tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post2589113090315897856..comments2024-03-02T00:39:32.453-08:00Comments on From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog: THE SAUDI CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG -- AL NAIMI SAYS PRODUCTION TO FALLJenna Orkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05812985825726850202noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-71762530344260934562009-04-27T07:25:00.000-07:002009-04-27T07:25:00.000-07:00China quietly builds gold reserve
http://news.bbc...China quietly builds gold reserve<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8020721.stm<br /><br />From the article:<br /><br />"China has reported that it has been secretly increasing its gold reserves. <br /><br />"It was able to keep it secret by buying domestically produced metal, almost doubling the amount of gold it holds to more than 1,000 tons."Sebastian Ernst Roninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577726817981722245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-89449912860598687202009-04-27T06:30:00.000-07:002009-04-27T06:30:00.000-07:00Hah. This kind of coincident seems awful famililar...Hah. This kind of coincident seems awful famililar:<br /><br />http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6178618.ece<br /><br />"Ms Sturgeon also disclosed today that Cauld Craw - a four-week civil contingency exercise involving hospitals, ambulance services and other agencies to prepare the country for an eventual flu pandemic had been delayed because of the swine flu outbreak.<br /><br />She told the Good Morning Scotland programme that Cauld Craw - Scots for Cold Throat - had been due "by sheer coincidence" to start this morning. "Obviously that has now been suspended," she said."Dave Crosslandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16200727887354260838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-9372396252192095502009-04-27T00:15:00.000-07:002009-04-27T00:15:00.000-07:00Dave Crossland:
I bounced from your comment over ...Dave Crossland:<br /><br />I bounced from your comment over to Rob Hopkins' site<br /><br />http://transitionculture.org/<br /><br />His post on <I>The Big Energy Shift</I> (from which you snipped) I found to be interesting and, of course, a bit more expansive.<br /><br />In the post, Ireland and Sweden are mentioned as being leaders re national governments acknowledging Peak Oil. The connections here struck me as self-evident: Colin Campbell/Ireland and Kjell Aleklett/Sweden (both ASPO International). There will be an Energy Ireland Conference this coming June in Dublin. Oddly enough, even though Dr. Campbell is listed as part of the Speaker Panel and will share facilitation for a workshop, he is not listed as a featured speaker, although John Topper, Managing Director, IEA Clean Coal Centre is!<br /><br />Two comments to Rob's post I also found of particular interest. You can connect your own dots.<br /><br /><I>"Sweden is often refered to as some kind of role model when it comes to peak oil.<br /><br />"I hate to say it, but the Swedish government has pretty much the same approach to peak oil as the UK government. Yes, our former Prime Minister Göran Persson did start up 'The commission on oil independence' aiming to make Sweden independent of oil by 2020. But it was based on the false assumption that we can switch from oil to biofuel in ten years time and the commission is now dead and gone.<br /><br />"Actually the Swedish Energy Agency haven’t cared for any preparations for disturbances in the fuel supply, except the ones they are obliged to by the EU (keeping 90 days of consumtion in stock).<br /><br />"Sweden keeps striving for business as usual as all other countries.</I>Secondly, there is this comment re Ed Milliband's "connections:"<br /><br /><I>“His (Milliband's) current girlfriend is Justine Thornton, a Cambridge-educated barrister with the law firm 39 Essex Street. She specialises in environmental, planning and international law. In this work, she is currently working on projects for the German-owned energy company E.ON UK (formerly called Powergen). The company is proposing new power stations (including the controversial coal-fired plant at Kngsnorth in Kent and planned new nuclear) to be built in the UK.”</I>Ah, the challenges of <I>realpolitik!</I> On the upside, please take into consideration the geographical size of both Sweden and Ireland. Something to keep in mind.Sebastian Ernst Roninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577726817981722245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-47793273644240218892009-04-26T21:50:00.000-07:002009-04-26T21:50:00.000-07:00MCR - Are you aware of electromethanogenesis?
Bas...MCR - Are you aware of electromethanogenesis?<br /><br />Basically uses bacteria to create methane (natural gas) or methanol, which can be converted to gasoline!<br /><br />check out this link for more info on the tech - http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/2656/70/<br /><br />here for a well thought out idea for the future of co2 based fuels - http://permaculture.org.au/2009/04/26/beyond-peak-oil-and-climate-change/<br /><br />also a great tool for reforestation of any land without need for bringing in water to irrigate, the device creates water through condensation - http://infopatriots.blogspot.com/2009/04/waterboxx.html - we could create much food, fuel and places to live in our deserts and other lands that were previously thought to be unusable!<br /><br />There IS some positive news out there. We are in the middle of transition. I still read you to keep tabs on whats going down, but its important for us to realize what is coming UP as well. <br /><br />There is hope.<br /><br />Much love and respect!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-42525709834579200442009-04-26T18:44:00.000-07:002009-04-26T18:44:00.000-07:00I read the article on SA production and my memory ...I read the article on SA production and my memory dusted off something about the Iraqi oil flowing into Kuwait. It was speculated that the US didn't replace the meter because Iraqi oil was being diverted to SA to cover up the decline in SA production. It could entirely be possible that Obama has put an end to this. Thus the sudden and steep drop off and having to find an explanation. I think the excess oil may have been planned to goto the SOR because of the Bush Administrations request to expand the SOR to 1.5 Billion barrels, that the Democrats killed in Feburary. Add in that our new treasury sec was NY Fed President before his appointment. He'd be well aware of what was happening with that money and if it was being "adjusted" to show a lower oil output.<br /> Just speculation.<br /><br /><br /><B>IAMB: Iraq lags in oil metering</B>http://www.iraqoilreport.com/the-biz/iamb-iraq-lags-in-oil-metering/<br /><br /><I>Ninety-five percent of Iraq’s oil revenue is to be deposited into a Federal Reserve Bank of New York account called the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI). (The other five percent is set aside to pay for Saddam-era reparations, such as to Kuwait.) A U.N. resolution in 2003 established the IAMB to provide oversight and report on transparency of Iraq’s oil revenue.</I>wxdude714https://www.blogger.com/profile/02134115307649116623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-23560810714917390412009-04-26T12:50:00.000-07:002009-04-26T12:50:00.000-07:00Mike, I love you, but you need to know that "it's ...Mike, I love you, but you need to know that "it's NOT okay to eat pork"... and not for the reason that clerk probably gave. It's factory farming, thousands of animals in close proximity to each other, that produces these constantly morphing viri. Please read this book written by a friend of mine (available in its entirety for free here):<br /><br /> http://birdflubook.com/g.php?id=5<br /><br />and educate yourself. Meat eaters want cheap, readily available supermarket meat but the way that is produced is rarely thought about. Better late than never. Another reason to localize..signalfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15318361590633535352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-44974122429804347102009-04-26T11:45:00.000-07:002009-04-26T11:45:00.000-07:00Mike:
I don't know how scientific these two artic...Mike:<br /><br />I don't know how scientific these two articles are, but you might be interested in looking at them:<br /><br />http://www.industryinet.com/~ruby/vac_spanish_flu.html<br /><br />http://help.lockergnome.com/general/Guess-swine-flu-outbreak-occurred--ftopict57695.html<br /><br />After reading your former articles on bioterrorism, as soon as I read that the swine flu appeared to be a mixture of three different strains of flu, the red flags went up. I find it interesting that the new cases are popping up in large metropolitan areas which are geographically very far apart, like in New Zealand. My son is currently taking a genetics course. His job for tomorrow is to ask his professor what he thinks about this strain of flu. If he brings back anything interesting, I'll write again.<br /><br />I don't always have time to read everything on the blog in depth. Can you tell me what the best way to order your book so it gets on the top 100 list?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-67812408213661942002009-04-26T09:41:00.000-07:002009-04-26T09:41:00.000-07:00The UK Minister for Energy and Climate Change, lit...The UK Minister for Energy and Climate Change, literally the most influential politician in the UK regarding the collapse, Ed Milliband, was questioned by the Transition Towns founder about peak oil recently. <br /><br />http://transitionculture.org/2009/04/21/the-big-energy-shift-and-discussing-peak-oil-with-ed-milliband/<br /><br />"My question was “how can the Government still support its position that peak oil is something we don’t need to worry about until 2030, in the light of the growing evidence to the contrary, such as the recent International Energy Agency World Energy Outlook report and its exhortation that “we must leave oil before it leaves us?”<br /><br />“Who asked this question?” he asked. I put up my hand, and he walked down to where I was sitting. He said, as he walked, that peak oil is something on which there is disagreement from the experts, and that the tone of my question suggested that I knew what I was talking about (!) He then got to me and asked me why I had asked the question.<br /><br />I said that there is mounting evidence that peak oil is an issue of profound importance and that there is less debate than he might think. I argue, I said, that when planning for the future, we need to look at peak oil and climate change together, just responding to climate change is insufficient. When we look at peak oil, we need to look at the rebuilding of resilience alongside the cutting of carbon. The challenge presented by this country’s dependence on liquid fuels is huge, I said.<br /><br />His response rather danced around the issues, and my account of it is compiled from near illegible notes I attempted to make as I looked the other way, trying to engage with him as he talked. Anyway, the general gist was as follows. Oil prices have recently fallen again, and this brings with it a danger in assuming that those low prices will stay, but we really cannot assume that those prices will stay low. Two things we can be certain of are climate change and the fact that demand from India and China will drive oil prices back up again at some point. The fact that oil prices will rise again is a very difficult message for politicians. What Government can do, he concluded, is to drive for low carbon solutions. We need them, we need to plan for them, and we have ensure that they are fair. What one thing would you suggest government do about the peak oil question, he asked me…<br /><br />“How long have you got” I thought, but responded that the Government needs to move beyond this argument that because there is debate among experts that there is therefore not a problem. It should follow the lead set by other nations, such as Sweden and Ireland, and commission a study to set out clearly the implications of peak oil on the UK economy. I’ll look into this, he replied."Dave Crosslandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16200727887354260838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-6125022735668441652009-04-26T08:07:00.000-07:002009-04-26T08:07:00.000-07:00Jim L has left a new comment on your post "THE SAU...Jim L has left a new comment on your post "THE SAUDI CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG -- AL NAIMI SAYS P...": <br /><br />First, AIDS is not a virus, it is a condition. Second, the idea that HIV causes AIDS is highly debated by many intelligent researchers and retrovirus doctors, Peter Duesgerb being one of the most vocal and well-researched. This in mind, you must question SWINE flu reports as much as you would any other corporate controlled propaganda...Jenna Orkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05812985825726850202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-27317155934339607512009-04-26T01:44:00.000-07:002009-04-26T01:44:00.000-07:0004, 26,09
Some how the links did not go through t...04, 26,09<br /><br />Some how the links did not go through the first time, I hope this makes more sense<br /><br />MCR may be interested, in any case what will someone, "recovering" today's Wreckage, in 100 Yr.s, think of our Insanity?<br />I was a Fire Control Technician on the B 52 bomber, I chose SAC because back then (1959), SAC was our Defensive Air Force.<br />Look at what they did to that Peace Defender; turned it into an Attack Killer!!<br />But back then I was really just kidding myself.<br /><br />http://www.atrecovery.com/Pages/Airplanes.htm<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1173523/Pictured-WWII-<br />dive-bomber-sees-light-day-65-years-Lake-Michigan.html<br /><br /><br />I want Mike's book to be the KICK A--, that shakes the world out of it's trance!<br /><br />Here is another Bomber closer to MCR, although not from his fathers Airfield.<br /><br />http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=38767720-aadb-4af0-9bed-775735d015dc&k=4464agape winshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04414745354700395872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-73401361238823607082009-04-25T22:19:00.000-07:002009-04-25T22:19:00.000-07:00Wow...MCR...you rock...I just tunned in after bein...Wow...MCR...you rock...I just tunned in after being absent for some time and as usual you are plugged in! Yes...hell of a movie we're in! I've always thought of Pacifica as a bit constipated. For in spite of its working up to occasionally approaching poinency (sp) it always seemed over played and doled out without ever looking too far forward. There's so little time to be all about just turning the wheels to fill the cookie jar. Once again you bitch slap me and pull me up out of the mediocracy. I love it that Rags is your phycho-analyst and canary in this ever dirty coal mine we're in. Keeping on my immune toes and knowing it's normal, thanks to you. Love, hugs and dog lips to you and yours. Mrspmrs phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275668463785789879noreply@blogger.com