Peak Beer

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Post by Lightning Rod » May 28th, 2007, 9:08 pm

When I took a peek into our refrigerator this afternoon I noticed to my chagrin that I had reached a situation of Peak Beer. I was coming into a part of the day when there is usually an observable increase in consumption and I was faced with dwindling supplies.

It's not a pleasant situation. I can see why those who understand what is happening with respect to world oil supplies are nervous. It's the same situation I'm facing, the promise of increasing demand and decreasing supply.

I suppose that I am lucky that beer is at least a renewable resource. I can always go to the store and buy more. Or if they don't have it at the store because the delivery trucks have no fuel, I can make it myself.

But oil is not a renewable resource. When the tank is empty, it's empty.

It's easy to see why the heads of the oil-junkie corporations and politicians that they own are so anxious to exert control over the dwindling supplies. Hence we get into wars of colonial conquest.

The solution seems simple. Let's run everything on beer.
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Post by e_dog » May 29th, 2007, 10:12 pm

ethanol from cereals is worse for the environment than oil says some folks like Monbiot.

We're totally screwed. Mad Max incipit.

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Post by Lightning Rod » May 29th, 2007, 10:32 pm

I forget whether it was Teddy Roosevelt or Alexander the Great who said
that beer is just portable grain (food)

so, why can't you get it with food stamps?
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Post by Dave The Dov » June 1st, 2007, 5:42 pm

Beer and oil are like a cycle of one another.
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Post by jimboloco » June 2nd, 2007, 5:07 pm

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[color=darkcyan]i'm on a survival mission
yo ho ho an a bottle of rum om[/color]

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Post by Arcadia » June 2nd, 2007, 7:30 pm

national-ex-national-beer

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Post by Arcadia » June 2nd, 2007, 7:30 pm

(twice is too much!)

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Post by Lightning Rod » June 2nd, 2007, 9:13 pm

that's why they call it dos equis

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Post by jimboloco » June 3rd, 2007, 2:52 pm

nice cervesa dibujo Arcadia

maybe we should invade a country for beer

is there such a thing as a micro-refinery?
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