Comments on: Unexpected Consequences http://isgreaterthan.net/2009/01/unexpected-consequences/ Literary-minded culture blog Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:53:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Doris http://isgreaterthan.net/2009/01/unexpected-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-4214 Doris Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:19:40 +0000 http://isgreaterthan.net/?p=8623#comment-4214 I believe there’ll be some solutions at the end while petroleum is getting rare. Those industries which rely on petroleum would work on what they need to replace any compound generated from crude oil. The final purpose, making money, would urge them to do it. Researchers who are interested in creating alternative resources would work on this problem as well. I am such an optimistic person, so I don’t think that the solutions will not materialize until after petroleum is so rare that the economy has collapsed under the weight of our massive dependence. Even if there are no alternative resources invented finally, we can just change our living style. Though society may advance slowly, I don’t think there are products we really necessarily need to keep our life going. I believe there’ll be some solutions at the end while petroleum is getting rare. Those industries which rely on petroleum would work on what they need to replace any compound generated from crude oil. The final purpose, making money, would urge them to do it. Researchers who are interested in creating alternative resources would work on this problem as well. I am such an optimistic person, so I don’t think that the solutions will not materialize until after petroleum is so rare that the economy has collapsed under the weight of our massive dependence. Even if there are no alternative resources invented finally, we can just change our living style. Though society may advance slowly, I don’t think there are products we really necessarily need to keep our life going.

]]> By: Mags http://isgreaterthan.net/2009/01/unexpected-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-2754 Mags Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:45:49 +0000 http://isgreaterthan.net/?p=8623#comment-2754 you wrote: "have not seen much in the way of research on these complex problems. I’m sure someone much smarter than myself is working on a solution for each compound, as everyone is aware of the increasing expense and difficulty of petroleum production. My concern is that the solutions will not materialize until after petroleum is so rare that the economy has collapsed under the weight of our massive dependence." ----ok ok the companies to which you are referring are limited by $$ not by any bout of anti-progressive ideology. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123129552067059811.html?mod=googlenews_wsj and http://news.dow.com/dow_news/pdfs/dow_energy_plan.pdf you wrote: “have not seen much in the way of research on these complex problems. I’m sure someone much smarter than myself is working on a solution for each compound, as everyone is aware of the increasing expense and difficulty of petroleum production. My concern is that the solutions will not materialize until after petroleum is so rare that the economy has collapsed under the weight of our massive dependence.”

—-ok ok the companies to which you are referring are limited by $$ not by any bout of anti-progressive ideology.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123129552067059811.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
and
http://news.dow.com/dow_news/pdfs/dow_energy_plan.pdf

]]> By: brigidb http://isgreaterthan.net/2009/01/unexpected-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-2753 brigidb Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:06:47 +0000 http://isgreaterthan.net/?p=8623#comment-2753 Ha! I guess you may be right- I wrote this with the intention of shedding light on a problem many people who, like me, have little knowledge of petroleum and related industries, may not have known about. So you feel it's irrelevant because of the expense of petroleum, or because the problem will be fixed before petroleum is too expensive/rare to use? Ha! I guess you may be right- I wrote this with the intention of shedding light on a problem many people who, like me, have little knowledge of petroleum and related industries, may not have known about.

So you feel it’s irrelevant because of the expense of petroleum, or because the problem will be fixed before petroleum is too expensive/rare to use?

]]> By: Mags http://isgreaterthan.net/2009/01/unexpected-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-2752 Mags Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:57:50 +0000 http://isgreaterthan.net/?p=8623#comment-2752 im just saying your argument is perhaps largely irrelevant. although, i guess it does shed some positive light on Kuwait's recent stunts with Dow, right? im just saying your argument is perhaps largely irrelevant. although, i guess it does shed some positive light on Kuwait’s recent stunts with Dow, right?

]]> By: brigidb http://isgreaterthan.net/2009/01/unexpected-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-2751 brigidb Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:57:58 +0000 http://isgreaterthan.net/?p=8623#comment-2751 Thanks for the link. Yes, skyrocketing oil price is basically the main problem which this article addresses. I'm not sure if you intend your comment to agree or disagree with what I've written. Seems like we agree, to me. Thanks for the link. Yes, skyrocketing oil price is basically the main problem which this article addresses. I’m not sure if you intend your comment to agree or disagree with what I’ve written. Seems like we agree, to me.

]]> By: Mags http://isgreaterthan.net/2009/01/unexpected-consequences/comment-page-1/#comment-2750 Mags Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:48:27 +0000 http://isgreaterthan.net/?p=8623#comment-2750 come on. the price of crude will skyrocket far before the last drip of it has time to get sucked out of the ground. supply and demand, man. the most concerned companies are the oil companies and their downstream affiliates(the chemical companies to which you are basically referring)-because its all of them that are out of luck if there's no alternative source of income for them. anyway, they are thinking about it. http://www.worldfuels.com/TRIAL/MARKETING/RenewableFuels_News/Content/bda591e4-9d1b-4f32-8f4e-42f20637e59d.php come on. the price of crude will skyrocket far before the last drip of it has time to get sucked out of the ground. supply and demand, man. the most concerned companies are the oil companies and their downstream affiliates(the chemical companies to which you are basically referring)-because its all of them that are out of luck if there’s no alternative source of income for them. anyway, they are thinking about it. http://www.worldfuels.com/TRIAL/MARKETING/RenewableFuels_News/Content/bda591e4-9d1b-4f32-8f4e-42f20637e59d.php

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