There is an interesting article on alternet about ...

2008-10-02T15:19:00.000+10:00

There is an interesting article on alternet about how Jimmy Carter came up with a plan, which if implemented, would have gotten us much closer to where we need to be now, except for the bit about using more coal.

Carter evidently installed solar panels on the white house but Reagan took them down because he (or nancy) didn't like the way they looked reportedly.

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The Reg are reporting an interview with ex-oil ind...

2008-09-22T12:17:00.000+10:00

The Reg are reporting an interview with ex-oil industry chemist Richard Pike where he states that oil reserves are under-reported due to probalistic theory. Really instead of only 1.2 trillion barrels of oil, there are more like 2-3 trillion barrels of oil out there.

The problem I have with the Reg's article is that this does not translate to "Peak oil postponed". The lesson of peak oil is that oil in the ground is a finite resource, and that the costs of procuring it, combined with the price pressures in an international market will mean that it will be out of reach for the ordinary person wanting to fuel their car.

There's no solar powered passenger jets. There's no wind powered battleships. Oil for plastics manufacture, and other industrial necessities have no replacments at present.

And folks from India and China are moving up to First World lifestyles. They want cars, airplane flights, and plastic goods too.

So motorists are at the back of the queue behind a lot of much fatter wallets. Running cars on petroleum will be as viable as running them on industrial diamonds.

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There is an interesting article on alternet about ...

The Reg are reporting an interview with ex-oil ind...