A big reminder to anyone who has time this morning to head out to Lenthalls dam with your Save the Mary / No Dam posters. They might have closed the dam to the public for the day but that would not stop protestors lining up at the entrance and sending a solid message to the invited guests. We don’t want or need their damn dam!
In response to our comments on the so called Peak Oil theory John Neve asks the following:
Peak or Trough?
Based on everything I’ve read, watched and listened to, I agree
with the concept of Peak Oil. I don’t believe oil replenishes itself,
so, sooner or later, it will run out. The question is when? The
majority view on this seems to be we are over the “peak” and on
the downhill slide. Even if we have another 100 years of oil (and
I don’t believe we have), the time to address the problem is now.
To leave it until tomorrow won’t do, remember, tomorrow never
comes.
What we need is a government prepared to bite the bullet, and
implement some strategies. To eke out what oil we have, we
could; phase out petrol engines and replace them with diesel,
limit the size of engines for private use, switch from aeroplanes
to airships (this would allow the size of engines to be reduced by
at least half), sorry about this, but we should phase out the use
of petrol and oil for joyriding (speedboats, racing, both bikes
and cars), and let’s not forget the infamous burnouts by F111’s
to excite our jaded minds.
We have to ask ourselves, do we think oil will last forever?
What are we prepared to give up? Is government doing enough?
Most importantly, do we really care?
Bringbackstrewth writes: John, we’re not sure what swapping from regular fuel to diesel will achieve.. unless you were referring to bio-diesel. As for motor racing coming to an end, as sky rocketing fuel prices force us to be less reliant on cars for everyday use, motorsports will in fact gain in popularity. As other contributors have pointed out, the motorsports industry is already leading the way in embracing green technologies and fuel sources. It is the motorsports industry that has the biggest potential to help govenments and manufacturers move away from our dependance on fossil fuels for transportation.
Contrary to what some might think, it is entirely feasible that the motorcar will in fact be around 100 or more years from now. Yes the propulsion methods will change but the mode will not. Furthermore, technologies exist now that oil companies don’t want us to know about or governments believe we are not ready for.
As “global warming” hysteria heats up, society will demand these technologies and indeed new ones will be found to allow us to continue to enjoy the lifestyles we currently have. As a nation we must start embracing the need for change and our governments need to take the bold steps in promoting greener transport infrastructure, equipment and practises. Do we care enough John might ask? We think not.
