how in the heck are we supposed to live these days

[rebbetzin]

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Matthew 24:
36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

37But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark

Where's MY ark? LOL

The stage is pretty much set for Ezekiel 37-39....All the players are lined up and ready to attack Israel.

Then.... seven years and we will really have a "New World Order"

Ezekiel 38:21-23

21 I will call for a sword against Gog throughout all My mountains,” says the L_rd G_D. “Every man’s sword will be against his brother. 22 And I will bring him to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed; I will rain down on him, on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, flooding rain, great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23 Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the L_RD.”’

 

[riderbecky]

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NOPE!! I am still here!! I was actually talking last night about how those "don't buy gas on this day" boycotts. They don't work. At ALL! but what would work is if EVERYONE just called in to work, didn't drive at all, and everything just shut down!! that would send a message!
and I do know that I can make my own ethanol, but if the gov't would support more alternative fuels, we might get somewhere!! But, of course, there isn't as much money in the alternatives as there is in oil. check this out, it is AMAZING!!!

OK...so this infuriates me

Could someone please explain to me why the @#$!% we are still using fossil fuels at all instead of this technology. I'm so mad I could chew nails and spit out tacks.un

 

[rebbetzin]

We have much technology to improve many things, but, when it is hard to "regulate", or "fix a price" or "tax", that is what keeps the inventions on the shelves of our biggest technology firms.


My husband is a Design Engineer, and it is amazing what is now possible in many areas of technology and science, but, many things are not "profitable" in the long run, for those who hold the patents.

 

[k0xxx]

"Could someone please explain to me why the @#$!% we are still using fossil fuels at all instead of this technology. "

In a word... efficiency. The amount of energy required to produce the wattage of the radio waves required, is more than the energy produced by the burning salt water.

It's sort of like corn ethanol. It takes about $1.05 worth of energy to produce $1.00 worth of ethanol energy. It just isn't very efficient. A more promising technology is cellulose ethanol which is still in the development stage and predicted to become viable within the next few years.

Mark

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

Does anyone know how profitable hydrogen is?

 

[turnerstar31]

What i have a problem with is that a lot of people think that there is a lot of oil out there yet. There isn;t that is one reason why it is going up so high. We consume so much on a daily basis and this stuff takes thousands of years and the right conditions to make. It is going to run out soon and we are going to be in one major problem. Instead of building refineries we should be worrying about what to use for an alternative source and corn is not the answer. It takes way to much to make. Things are going to get rough and I am just worried at how this whole thing will work. I have a farm but than you are going to have to worry about people trying to steal you livestock so that they can eat. The same with the gardens. It is going to be rough and who knows what is going to happen

 

[yotetrapper]

While there is not an endless supply of oil, there IS enough in AK alone to support all US consumption for over 20 years.

 

[balticbabe]

People will adjust. They did in the late 70s-early 80s. Prices will decline as use dwindles. My SO used to make so many trips it drove me crazy. He didn’t care that he was giving money to the Saudis or Chavez, the barbecued duck 26 miles away was worth the trip. Now he’s a homebody like me. Gas is $4.09 for regular as of this afternoon.

We have a fairly good bus system here. The roads are clearing up and the buses are packed. I feel for people who live in areas without transit. If you make minimum wage it takes an hour’s wage to commute to work. I don’t know how people do it. I used to bike to work when I lived in a condo. I moved to raise chickens and get away form my loud, partying neighbor. The commute is worth the extra cost. I can sleep and eat fresh eggs.

It sure would be nice to bike to work though. That would give me extra money for some other useless thing like paying off the mortgage.

 

[ivan3]

Well, I'm still driving my `86 Nissan Sentra (30mpg). I was burnt in the `70's and didn't forget. That said, there are no technical reasons for our continued gushing out dollars; there are only political/social assertions of questionable utility (well, here we are, huh?).

So, check out the following links (thought I'd just post some positive info and some reasons to think long and hard about writing congress with pens dipped in blood).

If old fossil fuel is the ticket there's at least two hundred years worth of oil shale and three hundred years worth of coal in the Intermountain West. These guys have worked out the retorting problems that plagued Carter's efforts:

http://www.oil-techinc.com/

But, hey, why bother? Just move right along and start building modular pebble bed reactors and couple them with Los Alamos' latest and greatest:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/3760347.html

http://www.lanl.gov/news/index.php/fuseaction/home.story/story_id/12554

In the short term keep keep your jazz library dusted off because things might get a bit improvisational before they get better.
(railroad stocks are a good bet...)

 

[Oblio13]

Like it or not, the days of cheap oil - and the days when America could consume 25% of the world's supply of it - are gone. No sense blaming and complaining. Buckle down and make the changes that should have been made years ago.

I live 118 miles away from my job, but fortunately only have to make the trip once or twice a week. Also fortunately, I drive a diesel VW Jetta that I can squeeze 53 MPG from.

Everyone in our family has a bicycle assembled from parts scrounged at the dump. We call them "Dumpcycles". They're made from very high quality components and in most countries would be considered treasures, not trash. Amazing what the wealthiest country in the world throws away. We'll be using them a lot more. Here's a blog with an article about how to make them:

http://oblio13.blogspot.com/

We haven't mowed our lawn in years. We planted wildflowers. They're beautiful, they attract butterflies and birds, and we don't waste our time and money maintaining an artificial monoculture.

Our landscaping is edible. The hedges are blueberry and raspberry. Our trees are apple, peach, cherry, persimmon and plum instead of the ornamentals most people plant.

We do a lot of foraging. It's a fun family activity, the food is healthier than you can buy, and our grocery bill is remarkably small. Recommended book: The Forager's Harvest.

There are even ways to profit financially from the changes that are coming. Use your head and anticipate them. If you try to maintain the status quo, you're only going to be forced into a race to the bottom with the rest of the herd.