Posted August 27th, 2006
Just a couple of television notes.
60 Minutes is running a segment on ‘Peak Oil’ tonight at 7:30 tonight called Running On Empty - it’ll be interesting to see how the issue is framed, however I don’t like to sound of the blurb.
You’re about to hear two of the scariest words in the English language […]
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Posted August 24th, 2006
For those interested in the topics, there will be a peak oil and permaculture speaking tour around Australia with Richard Heinberg and David Holmgren two leading educators on those ideas, for those interested, the Sydney tour dates are as follows.
Sydney Tuesday 29th August
6.30pm, Public Talk
Peak Oil and Permaculture: Relocalisation in the Energy Descent Future
Parliament House […]
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Posted August 14th, 2006
There are a couple of reports in todays papers that are linked by a failure to see past the political cycle and ideology.
The first is this poll driven response by the Govt to high petrol prices.
Moving quickly to head off further anger in the electorate, the Government will give a $2000 subsidy to motorists […]
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Posted August 12th, 2006
This report in the Australian business section neatly describes Australia’s peak moment without actually telling you that we’re already there.
Australia’s dependence on imported oil surged in the past year as local crude production slumped by a further 10 per cent. The latest figures mean that the nation’s production has plunged by 44 per cent in […]
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Posted August 8th, 2006
Last night the 7:30 Report reported (it does that sometimes) on the politics of energy/petrol prices that by omission highlighted what the problem really is as we face the long emergency.
JOHN HOWARD, PRIME MINISTER: It’s the greatest worry of my political life, petrol, in terms of its impact on the average Australian.
So what’s the omission? […]
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Posted August 6th, 2006
Via Treehugger.
Technorati Tags: transport, energy, prices
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Posted July 9th, 2006
“Peak Oil?” … on Four Corners, 8.30 pm Monday 10 July, ABC TV.
Reporter Jonathan Holmes goes in search of an answer in the Middle East, the US and Europe, interviewing the key protagonists. He asks if the world is being told the truth about the vast unexploited reserves that are claimed to lie beneath the […]
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Posted May 31st, 2006
Elliot Fishman, director of the Institute for Sensible Transport in todays Age on the transition to a low oil economy.
But the governments must begin the process of adapting to high fuel costs by placing a moratorium on new urban roads. It is simply irresponsible to spend billions on infrastructure that will be of limited use […]
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Posted May 25th, 2006
Australian Car Advice is a new Australian blog dealing with issues from the motorists point of view, unfortunately he asks the wrong question in this post on petrol pricing and takes the by now standard populist jackass position on petrol excise.
Well there you have it! Next time you are filling up the tank, spare a […]
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Posted May 24th, 2006
Folks are close to getting it, but I’m wrong about one thing.
Rob and Brooke Luinstra used to spend their weekends taking driving trips in their powerful, petrol-hungry four-wheel-drive. But soaring petrol prices and a sizeable mortgage forced them to reassess their driving habits and the cars they own.
They sold their Toyota Hilux earlier this year […]
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