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Peak Oil 101

Started by K-Dog, Apr 03, 2024, 11:42 AM

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Quote from: RE on Apr 09, 2024, 06:31 PM
Quote from: K-Dog on Apr 09, 2024, 06:22 PMThese guys make for an interesting conversation.

2 hours?  Can you give us a brief synopsis of this marathon talk fest?  Maybe give us the time on a coupe of highlights?  Last time I listened to Simon I was not impressed.

RE
Simon knows his stuff. Not on the petroleum geology side, as demonstrated by prior work related to oil in his Geologic Survey of Finland writeup. Screwed that pooch pretty badly on the reference side, but he might not know any better, as his work was mostly internet based, and the internet tends to provide the information you want, as opposed to the full spectrum answer you think you've gotten. Makes sense though, Finland doesn't have dick for oil, it isn't like he interviewed the USGS folks who do inside and out. But he has interesting credentials and experience on the hard rock side.

But the one you REALLY missed was IVER!!! Mr. Lofling if you want to be formal. School art teacher, built an electric car on his own during the pre-2005 peaker days, was around peakoil.com (THE place to be for awhile) and has been a consistent declarer of every peak oil that came down the pike for decades now. An artist by trade, not a technical thought in his head so he was naturally behind the curve, but a born sucker for the idea for decades since his Peace Corp work, if not longer.

We have some friends in common, in that he runs his art shop on Swan island I believe, and I know homeowners there who occasionally hang with Iver. His wife passed recently, he still declares peak oil every time some new internet person tries to fire up the idea, and he ran for a seat in the Maine state legislature last election cycle. Lost.

But an interesting guy, and yet another of us geriatrics.


RE

Quote from: TDoS on Sep 16, 2024, 10:05 AMBut an interesting guy, and yet another of us geriatrics.

Demographic result of the collapsing birth rate in industrial civilization.

RE

TDoS

Quote from: RE on Sep 16, 2024, 12:53 PM
Quote from: TDoS on Sep 16, 2024, 10:05 AMBut an interesting guy, and yet another of us geriatrics.

Demographic result of the collapsing birth rate in industrial civilization.

RE
Iver doesn't care about that much. I tihnk he is another of those childless types lacking the experience of raising, caring for, dealing with and turning crying little sleep destroyers into college educated productive adults.

He was just another hanger on of peak oil with a better story than most. Got it wrong, as usual, and then moved on. Bought an ICE car later after his wife passed. Still has the art shop on the island I think.