Very interesting 12-minute video produced by ABC Australia about the world's "peak oil" problem (the time when the amount of new oil discovered goes down rather than up).
The film implies that it could be as soon as 3 years from now or as long as 30 years from now, but most experts in the business agree that that time of oil scarcity is on the very near horizon.
Even though we might have alternatives for fuel for cars, heating, and other petroleum-based goods, the one thing I never even considered was that thus far NO ONE has talked about alternative fuel sources for airplanes.
For Hawai'i, because of its relative geographic isolation, this could really become an extremely serious problem for the residents.
"What would happen if the world were to start running out of oil? Conventional wisdom says we’ve got 30 years, but there’s a growing fear amongst petroleum experts it’s happening much sooner than we thought – that we are hitting the beginning of the end of oil now. So how soon will the oil run out, and can we stop our economy collapsing when it does? How prepared are we for the real oil crisis? "
Miulang
P.S. here's a thought piece related to scarcity of most resources.
"...Let's stop claiming to dominate nature and the world; let's stop making possession a superior end. Let's put our cherished deviancies, such as the manufacture of desire and its bulimic satisfaction, back in their place. Today's progress must be situated on the side of being rather than of having. Moreover, tending toward equitably-distributed wellbeing compatible with our planet's capacities at home and toward helping the most destitute to live better supports rational growth. The measure of this new growth must be taken according to scales integrating the human and ecological impacts.
The film implies that it could be as soon as 3 years from now or as long as 30 years from now, but most experts in the business agree that that time of oil scarcity is on the very near horizon.
Even though we might have alternatives for fuel for cars, heating, and other petroleum-based goods, the one thing I never even considered was that thus far NO ONE has talked about alternative fuel sources for airplanes.
For Hawai'i, because of its relative geographic isolation, this could really become an extremely serious problem for the residents.
"What would happen if the world were to start running out of oil? Conventional wisdom says we’ve got 30 years, but there’s a growing fear amongst petroleum experts it’s happening much sooner than we thought – that we are hitting the beginning of the end of oil now. So how soon will the oil run out, and can we stop our economy collapsing when it does? How prepared are we for the real oil crisis? "
Miulang
P.S. here's a thought piece related to scarcity of most resources.
"...Let's stop claiming to dominate nature and the world; let's stop making possession a superior end. Let's put our cherished deviancies, such as the manufacture of desire and its bulimic satisfaction, back in their place. Today's progress must be situated on the side of being rather than of having. Moreover, tending toward equitably-distributed wellbeing compatible with our planet's capacities at home and toward helping the most destitute to live better supports rational growth. The measure of this new growth must be taken according to scales integrating the human and ecological impacts.
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