tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post4326468276189344352..comments2024-03-13T18:55:49.391+00:00Comments on Energy Balance: North Sea Oil and Gas may Provide One Third of Britain's Energy by 2020.Professor Chris Rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-34691180008613621172010-03-08T10:28:46.942+00:002010-03-08T10:28:46.942+00:00Hi George,
the new (oil-free) paradigm is SO diff...Hi George,<br /><br />the new (oil-free) paradigm is SO difficult to conceive of that I suspect we will go for business as usual until that begins to fragment.<br /><br />The tragedy of this sate of denial is that by the time the status quo does begin to fail, there will be little we can do to inaugurate the brave new "world without oil", as there will be no practical plan B in place.<br /><br />Indeed, it is not only the getting of oil per se that is the problem, and many metals especially as used in the electronics/solar energy industry are in short supply. Water as a resource is a separate issue, e.g. tar-sands oil.<br /><br />I agree, the only solution is to live with less energy either by design or default and really design is the only way forward; default = anarchy.<br /><br />On your blog you stress many innovative ideas but all such possibilities need to be got up and running at least on the local level, which is where our only sustainable future is to be had, while schemes of global dimensions (and their economies) fail.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Chris.Professor Chris Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-76625915667363813452010-03-06T16:52:55.381+00:002010-03-06T16:52:55.381+00:00So much of our self-identity is caught up in the t...So much of our self-identity is caught up in the trappings of modernity. Being essentially unprepared by either education or experience, it's very difficult to rethink, let alone abandon, the economic paradigm* built on post-WWII 'cheap' oil. *(having high energy, highly conspicuous consumption, a driven and ambitious agenda whether individual or collective)<br /><br />Drilling for oil merely because its price has risen does not conjure up the other, equally vital resources such as water. Without those resources (incl. certain metals), the oil is useless; it has little or no inherent value. <br /><br />Yet detailed warnings along with plausible alternatives and solutions are all out there. The latter do not aim to simply replace the intractable elements of modernity, but to render them unnecessary. <br /><br />My co-blogger and I share this site:<br />http://peaknik.blogspot.com/<br />My own site is - <br />http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/transitions/<br />Both sites provide both links and a means to find portals related to sustainability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com