-08:002008-01-01T07:33:00.000-08:00I've been reading FTW for a loooong time, and wish...I've been reading FTW for a loooong time, and wish to say Hi to all.<BR/><BR/>I wish to comment on the Energy Crisis.<BR/><BR/>The energy crisis, combined with the credit crisis, worries me. I'm finding out people are charging their fuel oil costs trying to defer payment because they can't afford the cost of heating their home. <BR/><BR/>I know we are supposed to have positive suggestions, but it seems like 'it' is almost out of our control. Where will people get money to pay for oil when gas prices will hit $4.00 a gal next winter to heat their homes? <BR/><BR/>This will certainly create a huge divide in classes. The upper middle & middle class will become poor. The economy will fall. <BR/><BR/>If people move to the south, there will be an eventual burden on the water supply. <BR/><BR/>This senario will have people begging for nuclear power plants and drilling in Alaska. Maybe that's what they want.Gilded Owl Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11735914140534673472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-67918189425032034612007-12-31T14:35:00.000-08:002007-12-31T14:35:00.000-08:00Best in 2008 to MCR and Jenna, and the whole FTW c...Best in 2008 to MCR and Jenna, and the whole FTW community!Rice Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172342023074235356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-47211905524424407012007-12-31T10:29:00.000-08:002007-12-31T10:29:00.000-08:00Wishes and Thanks to Jenna and everyone's fantasti...Wishes and Thanks to Jenna and everyone's fantastic input and research.<BR/><BR/>Very enlightening.<BR/><BR/>johnnyjohnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07464973585847693785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-49930983425263379402007-12-31T05:19:00.000-08:002007-12-31T05:19:00.000-08:00Quoting from from one of the articles Gaelic Girl ...Quoting from from one of the articles Gaelic Girl posted (and thanks, it was very useful & interesting):-<BR/><BR/>"The mass popular revulsion over the Bhutto assassination has unleashed intense instability in Pakistan. A further unraveling of the political situation could well draw the US military into direct involvement in the attempt to suppress popular upheavals in a country of 165 million people."<BR/><BR/>I'm getting the overall impression that the wheels are falling off the Global project. I mean, you can duck and weave and connive for only so long - eventually, you have to pay the piper. How much power does the USA really have in a country of 165 million very unhappy people, when it can't maintain direct military control in a country of around 20 million (Iraq)? What are they going to do, invade if the population decides it wants rid of its dictators? And when does the oil equation cut in, considering the Pentagon is one of the largest consumers on the Planet? As I think I've written before, people who think they hold The Fates on leash often end up getting mauled by them.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04594979074358375802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-76361377979978397872007-12-30T15:56:00.000-08:002007-12-30T15:56:00.000-08:00And here's more along the same lines, re: Bhutto:...And here's more along the same lines, re: Bhutto:<BR/><BR/>http://www.inteldaily.com/?c=172&a=4675gaelicgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14784492833884854413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-65114793073007139892007-12-30T10:03:00.000-08:002007-12-30T10:03:00.000-08:00jwfearman: Here is a link to a piece by Global Re...jwfearman: Here is a link to a piece by Global Research contributor Larry Chin that may provide some of the 'backstory' you were looking for on the Benazir Bhutto assasination:<BR/><BR/>http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7699gaelicgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14784492833884854413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-71676171192926551042007-12-28T15:36:00.000-08:002007-12-28T15:36:00.000-08:00Congress Makes Move to Secure Fertilizerhttp://www...Congress Makes Move to Secure Fertilizer<BR/>http://www.farmfutures.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=CD26BEDECA4A4946A1283CC7786AEB5A&nm=News&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=B447B466188B4DF9B826E7A60588986E<BR/><BR/>Don't be fooled. This has nothing to do with terrorism and everything to do with controlling fertilizer.Rice Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172342023074235356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-74113717587259456962007-12-28T15:28:00.000-08:002007-12-28T15:28:00.000-08:00I have been predicting that as artificial fertiliz...I have been predicting that as artificial fertilizer gets more expensive, farmers will begin falling back on organic inputs. Well, looky here.<BR/>http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/agnews/local_story_361184458.html<BR/><BR/>And this is just the start. Biofuel producers had better sit up and take notice.Rice Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172342023074235356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-71118491877412289042007-12-28T10:05:00.000-08:002007-12-28T10:05:00.000-08:00with all the major news outlets flooding with bhut...with all the major news outlets flooding with bhutto news... I'm looking for the action behind the curtain. What is being pushed through or what have you due to the media divert?<BR/><BR/>Also, what is everyone's take on this incident and what significance holds for us?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-18231411256407505552007-12-27T15:32:00.000-08:002007-12-27T15:32:00.000-08:00Russia, Iran tighten the energy noosehttp://www.at...Russia, Iran tighten the energy noose<BR/>http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/IL22Ag01.html<BR/><BR/>Not only the Chinese, but the Russians too, have shown themselves to be the equals of the US in the global energy lock-down game. Russia too had a very good year in 2006.Rice Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172342023074235356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-70496106700499005202007-12-27T02:15:00.000-08:002007-12-27T02:15:00.000-08:00The missing "Part II" is curious. The title of the...The missing "Part II" is curious. The title of the linked web page is actually "Part II," while the article itself is Part I. Was this just a simple mistake by the person who uploaded the page, or did this get hacked sometime before the site was locked down? Questions, questions.Rice Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172342023074235356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-75944343484880367852007-12-26T23:55:00.000-08:002007-12-26T23:55:00.000-08:00Everywhere the US looks for resources and energy, ...Everywhere the US looks for resources and energy, the Chinese have already been there. I'm not a supporter of any one government, but have to admire the Chinese for playing their hand well.<BR/><BR/>Fuel subsidies are the beginning of the end:<BR/>http://ricefarmer.blogspot.com/2007/12/fuel-subsidies-beginning-of-end.htmlRice Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172342023074235356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-88861909678625072392007-12-26T21:40:00.000-08:002007-12-26T21:40:00.000-08:00Denial Of Energy Crisis Is A Conditioned Response ...Denial Of Energy Crisis Is A Conditioned Response <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.stpns.net/view_article.html?articleId=76142117615387275" REL="nofollow">http://www.stpns.net/view_article.html?articleId=76142117615387275</A><BR/><BR/>The charade of limitless consumption goes on today, further sanctified through the manufacture of close associations between nationalistic symbols such as the flag and icons of waste such as NASCAR and Hummers. The use by politicians of coded phrases like “the American way of life” allows easy dismissal of the bearers of unpleasant realities as unpatriotic. <BR/><BR/>Indeed, “unpleasant” scarcely begins to describe the scope of a future we as a species now face. With the unavoidable decline of the supply of oil and natural gas, manufacturing, transportation, building construction, central heating, air conditioning, and communications (including our beloved computers) will all break down. Since food production (planting, fertilizing, pest control, harvesting, processing and long range delivery) and even water supply and sanitation have become inextricably dependent on oil, wide scale thirst, hunger, and disease also loom as part of a probable future.Tyler Havlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07265974944508880834noreply@blogger.com