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[ItWasntMeISwear]

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[konamouse]

[Crimsyn]

Wow!!!! An ARG Launch on my birthday?! I'm so in!!!!

But seriously, I agree with RedHatty and say that a world without oil and more important electricity, is a scary thought indeed.

(after a while I realized how much of an @$$ I made out of myself, so I decided to edit my "reply")

[RedHatty]

Glad you could vent Crimsyn. I know how it feels, I survived Katrina

But serioulsy, we had it so bad, yet only 13 days without power, but just as long without water in the lines (no pressure). We as a society are spoiled by the modern conviences we have, flushing toilets & light with the flick of a switch. Most people do not stockpile for emergencies, nor do they have enough candles, lamp oil, propane for cooking, etc. Not to mention water & food stuffs. Especially people who live in large cities!

It is a scary thought indeed

[Kaliayev]

I'm actually helping a research group look into oil security, so you can count me in. Hey, if I can combine a job and a hobby, its the best of both worlds.

Incidentally, if you knew the state of security in the oil industry, you'd probably want to hit your head against a brick wall its so abysmal. I know I want to, with an alarming frequency.

[ItWasntMeISwear]

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[nunyo]

just a little side note

[RedHatty]

[konamouse]

Hydro-electric power does not require oil...although alternative sources of grease will need to be implemented (all that cooking oil used to fry foods will not go to waste when we don't have as much heating oil to make the fryer hot enough).

Propane will still be available? Isn't natural gas also a resource that will also run out soon?

Quick - lets work on cow methane!!!! (hint to the MeiGeist folks?).

Start thinking outside the box and be willing to give up our internet and our tvs and our video games (cause those uses of battery/electricity will be very low priority). Bring back family board games & bike riding!

[Insane24Seven]

[AprilAWZ]

[OrangeForAHead]

Sweet! Jane made me a birthday present.
Note: inky_jewel said "ahem, there are 10 of us". There are the 8TSOC, possibly plus Nico. Number 10 is unidentified.
*Added 6 of 8 to buddy list. illiana_speedster is giving me a problem because of the underscore so I added without, and LocalBoy...Adium has aliasing, which is what that likely is, because that would be a hard name to actually obtain.

[rose]

I've always wanted to put a solar panel on my balcony.

[Nola]

You have my attention. I'm listening. So what could the line graph represent? April 30 is when oil runs out, so the blue line could be oil Demand and the Green one the Supply... where supply finally reaches an inflexion point on April 30.

[Esteed]

[joking]I'm going to operate on the theory that harnessing lightning is powerful enough to give life to a stitched together corpse. After all, dear Mary wouldn't lie, would she? And if it's that powerful, my god, I could rule the world!

I may also be one of the first to fall during the crisis. I sometimes wonder if this has anything to do with my strategy...[/joking]

Okay, seriously? People that keep themselves in shape will obviously be at an advantage. For instance, my dad works out daily and jogs a ridiculous amount of miles pretty much daily as well. He's getting up there in years but, as I've also said in reference to a zombie apocalypse, there's really nobody I'd trust at my side more than him. He could also whip me into shape.

I think teamwork will be key in whatever crisis occurs. When all hell breaks loose, there will be looters, there will be people that go, "F**K it, I'll do everything my twisted little mind has ever wanted to do!" You're going to need people you can trust at your side and at your back, not just for personal safety but also to protect and guard whatever resources you may come upon. I can see a future of small armies, some stationary but many wanderers, like an army of nomads that sweep their general area constantly for supplies and resources.