tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4709268009452512912.post4136112589396204280..comments2024-03-11T15:20:18.145-06:00Comments on Urban Survival Skills: Peak Oil and the Coming CollapseCharliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00177364539498093342noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4709268009452512912.post-60485084266041627182012-05-22T18:34:03.274-06:002012-05-22T18:34:03.274-06:00Peak oil may be reached someday,but the "eco ...Peak oil may be reached someday,but the "eco nazis" will try to force it sooner as a social leveling tool. The reserves of recoverable fossil fuels including low sulphur coal keep being removed from public hands, like the deposits in Utah put off limits in 96 by Clinton, ANWAR held hostage by the green groups, thermal depolemerization stopped by more greens, and the list continues to grow daily. The quest for power over others shifted from eastern europe to east coast chic about 25 years ago and has nothing to do with saving the planet, but everything to do with controling the population. I belive that most petro products could be replaced cheaply, Henrich Diesel created an internal combustion engine designed to burn peanut oil, but dead dinosaurs became cheaper, as a throw away product of refining, gasoline may be the hardest to replace, but technology might provide a solution. Conservation is a good thing, but like morality based legislation it is individualy acted upon, and dangerous to codify fairly. <br />RANT OFF, forgive the soapbox but this topic annoys the dog squeeze out of me.HalfElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02835121762417884144noreply@blogger.com