Peak Oil -- And What Do We Do Now?
Debate on "Peak Oil" and choosing a new Global Paradigm
This group's purpose is to debate the “peak oil” phenomenon and its inevitable aftermath, and how we can help shape a post -petroleum future. This is a global phenomenon and this is a global group. Peak oil is the point in time at which the maximum global petroleum production rate is reached. After this point in time, the rate of production begins a termi ...learn more
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Created: Sep 25, 2007
Updated: Oct 29, 2009
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Topic: What Do We Do Now? KILL Carbon!
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Yep, the Carbon Age is coming to a close, since it has reached a threshold past which it can not be sustained. The Golden Age of Rockefeller and Peabody is ended. Principles of atmospheric chemistry and Carbon Dioxide's action as a greenhouse gas were established in the 19th Century, and now we have seen the practical realization of that chemistry.
Therefore, we must all KILL Carbon as an energy source immediately, and institute sustainable sources. Coal, oil, and gas are all environmentally destructive, from extraction to disposal. "More, more, more" is the mantra and mentality of the addict, and in this case the source of the chant is indistinguishable from the Corporate Oligarchy.
The vast majority of this new energy source needs to be Wind and Sun. These are tried and proven technologies--Wind turbines on all scales have been available since the 1920s, and technologies using the sun for electricity have been in existence since the early 1960s. These technologies are not static either, but continue to improve.
Energy from sustainable sources for transportation is transferred to Hydrogen or batteries for use in vehicles. The best first application of these technologies is for rail transit of people and goods. These technologies are also vastly improved, continue to do so.
What is lacking is implementation, which in turn suffers from the continued suffocating pressure from the fossil fuel industry. Coal companies buy judges and legislators and lobby the rest and get their way, despite the rule of law and will of the people. Oil and gas companies prevent advances in sustainability and incentives to promote them, in the name of greed.
Essentially connected to the sources above is the need for energy efficiency. Waste on all scales makes us look like fools, beyond simple inefficiency of technology. Consistent with greater efficiency is more local production of goods including industry and agriculture.
Related to all of the above is the need to simply have fewer people on the Earth to demand a fair share of resources. We simply do not have the resources of two extra Earths on which to rely, to satisfy the basic needs of the too many people we have now.
This is the start of the best possible future, based on sustainability.
David
Messages done with sustainable energy, with Wind and Sun!