Michael C. Ruppert-- A World in Trouble

[mike184ever1]

seems the truth is North America is full of Crude and the Baaken has light sweet crude too...Its off shore its in South America ,,,hell Oil is all over the world.. and you clowns want to use food to make gas ....go figure that one

[mike184ever1]

@77blitzwing whats over...Wall St. still making money on the dollar. EU gets sicker and US Dollars keeps its crisp....now there is a conspiracy..someone better look into that one

[TheSkabal]

@77blitzwing

What's over?Explain.

[670Kiester]

James Howard Kunstler linked here from his site

[charcol67]

@redhat123456789 FYI, I keep bringing up polycultures because you keep bringing up pesticides. Also, ethanol burns virtually pollution-free, just the opposite of burning petroleum- another answer to your ethanol/ greenhouse gas question.

[mike184ever1]

@charcol67 Ethanol burns slow and cold so it takes way more to get the burn...oh you want to use food to make gas ...there is something morally wrong about that one, doncha think???

[charcol67]

@redhat123456789 Plant= facility. Corn is only one crop out of many, including cattails (google cattails), that can be used for alcohol production. A monoculture requires pesticides- a polyculture does not. Harvesting (recycling) co2 (a greenhouse gas) from the fermentation tank of a distillery can be pumped into a greenhouse (an indoor food production facility) to increase plant growth and thus food production (if growing food). This should answer your question re: ethanol and greenhouse gases.

[mike184ever1]

@charcol67 there is no GOVERNMENT HAND OUT for cattail production...oh, wait, thats a wetlands byproduct... nope you are a tree hugger and you cant have people raping the wetlands now can ya....see it just dont make any sense (cents)

[charcol67]

@redhat123456789 An ethanol plant can easily be powered using a biogas digester, using either surplus liquid solubles from the distillation process or animal manure as the substrate- no oil needed. Agreed, but we wouldn't have to use it if growing a polyculture. Depends- grow a crop (cattails) which doesn't need USDA farm land or USDA crop land. Water- being efficient is key (research permaculture). G.Gases- harvest co2 from fermentation and pump into greenhouse for increased food production.

[charcol67]

@redhat123456789 So reducing our petroleum use by 50% w/o modifying our vehicles is sad??? The modification is small and would eliminate our need for petroleum-based fuel entirely. Correct- no damage, but I asked what damage you were referring to and you're evading the question. Huge negatives? Small positives? Corn is only a monoculture when grown alone- this is what a monoculture is. Yes, this is the current method of growing it, but it doesn't have to be this way. Alcohol= liquid solar energy

[charcol67]

@redhat123456789 Current infrastructure- any gasoline-powered vehicle can run on ~50% ethanol w/o modification. Plastics can be replaced by cellulosic plants and already are on the small scale. Pesticides are needed when growing monocultures, but not polycultures. (research permaculture and organic farming) Petroleum- now there is some major environmental damage- from the drilling to the transporting to the burning. What environmental damage are you referring to with regards to ethanol?

[charcol67]

@redhat123456789 And you will- as long as the petroleum industry to able to skew the research done on it. The infrastructure is already in place for ethanol to succeed. I said this country has a surplus of corn- not ethanol. Those (like MCR) who attack ethanol using the "food vs. fuel" argument never mention this surplus, which counters the argument that ethanol causes the corn price to go up. One acre of corn produces 2-400 gallons per acre. One acre of sorghum produces 1000 gallons per acre.

[peaklightimages]

@redhat123456789

I was saying the current surge in oil prices is partly tracked to political chaos in the middle east, not just peak oil effects, and indeed oil has come back under $100 a barrel since then.

and it turns out companies like Toyota aren't as hard hit by the disaster as expected.

In fact, Toyota told analysts today that it expects to see only a slight dip in sales for the fiscal year ending in March 2012.

Still...long term Peak oil will rock economies

[KrunchyJD]

@redhat123456789 As I said, I believe that peak oil will happen, but we need to be careful, and not make grand statements without getting all the facts. The IEA said that CONVENTIONAL oil production peaked in 2006, however the year with the highest production (by only a small amount) is still 2010. What we can see roughly speaking is a bumpy plateau, and it looks like peak oil is happening around now, but you dont know you have peaked until about 5 years after the event.

[jaythegooner91]

thank you for waking me from the dream the most of us are living its time the world took a new route. lets hope michael is there to show us the way maybe we might find the 100th monkey that michael is trying so hard to find come on people its time we all stood together as a species as these are all our problems and affects us all. PEACE !!!!!!

[OctoberLandon]

Michael Ruppert at his best! I'm so glad that Michael is still active, his heart has always been in the right place!!

[KrunchyJD]

I would describe myself as a person who believes in peak oil, however production has not yet peaked, (although conventional oil has). Secondly no one can say how rapid the decline will be. Thirdly transportation is the biggest user of oil, and it would not hurt us to start riding bicycles more.

[unkleskratch]

nice to see ruppert is still in the game- along with kunstler he's one of the early paranoid doomcriers who turned out to be right all along.. another good one is craig hulet, if you can ever find his stuff on the net (he generally demands payment).

Rough ride ahead folks!

[zapproowsdower]

If you support GMO seeds, then I beg you to read Seeds of Deception. At the very least, look it up on Amazon and read some reviews. In my opinion those GM foods are so dangerous that the only human creation more deadly would be nuclear weapons.

[karlbaba]

He is basically saying the Japan disaster will crash the stock markets as lack of productivity and sales due to the Japan disaster hit quarterly earnings. This may be exaggerated. Rebuilding Japan may be something of an economic stimulus and even bolster US auto companies.

He points to oil prices as being a further drag. It's true that peak oil may very well sink the economy but current high prices are more a result of middle east political uncertainty and could go down for awhile.

[miinyoo]

Also regardless of whether abiotic hydrocarbons exist, he is still right in that we are well passed the ability to extract it with enough efficiency to justify it's pursuit in the first place.

[miinyoo]

Most importantly, peak population. The crest of which will be seen in this century.

[miinyoo]

However, I do think he's right about peak everything.

That insofar as its implications are impossible to ignore.

So Ruppert gets credit regardless of the abiotic argument, beyond a shadow of a doubt.

[miinyoo]

I think the real question is whether Oil is abiotic or not.

Then the future is simple logic.

if Abiotic = true then Ruppert is wrong and will forever be.

if Abiotic = false then Ruppert is right and we're watching the chips falling.

I REALLY wish this single question can be answered concretely and without prejudice.

[kb9gkc]

Sharpen your Machetes gentlemen, we are about to return to survival of the fittest. Patriots prepare yourselves both mentally and physically.

[thealternativecouk]

This is not a conspiracy theory and this is not fear mongering. This is obvious, staring us in the face mathematical fact. Peak oil has come and gone and is being ignored by far too many people. To help you look to the future, look up on Youtube 3D Barrel Gardening, Topsy Turvy Gardening and do it whilst the internet is here. Look at food that will survive in the climate you live in. I am currently making a video diary of my own food growing project, look out for it I hope it may help you.

[mphello]

4m20s - I gotta call MCR on his wrong points: he's ridiculous to claim HE coined the term "transition" for the change from pre-oil to a post-oil world. That term has been in the general vocabulary of the populace for the past fifty years when discussing the future decline of oil.

[mphello]

I have absolutely zero respect for Ruppert being a CIA agent or a cop. Easy stress-free big cushy government job that invades people's privacy. I respect Ruppert for his courage to speak out about peak fossil fuels and economic collapse.

[SidneyBou]

Very good so the answer to the problem is another plague or atomic war. Some choice but I understand the reason. I think Obama is trying to start a atomic war we know Israel has the bomb probably more they we have and we are starting a WAR in the Mideast which will get them involved.

I believe Obama is the AntiChrist so it stands to reason. He will rule for 7 years 3 1/2 good and 3 1/2 bad this time has been shortened or nothing on earth would survive.

[SidneyBou]

Very good so the answer to the problem is another plague or atomic war. Some choice but I understand the reason. I think Obama is trying to start a atomic war we know Israel has the bomb probably more they we have and we are starting a WAR in the Mideast which will get them involved.

[earthwayexperience]

moved to Sweden 7 year ago...then started a long time plan for a permacuture center...now it is hosting young who come and have a life changing experience...And we have lots of fun!

[stuntman48418]

Gotta give him credit. At least he is standing up and letting the American people know the simple information that the main steam media is not telling us. One example of the main stream media is they only care about Charlie Sheen and fucked up shit like Jersey Shore and American Idol.......... WTF!!!!!! I wanna know about what the fuck is gonna happen in the future, money economics,etc........ Being that America is DOOMED!!!!! Everything Mike has stated is very serious shit...

[ADULTEDUCATION4U]

He forgot to mention wiki leaks, cables which stated that supplies in SA are 40% less than previously stated..

[barrettdp]

Why does he always give his resume/life story before he talks about anything else?

[mphello]

@barrettdp So true! Sharp insight!

[knpstrr]

@barrettdp I would assume the first question in the interview was "who are you/whats your background"

[seemorerocks]

Basically most of what Ruppert says is underway even if his predictions are not 100% correct all the time. There is nothing mad about Michael C Ruppert or permaculture.

If you wish to believe the infinite growth paradigm can continue forever or wish to put your faith in industrial, franken- food, well good luck to you. Let's just hope you don't have a sudden realisation as you are swept away by a flood or tsunami!

[TheProphetNabob]

Ruppert predicted in 2003 that there wouldn't be any natural gas to power the new gas plants that were being built. Bullocks.

Ruppert wrote a book trying to pin 9/11 on Dick Cheney. He was not only wrong, but insane.

At the time, Ruppert said the draft was imminent. Horse shit.

When Hurricane Rita struck, Ruppert said it meant the collapse of the American economy. Wrong again.

In 2009, when swine flu broke out, Ruppert said "die-off has begun." Wrong.

Why do people listen to this fucktard?

[johan404]

@TheProphetNabob I don't know who the hell you are but I bet you've also been wrong about things, we all have. Ruppert is only human, not a prophet (neither are you). Doesn't change the fact that a lot of what he is saying is happening, and he's not the only one. It doesn't take a genius to realize infinite growth on a finite planet is impossible. But obviously we have to do our own research, analyze the data and make up our own minds. That being said I don't agree 100% with him either.

[danfromabove]

@TheProphetNabob Because we all take specific predictions with more than a pinch of salt and balance them with independent reports, long term trends and the multitude of correct predictions made by Mike and his contemporaries. There's world of difference between pointing out that the population boom has been fueled by a finite resource and saying that a specific event heralds the beginning of an equalisation. Go on then, what's you future vision: business as usual, tech singularity or collapse?

[charcol67]

MCR is correct about many things except ethanol. He never mentions anything about the surplus of corn this country produces every year after the demand for food and fuel is met. Surplus means the price should decrease, not increase. Petroleum is the problem, not ethanol. Ethanol is the solution, which makes it a problem for him and the sales of his books and for memberships to CollapseNet. Do your own research.

[TheEppg]

PERMACULTURE!

[TheProphetNabob]

@TheEppg Permaculture is for cultists.

[TheEppg]

@TheProphetNabob The current paradigm is for zombies... I wear the (perma)Cultist badge proudly thanks ;)

[icjr2352]

Ruppert. Michael C. Talks about the hand writing on the Wall as it relates to Peak-Oil. Most people will just brush off the things that he and many others have been saying for the last 36 years. In 1974 this time was predicted based on the finite resources that our planet has to offer. Do your homework...and understand before the days will dawn with darkness...

[jubault88]

Michael is a whitlse blower for long time:

[fakeham]

What is going to happen to all of the nuclear power plants when the power goes out? Will they supply their own energy to run their pumps or do we need to get the fuck away from them or what?

[yellowecotec]

Ionic Magnetic Fields increase efficiency of biofuels up to 80%, hemp ethanol yields 6-10 times more ethanol than corn ethanol. High THC hemp oil cures cancer check out the documentary RUN FROM THE CURE.

Cannabis Hemp repairs toxic soil. If collapse is real, which it is, you have to be out of your mind not to plant cannabis hemp everywhere.

“Make the most you can of the Indian Hemp seed and sow it everywhere.” – George Washington

[yellowecotec]

Want to see how to re-build, repair toxic soil, eat the most nutritional food on the planet, check out my channel and my film Peak Oil, Economic Collapse are a Fraud. By calling peak oil/economic collapse a fraud I mean everything was engineered to use up these resources and be really inefficient. Its politics the science of peak oil/collapse is everywhere.

I don't even have my own PC. Thunderstorms emit positrons (antimatter) - NASA

[KiidFrozt]

thanks for another great video Mr Ruppert

[Virtualburn]

Not much time although you've been saying the same things for 10 years.. and you coined the term 'Period of Transition' are you really being serious that you think this term hasn't been used in any context at all before 2003?

[costube1]

Too bad for whatever reason the Nation removed this video from their series:

If it was political shame on you!

[danfromabove]

@costube1 More likely it was because it was less elequent and possibly too urgent for them. I'm a collapsenet member, totally understand this stuff but to the uninitiated, this would perhaps appear a little too panicy and even 'fearmongering'. However if somebody thinks that at this point, they won't see it until they are directly affected - as Mike correctly points out. On an unreleated note, has anyone noticed how completely the hippies got this stuff 45 years ago?

[TheProphetNabob]

@costube1 The Nation removed the video because they know Ruppert is a twat.