The Discovery Channel has a show on this "Super Volcano." http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/supervolcano/supervolcano.html
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Foskey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 7:35 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Major Problems Of Surviving Peak Oil >I have not read this article, but I was wondering if Yellowstone may be > affected by globall warming? It would be catastrophic for the world if a > few > degrees warmer environment made Yellowstone more active. > > regards Doug > (from the down side of the planet) > > On Saturday 28 October 2006 6:36, M&K DuPree wrote: >> Hi Zeke...with a population that is exploding and with it the demand for >> limited resources doing same, how can anyone not expect that we will not >> only continue in the direction of the last 80 years, but accelerate in >> that >> direction? This thread has included the statement "everything changes." >> It occurred to me, however, that indeed it does change, but never >> disappears. Is there solace in this thought? Obviously not for anyone >> who >> has identified totally with "What a Wonderful World" this is, er, was. >> Ah >> well, just in case anyone is still hanging on too dearly, you might check >> out http://bioresonant.com/news.htm. This author says the earth is >> preparing to explode. Now won't that be fun?!!! Mike DuPree ----- >> Original Message ----- >> From: Zeke Yewdall >> To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 2:26 PM >> Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Major Problems Of Surviving Peak Oil >> >> >> At 9,300 feet elevation, I have little to worry about with regards to >> rising sea levels. But, the climate is already getting pretty wacky. >> I >> was talking to someone who's lived there for over 30 years, and he's seen >> the weather noticeably chance since then. The treeline is moving both >> up >> from the bottom due to hotter summers and drought, and down from the top >> due to colder winters, less snow to protect the trees, and wind. >> Permanent snowfields that used to be 200 foot thick along the divide >> around >> the turn of the century are almost gone now. We just got 22 inches of >> snow at my house wednesday night, which is "normal" for around 1900 or >> so, >> but for the last 80 years or so, it's been quite a bit less snow than the >> previous few hundred years. Alot of our infrastructure was built in the >> period of less snow, so it doesn't cope with the snow that well. If we >> actually get a "normal" winter, it's going to be hard. But if we >> continue >> in the direction of the last 80 years, water, both for cities, and for >> agriculture, is going to get pretty scarce here in Colorado. >> >> >> On 10/25/06, Bob Molloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Terry, >> The projected rise in sea levels is about five metres >> (just over 16 feet) in the next 100 years. That gives us plenty of time >> to >> pick up our beach umbrellas and move back a few feet. Over 90 per cent of >> our population lives with a half-hour drive of the sea so the issue is >> one >> of great interest here. In my case it will bring the nearest tidal water >> (currently 300 yards away) to within a hundred yards of my front lawn and >> maybe take out a few of my grape vines. >> It's a worry I tell you. >> Regards, >> Bob. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Terry Dyck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> >> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:48 AM >> Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Major Problems Of Surviving Peak Oil >> >> > Hi Bob, >> > >> > New Zealand must be the perfect place to live. You have won awards >> > for environmental projects and you are planting seeds to grow >> diesel >> > trees. Congratulations. Those beaches you mentioned could be in >> > trouble, though, when the sea rises. >> > >> > Terry Dyck >> > >> > >From: "Bob Molloy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >Reply-To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >> > >To: <biofuel@sustainablelists.org> >> > >Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Major Problems Of Surviving Peak Oil >> > >Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:48:43 +1300 >> > > >> > >Jeez Mike, >> > > No, definitely not New Zealand, we've limited >> > > our population to four million and we only have an area just a >> > > little larger than the British Isles. Besides we've got an >> > > anti-nuclear policy and live under an ozone hole for much of the >> > > summer. Anyway we've got too much >> >> water >> >> > >and forest and mountains and stuff, the South Pole is just over >> the >> > >horizon, we've got all these beaches that nobody uses, deer and >> > > horses >> >> and >> >> > >pig that run wild, eels in every stream, fish coming out of our >> ears >> > > and sheep everywhere. You'd hate it. >> > >Trust me, >> > >Bob. >> > > ----- Original Message ----- >> > > From: M&K DuPree >> > > To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org >> > > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 1:07 AM >> > > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Major Problems Of Surviving Peak Oil >> > > >> > > >> > > See Stephen Leeb's The Coming Economic Collapse: How You Can >> > > Thrive >> >> When >> >> > >Oil Costs $200 a Barrel. Leeb would have us buying stocks in >> > > various companies because that's his business. The points he >> makes >> > > about why the price of oil must rise to levels far beyond we know >> > > today are my reason >> >> for >> >> > >directing our attention to the book. It really does come down to >> a >> >> massive >> >> > >population growing exponentially and an economic model promoted by >> > > the >> >> USA. >> >> > > Bottom line is, we're screwed, at least as far as the world as >> > > we've known it run on oil is concerned. Maybe all the JTF List >> > > could put our money, talents, and lives together on some remote >> > > island or somewhere in New Zealand and start something that might >> > > survive through the coming >> >> chaos >> >> > >and become a beacon of hope to the world. Use the JTF Credo as >> our >> > > basis for community life. I'm serious! What, aint gonna >> happen??? >> > > Ah well, >> >> to >> >> > >unquote something the bard didn't say, all's not well that doesn't >> > > end well. Ah well... 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