O:9:"MagpieRSS":23:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:25:{i:0;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-4757136648371470845";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-09-06T07:06:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-09-06T07:06:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"It's nice to see someone working to raise the issu...";s:12:"atom_content";s:390:"It's nice to see someone working to raise the issue of declining energy in Utah. Isn't there quite a lot of evidence that suggests that peak oil has already happened? Hasn't natural gas peaked as well? Either way, whether it has or has yet to happen, I hope that Utahns will really start to envision a "graceful descent" from energy abundance, to quote David Holmgren. Thanks for your post.";s:9:"link_edit";s:93:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/446298191023695189/comments/default/4757136648371470845";s:9:"link_self";s:93:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/446298191023695189/comments/default/4757136648371470845";s:4:"link";s:122:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2007/09/peak-postponed-to-2015-or-2020.html?showComment=1189087560000#c4757136648371470845";s:11:"author_name";s:15:"Urban Harvester";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16477777946393987855";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:1;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-5743725786804554125";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-07-08T19:39:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-07-08T19:39:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"I know several companies who are investigating pol...";s:12:"atom_content";s:445:"I know several companies who are investigating polymers and materials to handle the 700°F temps necessary to recover this corrosive, very deep, very hot, also very expensive oil.<BR/><BR/>There is a certain optimism and trust that science will solve thease problems of recovery and technology will rescue us. There is a basic denial that our life style has to change. If you conserve then there will only be more for all the H3's and Escalades.";s:9:"link_edit";s:94:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/7623687985318093647/comments/default/5743725786804554125";s:9:"link_self";s:94:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/7623687985318093647/comments/default/5743725786804554125";s:4:"link";s:111:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2007/07/abiotic-oil-so-what.html?showComment=1183948740000#c5743725786804554125";s:11:"author_name";s:2:"WP";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/07112174152213184594";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:2;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-5682727220791842746";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-07-04T20:26:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-07-04T20:26:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:""Artificial Scarcity". Good job to whoever said th...";s:12:"atom_content";s:1151:""Artificial Scarcity". Good job to whoever said this, as it led me here to speak with you.<BR/><BR/>Let's say you have two acres of land to raise food for your family. But, suddenly, instead of food, the country you live in requires you to grow POT on one of your two acres, so the county and the state can stay high and stupid.<BR/><BR/>Suddenly your land and food have become "scarce" for the sake of high-times in the city, and you fear for the survival of your family. Further, you are angry, as you recognize this scarcity has not come through any natural means. Rather your own land has been fenced off -- artificially isolated for the profit of a few --leaving your family and friends to starve and wonder why.<BR/><BR/>"Ethanol": How can you possibly feed your kids when you're blowin' food out your tail-pipe, "America"? Are you really that stupid? I don't think you are. I think you're just scared and lazy.<BR/><BR/>But there are alternate solutions to the "artificial scarcity" imposed upon us by Big Oil. For instance, Check out the MDI Air Car. It's worth your attention, along with other viable alternatives to -- "Artificial Scarcity".";s:9:"link_edit";s:93:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116546827395143217/comments/default/5682727220791842746";s:9:"link_self";s:93:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116546827395143217/comments/default/5682727220791842746";s:4:"link";s:106:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2006/12/open-questions.html?showComment=1183605960000#c5682727220791842746";s:11:"author_name";s:13:"David Kendall";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/14235097048667022363";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:3;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-1360654529687322673";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-05-30T09:40:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-05-30T09:40:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"I have thought about the same problem. I am afraid...";s:12:"atom_content";s:847:"I have thought about the same problem. I am afraid once we recognize the need to de-pave, we will be so far into depletion that we won't be able to spare the energy to do it in a mechanized way. I have visions of crews with picks, sledgehammers, and chisel-like tools cutting the asphalt into roughly 1 foot squares and hauling it away.<BR/>I have heard that asphalt road surface is the most heavily recycled material. Unfortunately it is pretty much exclusively recycled into new road surface. So much for post peak recycling.<BR/> Another issue I wonder about is what is the condition of the soil underneath that asphalt, what contaminates does it hold, and would we want to eat something grown in it? Maybe we will end up doing labor intensive raised bed gardening on top of the old asphalt and adapting the surface as a water catchment system.";s:9:"link_edit";s:94:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/2442592295970437074/comments/default/1360654529687322673";s:9:"link_self";s:94:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/2442592295970437074/comments/default/1360654529687322673";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2007/05/asphalt.html?showComment=1180543200000#c1360654529687322673";s:11:"author_name";s:15:"google_PEAK_OIL";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/12716471847770244791";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:4;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-5652129184519953618";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-05-14T04:03:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-05-14T04:03:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"nice site for more books I have some more gifts..R...";s:12:"atom_content";s:1220:"nice site for more books I have some more gifts..<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://kitab-ghar.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Reference books</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://shahidzain.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow"> Books</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://mahek-kutubkhana.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow"> Kitaben</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://collectionofbooks.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">books</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://knowledgeable-books.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">knowledge</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://mariya-lib.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">liberary</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://shahid-tutesworld.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow"> Reference Books</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://arbizaa-softwareworld.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">tutorials</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://alltutes.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">rapidshare tutorials</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://rapidshare-library.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">rapidshare books</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://MZworld.com/wp/ebooks" REL="nofollow">MZWorld</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://MZWorld.com/AutoIndex" REL="nofollow">Upload Books</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://Mzworld.com/books" REL="nofollow">MZWorld Library</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://MZWorld.com" REL="nofollow">Books Forum</A>";s:9:"link_edit";s:93:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116546827395143217/comments/default/5652129184519953618";s:9:"link_self";s:93:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116546827395143217/comments/default/5652129184519953618";s:4:"link";s:106:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2006/12/open-questions.html?showComment=1179140580000#c5652129184519953618";s:11:"author_name";s:6:"Ayisha";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/14790237594110917232";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:5;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-7512636534079211059";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-05-08T08:39:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-05-08T08:39:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"The biggest problem I've had since I started walki...";s:12:"atom_content";s:212:"The biggest problem I've had since I started walking and taking the bus as much as practical is that I still have to move the car around once in a while to discourage those darned wasps from building nests in it.";s:9:"link_edit";s:94:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/6668238404625599069/comments/default/7512636534079211059";s:9:"link_self";s:94:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/6668238404625599069/comments/default/7512636534079211059";s:4:"link";s:116:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2007/05/damn-those-text-messages.html?showComment=1178638740000#c7512636534079211059";s:11:"author_name";s:15:"google_PEAK_OIL";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/12716471847770244791";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:6;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-3441349959249627593";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-05-03T08:26:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-05-03T08:26:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"In addition to peak oil issues we must also unders...";s:12:"atom_content";s:750:"In addition to peak oil issues we must also understand the world is going to be seriously challenged by the rising oceans and consequential flooding due to melting ice. Climate change means change in growing seasons and diminished agricultural production leading to increased famine and world wide starvation.<BR/><BR/>Iran will soon have the bomb and one wonders if the Israelis using US supplied technology, missles and bombs will take out their nuclear facilities setting the stage for another war in the Middle East involving us.<BR/><BR/>Frankly, there is little to be positive about looking forward toward anything. Peak Oil is just one of the several swords hanging over our heads.<BR/><BR/>Choose your poison or the sword you want to fall on.";s:9:"link_edit";s:94:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/4522194255297640310/comments/default/3441349959249627593";s:9:"link_self";s:94:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/4522194255297640310/comments/default/3441349959249627593";s:4:"link";s:108:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2007/04/here-we-go-again.html?showComment=1178205960000#c3441349959249627593";s:11:"author_name";s:2:"WP";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/07112174152213184594";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:7;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-6169806047824522991";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-05-01T01:18:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-05-01T01:18:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"I'm new to the Peak Oil understanding. I wonder if...";s:12:"atom_content";s:5463:"I'm new to the Peak Oil understanding. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if someone could briefly shed some light on a couple of commentaries that attempt to refute the validity of Peak Oil? Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Commentaries on the Richard Heinberg book Powerdown:<BR/><BR/>"I'm an (unemployed) agronomist and I live in Brazil.About this book, I must tell you that I readn't it.In fact, a friend of me, send parts of this bad book to me, by e-mail, from America. <BR/>She was scare, about the doomed prophecies of this book. <BR/>There's so many frauds writen in this book, that I can't count the majority of then. <BR/>1)This book claims that end of nitrogen from natural gas, will doom modern agriculture and spread famine.In fact, fertilizers with nitrogen can (and are) be produced with hydrogen from eletrolysis of water, using wind, hydro or nuclear energy.At the same time, using genetical engeneering, vegetables such as corn or wheat will produce his own nitrogen.We must see that soybean don't use nitrogen's fertilizers, because bacterias inside his roots made his nitrogen's fertilizers, without artificial fertilizers.This second alternative will produce cheap harvests, without fertlizers with nitrogen. <BR/>2)This book claims that climbing oil prices will doom the world.In fact, whith more oil's price, the alternatives of oil will became better than ever.Ethanol in Brazil costs less then US$50,00 each brent.The Athabasca's oil sands are bigger than all Iraq's oil reserves.The shale oil has trillions of brents in the world.If you ad hydrogen to corn plant, you will produce oil.In other words:there's many future alternatives to the oil." <BR/><BR/>"Ecologists are anti-capitalistic! These alarmist always want to destroy consumption and quality of life. Conservation never reduces consumption. Innovation provides the only answers. <BR/><BR/>Oil has never been a growth oriented commodity. The only growth oriented commodity is electricity and hydrogen. Innovations in fusion energy will eventual change the availablity of cheap energy into a higher quality energy called electricity. Fossil fuels have a limited life and the next generation of energy needs to take center stage. Resource wars about the control of money, not about the availability of energy. The earth has trillions of watts of energy all renewable and available. Innovation too higher quality energy will create a vast number of new appliances that will consume more energy. The trend is toward more energy consumption, not less. For example, high definition plasma TVs migrating too 3D holographic TVs generated with low power lasers; hydrogen fuel cell automobiles; photo electric home power generation; and increase digital logic in communication and business. <BR/><BR/>The world is not overpopulated, the more people the better because capitalism will provide for their needs. Only socialism and communism can destory the sanctity of life. The illusion that land is scarce is all hyped. There is plenty of land for growth. <BR/><BR/>There is infinite power available. There are always alternatives to war and violence. "Powerdown" has the makings of a terrible novel and his conclusions are potentially all wrong. Ecologist have the most illogical ideas: 1. populations control 2. Conservation ideology 3. anti-capitalism 4. and improverishment. <BR/><BR/>What are the alternatives to oil? Power mills. Nanotechnology power mills are the next generation of power. A single power mill that can fit in the palm off your hand can provide enough power to run a semi tractor. Power mills will provide nearly infinite electricity. The next technology will be computer intense, powermill core based, and transfer electricity to computer controlled actuators. <BR/><BR/>The trend will be away from oil commodities and towards electricity. Electricity generation will be localized (homebased powermill, hydrogen generators) (no more power lines needed), wireless communication, and increased digitalization. Infinite power plays havoc with the power of large banks and corporations that unfairly use their power, wealth too gain profitable trade agreements. The author tries to argue that free markets are not perfectly rationale. Well, he stinks! Free markets are perfectly rationale because innovation redistributes both wealth and power. No company monopoly can escape the constructive destructive power of capitalism. China and the US will continue to expand economically and avoid irrational outcomes because capitalism will provide alternatives to war through innovations, as in the case of power mills. Once powermills are a rational alternative to oil, the market force will drive adoption of the technology. <BR/><BR/>The ecologist are screaming about "climate changes" and food shortages. Scarcity is a distribution problem; scarcity is a political control issue; and banks create scarcity. US Farmers have more than enough capacity to feed the world. <BR/><BR/>Deforestation is a legitimate factor causing climate changes, but will result in more artifical environments to mitigate the disruptive forces of drought and scarcity. The trend will be towards more "greenhouse" food production for local food consumption. Food scarcity is not a product of lacking capacity; it is a function of artificial scarcity. Israel provides an alternative view of food scarcity as it has learned to bring water to the desert and make it blossom like a rose." <BR/><BR/>Thanks again!<BR/><BR/>Jawanza";s:9:"link_edit";s:93:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116546827395143217/comments/default/6169806047824522991";s:9:"link_self";s:93:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116546827395143217/comments/default/6169806047824522991";s:4:"link";s:106:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2006/12/open-questions.html?showComment=1178007480000#c6169806047824522991";s:11:"author_name";s:7:"Jawanza";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/11729359900774216363";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:8;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-3028281991866132670";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-04-25T06:40:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-04-25T06:40:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"Sometimes I lurk in the gas price whiner's forums ...";s:12:"atom_content";s:633:"Sometimes I lurk in the gas price whiner's forums looking for any signs of enlightenment among the public about the true nature of our energy predicament. Occasionaly some brave soul will attempt to inform the whiners about the energy supply disaster that we are racing towards, only to be shouted down and ridiculed.<BR/><BR/>The consensus of opinion seems to be that oil is infinitely abundant and that the price is being manipulated by greedy evildoers either in Saudi Arabia or in oil company boardrooms.<BR/><BR/>peaknik, would you be interested in allowing another contributor to your blog?<BR/>email lowonoil (at) xmission.com";s:9:"link_edit";s:94:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/4522194255297640310/comments/default/3028281991866132670";s:9:"link_self";s:94:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/4522194255297640310/comments/default/3028281991866132670";s:4:"link";s:108:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2007/04/here-we-go-again.html?showComment=1177508400000#c3028281991866132670";s:11:"author_name";s:15:"google_PEAK_OIL";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/12716471847770244791";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:9;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:59:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-3413574467530448862";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-04-12T23:14:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-04-12T23:14:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:34:"Great blog.  You have been linked.";s:12:"atom_content";s:34:"Great blog.  You have been linked.";s:9:"link_edit";s:93:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/117606755895651937/comments/default/3413574467530448862";s:9:"link_self";s:93:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/117606755895651937/comments/default/3413574467530448862";s:4:"link";s:103:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2007/04/here-we-are.html?showComment=1176444840000#c3413574467530448862";s:11:"author_name";s:3:"Rob";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/15268367840057258095";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:10;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-117580896717519910";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-04-05T14:36:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-04-05T14:36:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"I've seen a few of those cancerous monstrosities i...";s:12:"atom_content";s:392:"I've seen a few of those cancerous monstrosities in the older Clearfield neighborhoods. But I expect that the speculative real estate bubble crash we are in the midst of will sharply curtail that sort of redevelopment for a while. Perhaps long enough for the realities of peak oil to make clear that we already have far more oversized houses than people with the means to own and occupy them.";s:9:"link_edit";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/117569974266121925/comments/default/117580896717519910";s:9:"link_self";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/117569974266121925/comments/default/117580896717519910";s:4:"link";s:98:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-sad.html?showComment=1175808960000#c117580896717519910";s:11:"author_name";s:15:"google_PEAK_OIL";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17191564200306763673";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:11;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-117444838727568521";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-03-20T21:39:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-03-20T21:39:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"Hey, peaknik if you want to get some exposure for ...";s:12:"atom_content";s:333:"Hey, peaknik if you want to get some exposure for this issue you got to get your blog noticed. May I suggest signing up to be listed on utah bloghive? All new posts and comments will automatically appear on their homepage. That's bound to get you some attention.<BR/><BR/>http://utahbloghive.org<BR/><BR/>my pm: lowonoil@xmission.com";s:9:"link_edit";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/117053703476372923/comments/default/117444838727568521";s:9:"link_self";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/117053703476372923/comments/default/117444838727568521";s:4:"link";s:118:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2007/02/global-warming-and-peak-oil.html?showComment=1174451940000#c117444838727568521";s:11:"author_name";s:15:"google_PEAK_OIL";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17191564200306763673";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:12;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-116844738930245412";s:9:"published";s:29:"2007-01-10T08:43:00.000-08:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2007-01-10T08:43:00.000-08:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"Dear Utah Peaknik,I hope you read this comment pag...";s:12:"atom_content";s:933:"Dear Utah Peaknik,<BR/>I hope you read this comment page nearly a month after your posting.  I think this is an excellent question, and I answered it for myself by writing an article on Peak Oil for the October issue of Catalyst magazine.  If you live in or near Salt Lake, perhaps you saw it.  I've now been involved in starting a local Peak OIl awareness group called Post Carbon Salt Lake.  We are hosting a screening of the film "End of Suburbia" on Friday the 19th at the First Unitarian Church at 7 pm, with discussion following.  <BR/><BR/>Head Lem is right...the message needs to be heard over and over.  Even though people in my life have read my article, mostly they still don't seem to get it.  But eventually they will.<BR/><BR/>If you see this message, and want to connect with me or get added to our group's list, email me:  jeanarnold (at) comcast (dot) net.  I can also send you a link to the Catalyst article online.";s:9:"link_edit";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116598449447675667/comments/default/116844738930245412";s:9:"link_self";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116598449447675667/comments/default/116844738930245412";s:4:"link";s:101:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2006/12/explaining.html?showComment=1168447380000#c116844738930245412";s:11:"author_name";s:7:"JArnold";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/07195305916232789422";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:13;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-116645039960002414";s:9:"published";s:29:"2006-12-18T05:59:00.000-08:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2006-12-18T05:59:00.000-08:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"I haven't had much luck talking anyone into readin...";s:12:"atom_content";s:449:"I haven't had much luck talking anyone into reading books, but they will watch documentaries. I lend people who I think there may be some hope for my copies of "End of Suburbia" and "Community Solution-How Cuba Survived Peak Oil".<BR/><BR/>My Wyoming oil man uncle, after seeing "End of Suburbia", commented "You know, that's not bullshit".<BR/><BR/>Peaknik, if you haven't seen these I will lend you my copies. pm me at lowonoil(AT)xmission(DOT)com";s:9:"link_edit";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116598449447675667/comments/default/116645039960002414";s:9:"link_self";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116598449447675667/comments/default/116645039960002414";s:4:"link";s:101:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2006/12/explaining.html?showComment=1166450340000#c116645039960002414";s:11:"author_name";s:15:"google_PEAK_OIL";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17191564200306763673";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:14;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-116600850433411838";s:9:"published";s:29:"2006-12-13T03:15:00.000-08:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2006-12-13T03:15:00.000-08:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"Good question.If you ask often enough, you show up...";s:12:"atom_content";s:830:"Good question.<BR/><BR/>If you ask often enough, you show up on the radar screen.<BR/><BR/>Actually, to answer your question one would have to conduct a statistically significant survey (a poll). That costs money. Something the Peak Oil community does not yet have.<BR/><BR/>However, one related question is how many Americans work in "science"? Suprisingly, the answer I found from a brief Google search is about 2%, meaning that 98% don't. While that may sound alarming, realize we are talking about a population of 300 million people. Most just get in the car, turn the key and the car magically "goes" for them. Similarly, the stuff at the gas station is magically always there because "The Markets provide." Simple as that.<BR/><BR/>Don't get discouraged. A few years ago, 99% of Americans hadn't heard of Global Warming. :-)";s:9:"link_edit";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116546827395143217/comments/default/116600850433411838";s:9:"link_self";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116546827395143217/comments/default/116600850433411838";s:4:"link";s:105:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2006/12/open-questions.html?showComment=1166008500000#c116600850433411838";s:11:"author_name";s:8:"head lem";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/06178091823442339760";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:15;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-116600696929686595";s:9:"published";s:29:"2006-12-13T02:49:00.000-08:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2006-12-13T02:49:00.000-08:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"Good questions.Keep asking.I've been studying the ...";s:12:"atom_content";s:515:"Good questions.<BR/><BR/>Keep asking.<BR/><BR/>I've been studying the issue of why "their eyes glaze over" re the Peak Oil thing for quite a while.<BR/><BR/>It turns out that human beings are not "rational". We are emotional creatures with lizard-chicken brains which is why so much of the negative political rhetoric you see during election years actually works.<BR/><BR/>First and foremeost, to get your fellow homo sapiens to accept Peak Oil, just keep repeating about it.<BR/><BR/>Familiarity breeds acceptance.";s:9:"link_edit";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116598449447675667/comments/default/116600696929686595";s:9:"link_self";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116598449447675667/comments/default/116600696929686595";s:4:"link";s:101:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2006/12/explaining.html?showComment=1166006940000#c116600696929686595";s:11:"author_name";s:8:"head lem";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/06178091823442339760";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:16;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-116594320751936758";s:9:"published";s:29:"2006-12-12T09:06:00.000-08:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2006-12-12T09:06:00.000-08:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"Unfortunately, peaknik, it looks like awareness of...";s:12:"atom_content";s:566:"Unfortunately, peaknik, it looks like awareness of peak oil and it's consequences in Utah will only rise to a significant level after bad things start happening. By then we will have lost much of our freedom to make adaptations for a post peak world. Our new multibillion dollar freeways will become little used monuments to our lack of foresight.<BR/><BR/>If anyone wanted to discuss peak oil's implications for Utah, they could enter "peak oil utah" in google and your blog would pop up at the top of the search. The fact that no one is showing up is discouraging.";s:9:"link_edit";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116546827395143217/comments/default/116594320751936758";s:9:"link_self";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116546827395143217/comments/default/116594320751936758";s:4:"link";s:105:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2006/12/open-questions.html?showComment=1165943160000#c116594320751936758";s:11:"author_name";s:15:"google_PEAK_OIL";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17191564200306763673";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:17;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-116360732258612917";s:9:"published";s:29:"2006-11-15T08:15:00.000-08:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2006-11-15T08:15:00.000-08:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"Hi, PeaknikThe Utah Sierra Club's quarterly newsle...";s:12:"atom_content";s:507:"Hi, Peaknik<BR/><BR/>The Utah Sierra Club's quarterly newsletter has a <A HREF="http://utah.sierraclub.org/06UTSCwinter-web.pdf" REL="nofollow">feature article on peak oil and it's implications for road building in Utah.</A><BR/>I hope the Sierra Club has better luck than I've had trying to inject the Peak Oil issue into the Utah road building public conversation.<BR/>peaknik, have you considered setting up an email address where blog readers can pm you? 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I suggest reading "Cradle to Cradle" and "Natural Capitalism" to work on some ideas to solve the problems you're seeing.  I found these books incredibly helpful.<BR/><BR/>See: http://provoutenergysource.blogspot.com/2006/10/book-review-and-thoughts-cradle-to.html<BR/><BR/>for my review of cradle to cradle.<BR/><BR/>Very few people are willing to explore an issue when it's all gloom and doom.  Give people some light and then they will be more willing to look.";s:9:"link_edit";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116179878478351653/comments/default/116188940763896637";s:9:"link_self";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116179878478351653/comments/default/116188940763896637";s:4:"link";s:123:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2006/10/oh-lavarr-if-only-you-understood.html?showComment=1161889380000#c116188940763896637";s:11:"author_name";s:15:"Matthew Whiting";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16688813399447492547";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:19;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-116183812263629073";s:9:"published";s:29:"2006-10-25T21:48:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2006-10-25T21:48:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"Good post.  You hit the key issues regarding resou...";s:12:"atom_content";s:150:"Good post.  You hit the key issues regarding resource depletion and the resistance people have to abandoning their faith in ever-increasing abundance.";s:9:"link_edit";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116179878478351653/comments/default/116183812263629073";s:9:"link_self";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116179878478351653/comments/default/116183812263629073";s:4:"link";s:123:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2006/10/oh-lavarr-if-only-you-understood.html?showComment=1161838080000#c116183812263629073";s:11:"author_name";s:12:"PeakEngineer";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/13374489326673311990";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:20;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-116170105961493038";s:9:"published";s:29:"2006-10-24T07:44:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2006-10-24T07:44:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"When I first learned of peak oil and it's implicat...";s:12:"atom_content";s:790:"When I first learned of peak oil and it's implications, I was frightened by the thought that the life I and my family were used to would no longer be possible.<BR/>After a lot of thought, I came to the realization that I was the product of a lifetime of training to be a good consumer, and that much of what I had and consumed was an unnecessary burden.<BR/>I have concluded that as long as you have the means to eat and stay warm, dry, and clean, you really don't need much else to be well off and live a fulfilling life.<BR/>So my advice for preparing is to give a lot of thought to what you actually need, work to secure those basic things and stop caring about all the other stuff.<BR/>A good place to start is by reading the book "Affluenza" and some of the voluntary simplicity books.";s:9:"link_edit";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116094553532810253/comments/default/116170105961493038";s:9:"link_self";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116094553532810253/comments/default/116170105961493038";s:4:"link";s:100:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2006/10/preparing.html?showComment=1161701040000#c116170105961493038";s:11:"author_name";s:15:"google_PEAK_OIL";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17191564200306763673";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:21;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-116110319397866719";s:9:"published";s:29:"2006-10-17T09:39:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2006-10-17T09:39:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"Yes, I believe rail will make a comeback. The risi...";s:12:"atom_content";s:650:"Yes, I believe rail will make a comeback. The rising cost of fuel per seat/mile will force people out of long distance travel by car and air. There will be a surge in intercity bus and rail travel. Bus travel will eventually become problematic as buses depend on excellent roads, which will fall into disrepair. It costs far less to build and maintain rail lines than it does to build and maintain ashpalt and concrete highways that carry the same amount of people and freight. The economics of scarcity and austerity will push us back toward the rails. Remember we had an extensive passenger rail system 150 years ago in a coal and firewood economy.";s:9:"link_edit";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116067727718682653/comments/default/116110319397866719";s:9:"link_self";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116067727718682653/comments/default/116110319397866719";s:4:"link";s:101:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2006/10/oh-so-nice.html?showComment=1161103140000#c116110319397866719";s:11:"author_name";s:15:"google_PEAK_OIL";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17191564200306763673";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:22;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-116094393123357674";s:9:"published";s:29:"2006-10-15T13:25:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2006-10-15T13:25:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"Do you really believe that rail travel will make a...";s:12:"atom_content";s:178:"Do you really believe that rail travel will make an inevitable comeback, or will it be too late to re-establish our railroad infrastructure by the time peak oil realities set in?";s:9:"link_edit";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116067727718682653/comments/default/116094393123357674";s:9:"link_self";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116067727718682653/comments/default/116094393123357674";s:4:"link";s:101:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2006/10/oh-so-nice.html?showComment=1160943900000#c116094393123357674";s:11:"author_name";s:12:"Utah Peaknik";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/10208502551041971710";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:23;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-116088513392725030";s:9:"published";s:29:"2006-10-14T21:05:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2006-10-14T21:05:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"25th street owes it's character to the fact that i...";s:12:"atom_content";s:1145:"25th street owes it's character to the fact that it was the street leading to a major passenger rail station in the first half of the 20th century. During that part of our history, didn't fly places or make long journeys by car. If you wanted to go very far, you did it on a train. There are other streets with similar histories, like Broadway in SLC and Fremont street in Las Vegas. Fremont Street for most of the last century ended in the Railroad Station (where the Plaza is now). Glitter Gulch came to be because the rail station at the end of the street fed it tourists. Then after the war, everyone started coming by car and the Las Vegas Strip became the center of activity.<BR/>I am sure there are many more interesting rail station streets in places I haven't visited. Sadly, they are dying for lack of rail travel. I hope they can hold on until rail travel makes it's inevitable comeback.<BR/><BR/>Have you seen October's Catalyst magazine yet? It has <A HREF="http://www.catalystmagazine.net/issues/story.cfm?story=1064" REL="nofollow">an extensive feature story on Peak Oil.</A> (you can pick them up for free at health food stores).";s:9:"link_edit";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116067727718682653/comments/default/116088513392725030";s:9:"link_self";s:92:"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27829650/116067727718682653/comments/default/116088513392725030";s:4:"link";s:101:"http://utahpeakoil.blogspot.com/2006/10/oh-so-nice.html?showComment=1160885100000#c116088513392725030";s:11:"author_name";s:15:"google_PEAK_OIL";s:10:"author_uri";s:52:"https://www.blogger.com/profile/17191564200306763673";s:12:"author_email";s:19:"noreply@blogger.com";}i:24;a:11:{s:2:"id";s:58:"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829650.post-116053832682851420";s:9:"published";s:29:"2006-10-10T20:45:00.000-07:00";s:7:"updated";s:29:"2006-10-10T20:45:00.000-07:00";s:5:"title";s:53:"I heard Doug Wright ranting today about a Friday t...";s:12:"atom_content";s:322:"I heard Doug Wright ranting today about a Friday the 13th gas station boycott "to show the oil companies that we aren't fools". 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