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#1 Sep 22 2004 at 9:37 AM Rating: Decent
http://dieoff.org/

We're all screwed. Enjoy.
#2 Sep 22 2004 at 10:26 AM Rating: Decent
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I love doomsday and end-of-the-world theories; so much fun to read. Especially ones based on Peak Oil bullsh[/b]it.

Have I mentioned abiotic oil yet? Some wacky Russians seem to think that the Earth continually recreates oil deep in the mantle. Some tin-hat conspiracy theorists seem to think that Western energy companies are ignoring it since they would lose massive profits from price-gouging on "emptying" oil fields. Am lot of the rebuttals I've seen is from Fu[b]
ck the World - errr, FTW, http://www.fromthewilderness.com/ .
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#3 Sep 22 2004 at 10:33 AM Rating: Excellent
There is a reason some of have been pushing conservation and investment into renewable energy sources.

But whatever.

"Drill faster, J.R., I want to make sure our families are all billionaires before that shi[b][/b]t runs out."
#4 Sep 22 2004 at 10:38 AM Rating: Decent
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Dieoff has to be telling the truth. I mean, he has graphs!
#5 Sep 22 2004 at 10:59 AM Rating: Good
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While Oil reserves and fresh water supplies will be the big problems in the next 50-100 years i dont think it will precipitate the overnight collapse of human civilization.

But nice graphs, kudos on a bunch of internet sources, why cant they link to books.
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#6 Sep 22 2004 at 3:20 PM Rating: Decent
WTF? the Y axis is labelled 1 mil - 10 mil- 100 mil and then 1 bil

i could make antything look bad that way
#7 Sep 22 2004 at 4:30 PM Rating: Decent
Wow nice graphs, give me some markers and I can make inpending doom graphs too. Smiley: wink
#8 Sep 22 2004 at 6:42 PM Rating: Good
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Dracoid the Venerable wrote:
WTF? the Y axis is labelled 1 mil - 10 mil- 100 mil and then 1 bil

i could make antything look bad that way


Not that I agree with the page at all, but look at the graph again. Now apply some critical thinking.

If they used straight 1mil measurements, wouldn't it make the population growth over time look *bigger*!

Squeezing the numbers like that does not making it look "worse", it just allows the thing to fit on one page...
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#9 Sep 23 2004 at 5:48 AM Rating: Decent
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WTF? the Y axis is labelled 1 mil - 10 mil- 100 mil and then 1 bil

i could make antything look bad that way
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Not that I agree with the page at all, but look at the graph again. Now apply some critical thinking.

If they used straight 1mil measurements, wouldn't it make the population growth over time look *bigger*!

Squeezing the numbers like that does not making it look "worse", it just allows the thing to fit on one page...


It's a pretty common technique to ***** around with the numbers on a graph when you want to make something seem like it's slowly/quickly growing.

Smaller increments = slower growth.
Bigger increments = quicker growth.

Also, if either the X or Y axis is completely ******** as far as what numbers it uses, you can achieve the same technique. What I mean is, say I drink three cans of soda a day..If I make X = 1 year increments and Y = every three sodas, the chart would look like it's freaking skyrocketing. Give me some time (and some will) to make a more appropriate graph, and it'd be pretty easy to make it a smooth, slowly ascending line. I've done it before in presentations where my *** would have probably been in serious trouble otherwise.
#10 Sep 23 2004 at 9:39 AM Rating: Decent
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It's a pretty common technique to ***** around with the numbers on a graph when you want to make something seem like it's slowly/quickly growing.


ooh ya think thats whay i'm saying?
#11 Sep 24 2004 at 12:06 AM Rating: Decent
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...Yes, yes I do.
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