The Era of "easy oil" is over

neverdespairgirl

Conrad wrote: »

People swill back chineese noodles full of marine creatures,

Not if they are Kosher, they don't!

harryhound

Probably not “Halal” either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halal
The Chinese are very “efficient”. They have converted the most unlikely terrain to food production and like the French they can work out how to eat anything.
(If you are a little green man, don’t land your space ship in certain countries or you might end up on the BBQ, alongside the scorpions).

In fairness to DDT, it saved the lives of probably millions, the last time Europe reduced itself to a begging bowl third world continent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhus

(Bad logistics meant it did not arrive in Belsen until after the SS officer class had been put to work stacking the bodies).

Now where were we? – expensive hydrocarbons.

There was a news item this morning suggesting that a Big Bad Bear was finding it “impossible” to increase production.

So if you believe in c0ck-up then it is obvious that the Russian economy has lost the determination and technical expertise that stopped Hitler and got the first satellite into space.

If you believe in conspiracy, you know that Dmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
And the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_oligarch
could not be a cabal and know nothing of the economics of controlling and managing the supply of an inelastic commodity.:rolleyes:

Back to the 1970's
http://www.edwardjayepstein.com/diary/opp.htm

(Plus ca change……….)

pickles110564

Conrad wrote: »

Do we not stop for just a second to wonder what will happen if we all keep consuming our tiny planets prescious gifts?:eek:

Probably starve.