tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post559264809625173534..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: Debt Rattle, June 12 2008: A time of rapid unraveling...Ilargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-5111126242636108522008-06-13T22:42:00.000-04:002008-06-13T22:42:00.000-04:00I would perhaps miss Anonymous' departure over you...I would perhaps miss Anonymous' departure over your citing of Engdahl if I knew which Anonymous he was.<BR/><BR/>I find Engdahl's analyses of most things to be brilliant and thought provoking. I am currently reading his most recent book, "The Seeds of Destruction." It is a whole new insight into the Rockefeller Brothers, Genetic Engineering of Plants, and racism. Very well researched and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-13423125638361473682008-06-13T07:31:00.000-04:002008-06-13T07:31:00.000-04:00Anon,People can have a point in one field that the...Anon,<BR/><BR/>People can have a point in one field that they happen to know something about, even if they haven't got much of a clue about another important field. There aren't all that many people who are clued up across the board, so we need to put together the big picture from the work of many looking at narrower fields.<BR/><BR/>Many financial writers are either unaware of peak oil or deny Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38935271281287198252008-06-13T07:21:00.000-04:002008-06-13T07:21:00.000-04:00I'm afraid today's Debt Rattle is going to be late...I'm afraid today's Debt Rattle is going to be late. My car has an appointment for a service this morning, and my son has a vocal performance exam. With luck the post will be up by mid-afternoon.<BR/><BR/>The lamb count is growing, with twins added yesterday.Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-71448671961479931062008-06-13T06:53:00.000-04:002008-06-13T06:53:00.000-04:00This site has completely undermined its credibilit...This site has completely undermined its credibility by citing Engdahl. Surely, there must be someone else who can comment on speculation, someone more worthy than abiotic Engdahl. <BR/><BR/>Goodbye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-79485754172964494502008-06-12T17:11:00.000-04:002008-06-12T17:11:00.000-04:00François,Left to their own devices, sheep would br...François,<BR/><BR/>Left to their own devices, sheep would breed in the autumn and have lambs in February, but we've tried that and it's not much fun at minus forty Celsius. This year we introduced the ram in January so we'd have summer lambs.<BR/><BR/>Last year we had a lamb born then and the heat lamps weren't working, so we had to bring it into the house. The ewe wouldn't take it back the next Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-80355677434476142822008-06-12T17:04:00.000-04:002008-06-12T17:04:00.000-04:00EBrown,Thanks for the info! I'll definitely look ...EBrown,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the info! I'll definitely look into it. I certainly don't buy into abiotic theory, I just found it interesting. My knowledge of chemistry is sparse, but I have an engineering background and what you say makes perfect sense. I was very suspicious of his claim that there was no evidence provided for oil being of biological origins, and I found plenty of articles thatDJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02268326234560351295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-3350373356497392732008-06-12T17:00:00.000-04:002008-06-12T17:00:00.000-04:00I completely disagree with Engdahl about peak oil,...I completely disagree with Engdahl about peak oil, which I consider to be an established fact, but I find his discussion of speculation interesting. My position is that there is a large speculative premium built into oil prices (and other commodities) right now, based on a combination of momentum-chasing and fear of shortages. <BR/><BR/>Over the longer term, that fear is justified and prices willStoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-42927867925800262302008-06-12T16:30:00.000-04:002008-06-12T16:30:00.000-04:00DJ, I also have read Engdahl in the past and fou...DJ,<BR/> I also have read Engdahl in the past and found his interpretation of Russian/American political posturing over the last few years to be interesting. <BR/> I think he's a nut-jub when it comes to Peak Oil though. Specifically -<BR/>In the fifth paragraph he betrays his ignorance about oil formation in claiming it comes from "dinosaur remains". No self-respecting geologist would EBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894676347259218501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-91210465778475700702008-06-12T15:57:00.000-04:002008-06-12T15:57:00.000-04:00Hello Stoneleigh,You are lambing now?This may be o...Hello Stoneleigh,<BR/><BR/>You are lambing now?<BR/>This may be off subject, but could you give me a very short presentation of your year?<BR/>We live in an alpage, a summer pasture, and the 1200 ewes just arrived yesterday. They will not be lambing for weeks. The males will be released (in the barn) on the herd from the end of June to around 28 July so the births will be finished before X-mas Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-68587918991568913302008-06-12T15:17:00.000-04:002008-06-12T15:17:00.000-04:00Hi Stoneleigh,I've read Engdahl. In fact, that's ...Hi Stoneleigh,<BR/><BR/>I've read Engdahl. In fact, that's how I started to get into all of this back in February. After reading <A HREF="http://www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/Geopolitics___Eurasia/Peak_Oil___Russia/peak_oil___russia.html" REL="nofollow">Confessions of an "ex" Peak Oil Believer</A>, I have a desire to explore <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenic_petroleum_origin" RELDJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02268326234560351295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23994648879521593042008-06-12T13:45:00.000-04:002008-06-12T13:45:00.000-04:00As I was occupied in the barn dealing with the sta...As I was occupied in the barn dealing with the start of lambing season until quite late last night, I answered the questions from yesterday's Debt Rattle this morning. For those interested in some long answers, they can be found on yesterday's post.Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.com