Here is an interview with Matt Simmons in regard to the CERA report, which basically pushed Peak Oil off to 2030 and beyond. He has some significant comments to make about the state of our oil infrastructure, and other infrastructure issues.
Also, the Energy Descent Action Plan. It seems to me that if our city and county governments were interested in our collective future they would be pushing this process. Right now I don't know of any initiative to do this, and given that Chicago failed to meet Da Mayor's loudly trumpeted Green initiative I certainly don't expect any leadership from that quarter. This is something that should appeal to JoMo's desire to be taken oh so seriously by the DNC. It has far more impact than foie gras.
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I didn't believe CERA the minute I read what they were proposing for new finds. Based on what?! I haven't read Simmons' book, Kunstler scared me plenty. I sent the link to a cousin in Texas who works for Deloitte and Touche. He wants more info on what's going on. Guess some clients are waking up.
At lunch I peruse The Drumbeat over at The Oil Drum. The news pieces they find are very interesting. One of the denizens over there intends to post a study next spring, after the Energy Info Administration (EIA) posts their year end numbers. He's expecting the data to prove we passed peak. I hope he's wrong.
The Washington Post had an article about Gazprom, which is a state owned entity. Pretty scary reading. They want "security of demand" and are in a position to really mess with the European energy demands. They want to control the pipelines in Belarus as an exchange for providing natural gas. Can we all spell "hostage"? This is just another aspect of what we will need to address if we are serious about moving away from carbon, at least oil based carbon, as a primary energy source for fuel.
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