Peak Oil and Climate Change…

  By Linda G | July 7, 2012 - 10:49 |

From the video introduction:

The scientific community has long agreed that our dependence on fossil fuels inflicts massive damage on the environment and our health, while warming the globe in the process. But beyond the damage these fuels cause to us now, what will happen when the world’s supply of oil runs out? In a new video series [not "new" anymore; posted in January of 2011] from The Nation magazine and On The Earth Productions, Bill McKibben, Noam Chomsky, Nicole Foss, Richard Heinberg and other scientists, researchers and writers explain.

Written by: Linda G on July 7, 2012.
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  • Krallison

    Oh, what pitiful stuff! This is all political left wing propaganda. Here in the the States we call these people “hippies”. Hell bent for for liberalism. Yes , I will agree that we need to find some other source of energy apart from oil. But, that is at least one hundred years from actually happening. The technology just doesn’t exist yet to get us off this black tea. And people is reality. All other arguments are wishful thinking, and our governments know that.

    • http://www.alda-architects.co.uk/ Alan

       It is for each and every country to decide they energy policy. Those that get it right will be the places worth living in the future. Those that get this one wrong, well let’s just say there will be a cost. China seems to see future problems.

      I live in a region that has no oil, we import all of it and same applies for gas (In the British sense), uranium and coal. Each unit of energy we buy is not only money flowing out of this place, but places us in a vulnerable supply chain.

      We do however have plenty of wind, wave, tidal and it rains and rains, so lots of streams and rivers many  of which drop sharply to the sea. What we lack is the will and direction to utilise our own resources, instead we take the lazy, unthinking route.

      As for ‘left wing’ how is securing future energy supply solely a concern of the left?

      The ‘black stuff’ is such a valuable product in plastics, pharmaceuticals, it is sin to burn it.

      I often wonder at attitudes in the States, does it reflect years of media coverage and lobbying?

  • http://www.alda-architects.co.uk/ Alan

     I for one have no doubt that we have a horrendous energy supply problem looming. Are we supposed to go to war, or undermine regimes, every time supply is threatened? Doable only if it is country with a limited arms ability. We saw the problem when Russia cut gas supplies to Ukraine. At some future date how do we respond? But it is worse than that. Say we control the Middle East and North African supplies for a while, what would the response of China etc be? This requires foreign policy for the insane.  Self reliance will become increasingly important and the cleaner we can do it the better for us all.

    Where I feel there are difficulties is how we move towards self reliance.

    • http://overthepeak.com/wordpress/ Mystic

       There is only one Mystic ….. all the others are just cheap imitations.
      (for a while, you will have to check which is which)

      • http://www.alda-architects.co.uk/ Alan

         OK, see the problem now.

  • lgrinaker

    “Welcome to the rest of our lives”  (at least here in the U.S.)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0NrS2L6KcE

    • http://overthepeak.com/wordpress/ Mystic

       I think the Oil guy had it about right.
      We are going to burn all the fossil fuels, shit is gonna happen …… and humans will adapt.