Comments for Peak Tech? at http://atlanticfreepress.com , comment 1 to 22 out of 20 comments http://atlanticfreepress.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:27:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2599 Hitler lost the war trying to run it on coal to liquid... - a guest Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:42:10 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2596 There are a lot of smart people who like NASCAR, but if the shoe fits, make them wear it. The NASCAR fans who drive gas-powered trucks could do more for conservation by simply buying diesel trucks instead. But they won't because the money they save when they buy a gas-engined truck is spent on NASCAR propaganda crap and chrome wheels. - a guest Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:38:40 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2594 And you Amercians wonder why the rest of the world blames you for the mess we are ALL in. Have you read some of the comments above. It's astounding the US has lasted as long as it has. How does that saying go? If your not part of the solution...... Keep up the fine work Mr. kunstler. You make perfect sense to lots of the the rest of us who are lucky enough NOT to live in the good ole US of A! - a guest Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:20:56 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2593 I never understood guys who like to watch porno films. Who wants to sit around and watch somebody else have all the fun? I never watch baseball, either, and for the same reason. And now you've brought me to the realization that there's no difference between porno and any other "spectator sport". I never watch any sports because I always knew, as Mr. Bob Dylan once sang, "You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you." Thanks! I knew I was right. - Jimmy Montague Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:16:00 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2592 Jimbo, why restrict yourself to Nascar? Let's include all racing. Even horse racing (ever count the number of private Jets and Limo's that show up for the Derby ? ). And don't forget all those motorized watersports like skiing, fishing, etc. Also the Olympics, which are a huge waste of valuable energy. And for god's sake you can't leave out the Bible/Koran/Whatever thumpers who preach the "be fertile and multiply" dogma. So let's all not have a life, eat grass, and whack off, and thereby save the planet. - a guest Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:21:20 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2591 [i]Nascar morons[/i], hey? Why not use "Stupid Niggers"? Or Ignorant Spics?, or any of a hundred other perjorative generalizations to get some attention to feed your overly inflated ego. Oh, never mind. Nascar Morons are not protected by the PC police, are they? So you would probably be sued. CYA Kuntdler? As for your Malthusian view of the world, it wouldn't be the first time you were full of crap would it? - a guest Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:54:01 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2590 Nothing symbolizes white trash-redneck "culture" more than NASCAR. - a guest Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:16:43 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2589 F*$K U cunt-stler - I own a V8 and I luv nazcar. I live in Texas - and the oil will Neva run Out here hahaha - U must think we R real morans to believe this bullshit. Your writing is very un-patriotic as a real American would want to use all the oil they could. If you don't like this country why don't you go and live in the middle-east where they believe in communism hahahaha! - a guest Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:22:33 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2588 Here's your idea -- Harry Potter as porno! Just think of it: "Hairy Putter at the Country Club"; "Hairy Putter and the Warthog Women"; "Hairy Putter Meats Hairy Pooter". Query Larry Flynt and see if we've got a publisher there. Give me 5 percent for the idea. I'm outta here. Jimmy - Jimmy Montague Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:55:26 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2586 OK. Substitute 'Nascar Morons' for 'people who focus on televised sports events'. Same deal. Brilliant people across America know a lot about one tiny verticle field, and use the rest of there brain to memorize professional sports facts. Tragic. (They also tend to think they know everything about anything, and are thus doubly annoying) Kunstlers book breaks down the country by regions and the SouthEast is referred to as the 'land of Nascar'. Don't worry, he rips apart Idaho as well and says we'll all mostly die a horrible death of starvation and exposure. I believe him. ...and the hundreds of other petroleum scientists that 'get' Peak Oil. Liquid coal is not going to run all the cars. Maybe emergency vehicles. Maybe... Bob in Boise, Idaho - a guest Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:47:16 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2587 You don't want to think about the fact that spectators at an oval-track race are people who delight in watching here-they-come, there-they-go over and over again for hours on end, their only hope of a break in the monotony being a trip to the restroom or a multi-car crackup? You don't want to think about what it is within you that makes you look forward to a multi-car crackup? You like paying $5.00 or is it $6.50) per cup for warm, flat beer? You like those nice, cold, $10.00 hot dogs? You think that whole hillbilly-moonshine-runner-goes-WWF thing is a real groove, do you? Do you channel "Thunder Road"? Tell me: what's there that stimulates and challenges your 149-point IQ? Or are you the type for whom it just feels good to get stinking drunk in the middle of 100,000 screaming, smelly, drunken people? If the latter is in fact the case, then maybe you should give up NASCAR and switch to football. People get hurt all the time in football, so there's less waiting. The beer and the snacks cost just as much. There are tailgate parties there, too. The fans scream and stink, and they're all stinko, and they dress really weird. And best of all, there's hardly any fossil fuel being burned while everyone makes fools of themselves. Get hip, if you're really so smart. NASCAR is for dimbulbs. - Jimmy Montague Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:47:16 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2585 Mr. Kunstler's point is well taken. The public's faith in technology as an energy supply panacea is unwarranted. Technology will help extract more oil in the future, but nowhere near enough to meet demand. The costs of this technology are very high. Building and manning a deep-water oilrig that drills seven miles beneath the surface of the ocean is a very impressive technological achievement. It is also an extremely expensive undertaking. Many planned oil projects have been dropped because costs have escalated so dramatically. The hydrogen economy is a fantasy and bio-fuels will only constitute a small portion of energy supplies. Oil is unique; no other substance comes close to matching its special properties. Unfortunately the Happy Motorists in Fantasyland public is woefully ignorant and unconcerned about the energy wall that America is driving into. - a guest Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:02:22 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2583 yet another nascar moron sounds off... - a guest Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:57:22 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2582 I see that the comments reflect a complete missing of the point. Peak Oil is approaching and people is sensitive regarding certain ajectives. Forget the NASCAR insults and focus in the real issue. Liquid coal? As an emergency substitute is ok, however, if we analyze its EROEI you will see that is much less than oil. - a guest Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:24:07 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2581 I must commend Kunstler on his writing style. He really knows how to get right to the heart of the matter and does it so well. Time and time again, he hits the nail on the head. - a guest Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:57:48 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2580 To Mr 149 IQ, thats exactly why what Kuntsler is true. As an aside did you know that many top ranking officials of Hitlers Germany had IQ's exceeding even yours. IQ is not a barometer for wisdom, clever yes wise no. The path of Nascar or our industrial civilization is extremely complex and clever. The long term wisdom of many of our decisions (Nascar) is foolish. Regards coal to liquids. If you check out theoildrum.com you will see a great article on coal and it's ability to be minded at the same prodigiuos rates we have mined it in the past. With peak oil we really are hitting perak energy. Best of luck this is in my opinion humanities biggest challenge. - a guest Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:08:50 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2579 that an IQ of 149 and two engineering degrees is no proof against willful ignorance and stupidity. - a guest Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:55:45 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2578 This is the time the 747 was completed, we went to the moon, BART was built. World Trade Center built. The Concorde made its first flight. Global per capita energy also peaked in this period. - a guest Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:58:55 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2577 Good point. As a follow-up to the many times he has said this, it appears we still are not understanding that the scale of our dependency on fossil fuels will not be replaced by anything we have within our reach now or the next several decades and all the while the clock is ticking. I would add that connecting these set of challenges to the fact that our planet cannot support 6.5 billion humans long term. This is a root concern and will be a primary factor of change as the energy crisis starts inflicting casualties upon our immense population. I am glad to see someone is sticking to their guns on the ills of our current thought pattern in facing up to reality. - a guest Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:38:30 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2024-peak-tech.html#comment-2576 While I don't fit into the larger NASCAR crowd's thinking on society and religion I do wish you would not open yourself up to criticism based on your views of certain segments of our population. You have important things to say and I do agree with some, not all of them. Just leave out the barbs so you don't muddy the waters of debate. - a guest Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:36:13 +0100