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NOW I AM SCAREDER.....

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Muwhahahahaaa going to read now before I watch TG with my lad, he's a petrol head :-) Awesome title!
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OMG :shock:

Well what can I say(type)?

It was nice knowing you all, and I will see you on the other side!

Wouldnt it be a cruel irony if you died , went to heaven and it turned out god was a petrol head? :) :lol:
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Post by welshgreen »

seems like he is quite worried!!
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Post by CountingDown »

hahahaha

I just read this and immediately zoomed over to powerswitch to see whether anybosy else had read it.

Is it just me . . or is this really a "Holy Crap" moment?

If Jeremy Clarkson
a) Gets it?
b) starts telling everybody to "spend the money on a pair of shotguns and an allotment."

Should we be relieved or really really worried?
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Post by Billhook »

Am I missing something, or is there nothing in this article concerning JC's interest in fuel shortages
other than the implication of their being caused by massive economic dislocation ?

If he actually understood PO, and is happy to talk about both allotments and shotguns,
why would he be shy of scribing a dozen-word outline of Peak Oil Supply ?

This looks like an evidence of mere stupidity on his part,
rather than of intentionally witholding crucial info..

Regards,

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Post by CountingDown »

Good point billhook - does this mean he's just reached step 1 . . . the point at which you realise that the world around you is unsustainable . .. but hasn't yet reached step 27 . . . coherently understanding why?

(I think I'm on step 1 and a half :D )
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If we're all on the road to hell, wouldn't it make sense to hit that road in anything but a Vauxhall? Perhaps to learn from the Irish and get a Bentley/Ferrari/whatever we can get a max loan on, since it's a loan we'll never need to pay when hell breaks loose. Or, perhaps more aptly, a Hummer.

Andy, Manchester, UK
This isn't OUR Andy from Manchester is it? Is there something he should tell us?
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JohnB wrote:
If we're all on the road to hell, wouldn't it make sense to hit that road in anything but a Vauxhall? Perhaps to learn from the Irish and get a Bentley/Ferrari/whatever we can get a max loan on, since it's a loan we'll never need to pay when hell breaks loose. Or, perhaps more aptly, a Hummer.

Andy, Manchester, UK
This isn't OUR Andy from Manchester is it? Is there something he should tell us?
Haha not on this occasion!! :lol:
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Muwhahahaahahahaa, could imagine the Hummer in the garden :-)
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It's a pretty hard-hitting article though. Kind of reminds me of what happened to David Icke.

Is Jezza the new cheerleader for sustainable living? Now THAT would be a turn-up for the books.
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Andy Hunt wrote:It's a pretty hard-hitting article though. Kind of reminds me of what happened to David Icke.

Is Jezza the new cheerleader for sustainable living? Now THAT would be a turn-up for the books.
Interesting it was a review of a car, and that hardly got mentioned.

You could buy a new motorhome the size of mine for a couple of grand more than that car, and it would do more MPG. And you could live in it and not need a house. Park it at work so you don't need to commute, and when you go somewhere, stay there until you've got somewhere else to go :D.
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The breakdown of society is more likely to happen elsewhere first than here purely for the fact we are able to form an orderly queue.
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ziggy12345 wrote:The breakdown of society is more likely to happen elsewhere first than here purely for the fact we are able to form an orderly queue.
Well said Ziggy.
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ziggy12345 wrote:The breakdown of society is more likely to happen elsewhere first than here purely for the fact we are able to form an orderly queue.
Talking of queues, I went to Sainsburys in Taunton this afternoon. I had to join a queue to get into the car park, then the queue to get out to find a suitable parking space. It was almost closing time, and I sat in my van having a cuppa for ages watching all the lemmings queuing to get out. It was fascinating watching all the frustrated people. When they'd all gone, I wandered off on almost empty roads :D
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