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• The View From The Summit of the Petroleum Curve - jms - 2/25/2004 12:31:19 AM
  • Difference between discovery curves and production curves - jms - 2/27/2004 1:51:43 AM
  • The article doesn't really say that - ebnelson - 2/25/2004 4:47:55 AM
    • only from the headline on down (n/t) - jms - 2/25/2004 6:36:29 AM
      • Only if you don't read it. Don't forget:the NYT is lying to you (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/26/2004 2:29:23 AM
        • Everyone is lying to me, it comes from the top. - jms - 2/26/2004 5:40:52 AM
          • No, just the NYT. SA has vast proven reserves untouched. - ebnelson - 2/26/2004 1:53:18 PM
            • NYT article on Saudi Arabia...SA = Saudi Arabia. (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/27/2004 4:17:17 AM
              • Thanks. If you read below you;ll see that I found that out - and you're still wrong.... (n/t) - Tony - 2/27/2004 7:47:14 PM
                • Time will tell, chicken little/howard ruff/club of rome/etc. (n/t) - ebnelson - 2/28/2004 10:14:07 AM
            • SA? As in South Africa? - Tony - 2/26/2004 3:11:40 PM
              • I suspect he meant Saudi Arabia (n/t) - Larry J - 2/26/2004 8:32:41 PM
                • D'oh - Tony - 2/26/2004 9:32:34 PM
                  • But his point remains - Larry J - 2/26/2004 10:49:58 PM
                    • ANWR Estimates and other stuff - Tony - 2/27/2004 3:29:54 PM
                    • Facts please, not sound bites... - jms - 2/27/2004 1:48:37 AM
                • I suspect he meant South America, but how knows? It's ed. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/26/2004 8:44:06 PM
            • Wasn't it Jimmy Carter.... - jms - 2/26/2004 2:59:07 PM
          • Of course, as always, drilling for new reserves is completely out of the question. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/26/2004 6:39:28 AM
            • Which of course shows that in fact the problem is a failure of the will of the end-of-the-world faction - ebnelson - 2/28/2004 10:17:21 AM
              • Actually, I am doing something about it. - jms - 2/28/2004 10:40:49 PM
                • Actually that is very interesting - ebnelson - 2/29/2004 4:49:30 PM
                  • I agree with that. (n/t) - jms - 2/29/2004 7:35:03 PM
                • Bonus points for putting your money where your mouth is - Tom Brosz - 2/29/2004 9:33:17 AM
                  • I just believe in long term investments. - jms - 2/29/2004 6:41:44 PM
                    • Solar hydrogen fueling station - Tom Brosz - 3/1/2004 7:57:15 AM
  • All we need is a 0.5% shortfall. - Bowser - 2/25/2004 12:59:07 AM
    • Running on Empty - S - 2/25/2004 3:48:09 AM
      • Grim. I didn't realize how grim. - Bowser - 2/25/2004 4:25:41 AM
        • We're walking off of a cliff - Gary - 2/25/2004 6:21:21 AM
          • Too Pessimistic. The future will be Magnificent! - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/25/2004 7:30:01 AM
          • re:And build a high speed train network!:) (n/t) - Raoul - 2/25/2004 6:45:28 AM
            • Lessee. If I am in the US, and my job is in India - A train? (n/t) - Bowser - 2/26/2004 1:58:51 AM
            • We are not French, we don't know how to build trains that work (n/t) - phil - 2/25/2004 5:57:30 PM
              • re: trains that work - Tom Brosz - 2/25/2004 6:53:04 PM
                • Building a high speed network makes even more sense if you've got a big-ass country to get around in. (n/t) - Tony - 2/25/2004 9:07:34 PM
                  • Relatively low population density makes high speed trains unviable in the US... - Larry J - 2/25/2004 11:00:12 PM
                  • Right. It's called airlines. (n/t) - gbaikie - 2/25/2004 9:24:37 PM
                    • What are they going to use for kerosene? - Gary - 2/26/2004 5:52:09 AM
                      • re: What are they going to use for kerosene? - gbaikie - 2/26/2004 10:03:48 PM
                    • Which are great if you got over 200 miles to go. Otherwise, not worth the hassle.... (n/t) - Tony - 2/25/2004 10:18:59 PM
                      • Considering the aforementioned hassle, I'd bet that threshold number is higher than 200 miles. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/26/2004 12:17:14 AM
                • re: trains that work - gbaikie - 2/25/2004 7:58:21 PM
            • re: re:And build a high speed train network!:) - Tom Brosz - 2/25/2004 6:52:09 AM
              • re: We do, Tom . . . - D. Spires - 3/1/2004 9:44:15 PM