tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post7621642692342214875..comments2024-03-13T18:55:49.391+00:00Comments on Energy Balance: Oil Gap Greater Threat than Terrorism.Professor Chris Rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-77536605269561141712008-11-08T09:41:00.000+00:002008-11-08T09:41:00.000+00:00Hi Andre',yes I have communicated with Paul, who a...Hi Andre',<BR/><BR/>yes I have communicated with Paul, who also lives in Reading.<BR/><BR/>It seems to be almost a red-herring as though the need to cut oil use is being dressed-up as a need to curb CO2 emissions.<BR/><BR/>O.K., maybe the powers that be don't want to panic everybody and keeping within the text of climate change which everyone is familiar with, is the chosen policy.<BR/><BR/>But I agree with you 9and Paul) completely, it is the fall-off of cheap oil that will hit civilization first and probably hardest.<BR/><BR/>Once we can't get hold of or can't afford fossil fuel (oil especially) any more, we will inevitably cut our "carbon emissions."<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>Chris.Professor Chris Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-52132795972138798312008-11-08T09:22:00.000+00:002008-11-08T09:22:00.000+00:00Hi, ChrisI also have been puzzled by the fact that...Hi, Chris<BR/><BR/>I also have been puzzled by the fact that the media talked so much about the threat of climate change without being conscious that Peak Oil was a much more immediate threat, and generally ignoring it.<BR/><BR/>One of your compatriots, Paul Thompson (Reading, England) reported the same remark, in August 2007, in the introduction of his multilingual website "Wolf at the door" (English, German, French and Polish). English pages :<BR/><BR/>http://www.wolfatthedoor.org.uk/<BR/> <BR/>I quote below the beginning of this introduction :<BR/><BR/>"Everyday in the news, we hear of the threat of climate change. There are international conferences, television documentaries, books galore. Leaders meet regularly to discuss the issues and define programs. Yet, while climate change is undoubtedly a serious problem, the most dangerous aspects are not likely to threaten us for several decades and even then will be ambiguous in their results, bringing hazards for many, benefits for some, and little effect for a few.<BR/>But there is a danger whose consequences will be far more destructive and which will hit us much sooner. It is a danger that will affect everybody, rich or poor, wherever they live in the world. It will require enormous financial and scientific strides to defeat, strides which the world’s governments show few signs of taking. It is a danger which, quite feasibly, could lead to the end of our industrial civilization. It is the danger of peak oil."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com