we are doomed.
Isn't peak oil supposed to get us first?
Does anybody else miss the Mayor? 'I just want to be a big snake.'
Xander ,'End of Days'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2010 9:20:52 am PST #4024 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jesse - Jan 25, 2010 9:20:58 am PST #4025 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also, we are doomed.
Yes. My friend's husband, an educated man, fully doesn't believe in climate change.
Tom Scola - Jan 25, 2010 9:22:24 am PST #4026 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
My impression is that short of a short of a major technological breakthrough, in solar, algae cultivation, or supercaps, we're totally fucked.
tommyrot - Jan 25, 2010 9:27:36 am PST #4027 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My impression is that short of a short of a major technological breakthrough, in solar, algae cultivation, or supercaps, we're totally fucked.
Aliens! Aliens will come and save us!
(I should note that I've stopped watching V, so there might be a downside I don't know about.)
Gudanov - Jan 25, 2010 9:28:11 am PST #4028 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Isn't peak oil supposed to get us first?
In this case I think the market will work. As easily accessible oil peaks, the price will rise enough to make more expensive oil extraction techniques (like getting it from oil shale) cost-effective. With the cost of oil increased, then alternative technologies can take over, like electric cars that get their power from coal-fired power plants. We got lots of coal.
Calli - Jan 25, 2010 9:29:15 am PST #4029 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I should note that I've stopped watching V, so there might be a downside I don't know about.
Someone who looks a lot like Inara will eat you alive. This may or may not be a deal-breaker.
tommyrot - Jan 25, 2010 9:29:35 am PST #4030 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
In this case I think the market will work. As easily accessible oil peaks, the price will rise enough to make more expensive oil extraction techniques (like getting it from oil shale) cost-effective.
Hopefully. But my gut feeling is this won't be adequate.
msbelle - Jan 25, 2010 9:36:47 am PST #4031 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
my workplace continues to be surreal. because of the 2 resignations last week (both of which have still not been announced to the department, but which people are talking about openly) one area will be completely un-staffed. An employee who used to work in that area, who was only recently reassigned job duties (he was actually given an ultimatum: take new responsibilities or be let go) is now being coddled and asked to go back to old job duties. His ego is all bruised because he was one of three people in the whole department up for the lay-offs before getting the option of the new duties. I think he wants to tell the boss to screw off and just leave, but without another job that seems unlikely. Boss seems only slightly concerned and continues to have unscheduled meetings with the staff that are working on the non-work project.
Jesse - Jan 25, 2010 9:38:50 am PST #4032 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That sounds like a hot mess.
flea - Jan 25, 2010 9:39:49 am PST #4033 of 30001
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Are you *sure* your company is run by Germans? I thought they were a bit more orderly than that.