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This came into the comments section overnight. I usually have a bit of a dilemma with this sort of post as I'm aware that you lot can be quite forthright! But, for a troll, it is quite erudite, and it does give the opportunity of addressing points - or in most cases reiterating them, so I'm not going to look this gift horse in the mouth! I'll show it in full first, then look at each point raised.

Climate change is nothing new. The earths climate, like it's geography has, and always will be changing. But at least the loonie leftist 'warmists' have had to withdraw that idiotic idea and have conceeded that is no longer a fact.

The arch idiot who subscribed to that now defunct idea, is the Al Gore [who has lined his own pockets well from the false flag!]

Aside from that, oil is not about to run out anytime soon....according to PROVEN geological studies and test drillings, the U.S. is said to hold the largest UNTAPPED oil reserves on the planet including the middle east! Also, oil wells thought to have been previously pumped out and abandoned, have 'miraculously' filled again with oil! This is verifiable fact.

However, the middle east conflict is not, as many uninformed would believe, a purely spontaneous outburst. Of course, the wise [!] strategist will wish to use someone ELSE'S oil first, before using their own! Also, there is a strategy at play here by the NWO [new world order] whose aim is to destabilise all middle eastern countries in preparation for UN [united nazis] who are themselves owned by the nwo elite, to take over and control of government of oil producing nations and hence ALL oil output. This however, does NOT mean the ordinary 'joe' on the street will get cheaper oil! In fact, the aim is to keep oil at a regulated high price which gives nwo government the final say in just WHO can and cannot afford to drive personal transport. Bottom line, it's ALL about C O N T R O L of the 'masses' which is what nwo government is about. What relation does this have to this site?

Well, let's look at this whole issue in a slightly wider aspect than a group of well meaning people wishing to re instate a defunct railway....whether you [the reader] believe in the nwo [again, verifiable] or not, is your perogative. What I am saying is that you may choose to ignore what you may view as the larger issues , but the nwo aims will NOT ignore YOU. Like it or not, we ALL of us, rely on road transport, and oil: Our whole western civillisation is based around the use of and consumption of oil!

How are ANY transport systems going to run without oil? ALL machines, even steam locos, need a certain amount of grease, oil to be able to run! Much as the romantisism of railways is being played, fact is, people will always be reliant on personal transport to get them TO the train in first place! And I ask you: Are YOU prepared to do away with yo ur car RIGHT now, and rely on rail to get you where you need to be? You think fuel prices are high? Try rail fares for a few days! Truth is, people will NEVER return to using rail transport in the way they HAD to when I was young....those days are GONE. I am not saying rail doesn't have an important, indeed vital role to play in the movemnt of bulk freight in this day and age, but as prime 'people mover'? No, only for rare long distance travel do most ever use them, aside from regular commuter routes of course. Fact is, people like their privacy and comfort...can some of YOU people HONESTLY envisage getting to your preservation pastime WITHOUT a car? Without the tools you use to do the clearing? If your cars were taken away from you, I think membership of these projects would fall to ZERO!Not being a 'damp squib' just being real.

Here we go - this will be fun!!

Climate change is nothing new. The earths climate, like it's geography has, and always will be changing. But at least the loonie leftist 'warmists' have had to withdraw that idiotic idea and have conceeded that is no longer a fact.

First bear in mind that this is a private blog. I rarely mention climate change as it is not anywhere near as important as Peak Oil. However to bring in a political perspective here, as the writer does, is particularly ingenuous. True, the fact of climate change was originally propounded by people on the right, but it is now pretty much universally accepted. The main sceptics are either paid by oil companies or are on the far left, who in their idiocy think the whole world can live at the level of the average lower middle class family in the west - climate change rather stops this ambition dead in its tracks. It's therefore a POLITICAL point of view, rather than a scientific one.

#The arch idiot who subscribed to that now defunct idea, is the Al Gore [who has lined his own pockets well from the false flag!]

Al Gore is a multi millionaire goon, who has made a living from pushing a particularly unscientific view of global warming. We completely agree on this point!

However, the middle east conflict is not, as many uninformed would believe, a purely spontaneous outburst. Of course, the wise [!] strategist will wish to use someone ELSE'S oil first, before using their own! Also, there is a strategy at play here by the NWO [new world order] whose aim is to destabilise all middle eastern countries in preparation for UN [united nazis] who are themselves owned by the nwo elite, to take over and control of government of oil producing nations and hence ALL oil output. This however, does NOT mean the ordinary 'joe' on the street will get cheaper oil! In fact, the aim is to keep oil at a regulated high price which gives nwo government the final say in just WHO can and cannot afford to drive personal transport. Bottom line, it's ALL about C O N T R O L of the 'masses' which is what nwo government is about.

This is pure idiocy. When people start talking about a 'New World Order' you know they are spending hours alone on the internet reading fringe US sites that believe in conspiracy theories, UFOs, ghosts and all the other rubbish that fills our lives.

What relation does this have to this site?What relation does this have to this site?


None whatsoever. I am the world's biggest sceptic. My first degree is in economics, a very logical science.

Well, let's look at this whole issue in a slightly wider aspect than a group of well meaning people wishing to re instate a defunct railway....
The S&D is not 'defunct'. It is an essential piece of transport infrastructure with a fantastic future.

whether you [the reader] believe in the nwo [again, verifiable] or not, is your perogative. What I am saying is that you may choose to ignore what you may view as the larger issues , but the nwo aims will NOT ignore YOU. Like it or not, we ALL of us, rely on road transport, and oil: Our whole western civillisation is based around the use of and consumption of oil!Well, let's look at this whole issue in a slightly wider aspect than a group of well meaning people wishing to re instate a defunct railway....


Idiocy. The NWO is an invention by fools, and don't frighten me any more than Casper the Friendly Ghost. It's nonsense.

How are ANY transport systems going to run without oil? ALL machines, even steam locos, need a certain amount of grease, oil to be able to run!
So you believe ALL oil will vanish?? Of course it won't, there will be some extremely expensive oil available, for specialist uses. Rail will be a priority hence will get the oil.

Much as the romantisism of railways is being played, fact is, people will always be reliant on personal transport to get them TO the train in first place!

What the fuck has romanticism got to do with anything? We are talking about transport, an essential thing we all need. Personal transport includes foot, cycle and horse. The workers at Midford currently arrive on foot or by bus. Many of the workers at Midsomer Norton and Shillingstone live within walking distance of the stations.

And I ask you: Are YOU prepared to do away with yo ur car RIGHT now, and rely on rail to get you where you need to be? You think fuel prices are high? Try rail fares for a few days!And I ask you: Are YOU prepared to do away with yo ur car RIGHT now, and rely on rail to get you where you need to be? You think fuel prices are high?Much as the romantisism of railways is being played, fact is, people will always be reliant on personal transport to get them TO the train in first place!Like it or not, we ALL of us, rely on road transport, and oil: Our whole western civillisation is based around the use of and consumption of oil!How are ANY transport systems going to run without oil? ALL machines, even steam locos, need a certain amount of grease, oil to be able to run!whether you [the reader] believe in the nwo [again, verifiable] or not, is your perogative. What I am saying is that you may choose to ignore what you may view as the larger issues , but the nwo aims will NOT ignore YOU.

Why would I need to do away with my car NOW? I am well off and expect to be able to continue to use my car until diesel reaches around £5 a litre. And fuel prices aren't high, they are very low. But not for much longer.

 Truth is, people will NEVER return to using rail transport in the way they HAD to when I was young....those days are GONE. I am not saying rail doesn't have an important, indeed vital role to play in the movemnt of bulk freight in this day and age, but as prime 'people mover'? No, only for rare long distance travel do most ever use them, aside from regular commuter routes of course. Fact is, people like their privacy and comfort...can some of YOU people HONESTLY envisage getting to your preservation pastime WITHOUT a car?

Try rail fares for a few days! Truth is, people will NEVER return to using rail transport in the way they HAD to when I was young....those days are GONE. ]

As fewer and fewer people can afford to run cars more and more will use the trains, walk or cycle. It is already happening. More people usethe trains now than when you were young anyway, so your point is invalid.

I am not saying rail doesn't have an important, indeed vital role to play in the movemnt of bulk freight in this day and age, but as prime 'people mover'? No, only for rare long distance travel do most ever use them, aside from regular commuter routes of course.

It will become the prime mover for exactly the reasons outlined above. It is price that will force people and freight onto rail, not romanticism!

Fact is, people like their privacy and comfort...can some of YOU people HONESTLY envisage getting to your preservation pastime WITHOUT a car?

Not sure who you are addressing this to. The New S&D is not about preservationism - this blog has stated many times that that particular hobby is in its dying years. I can get to all places I need to without my car, as can (and do) many of my readers.

Without the tools you use to do the clearing?

Why would tools 'vanish?' The railways were built in the main without power tools, we'll simply go back to using less energy-intensive tools. No big deal.

If your cars were taken away from you, I think membership of these projects would fall to ZERO!Not being a 'damp squib' just being real.

You are not being real at all. You have a (very odd) agenda, encompassing climate change scepticism and a childish belief in a 'New World Order'. You have an enormous amount to take on board over the next few years. You've made a start by reading this blog - there may be hope for you yet !


I've probably been a little self-indulgent here - my energies should be directed at getting the S&D back, not arguing invalid fantasy points with people that are dooming themselves to a very bleak future because it won't match their requirements. All I ask is that we all drop the agendas and wishful thinking, look at verifiable (and credited) scientific FACTS, perhaps learn a little economics and geology and stop WISHING for things that aren't going to happen.

I promise I won't engage again. Climate Change and Peak Oil are just simple facts that we are all going to have to deal with in the future, every day. Our lives are going to change dramatically as the end of cheap energy hits us. Restoring the S&D is our little part in ensuring that some degree of civilization continues into the future. It is decadent and indulgent to argue what we know is true. The old oil world left a lot of people feeling alienated and powerless, like our poster, but it also gave them the time and the money to bang on about stuff that simply isn't true. There'll be no room for such sentiment and decadence in the energy-poor world, and I suspect that that is one of the better things that are going to come out of all this.

And why this particular poster? See my other main blog, THE WAR ON BULLSHIT, which I think explains it perfectly! The clue is in the blog name ...