Also, the utility and
oil companies are and will interfere with progress that hurts their bottom line; economics has a
place to be sure, but just old fashioned greed hinders progress... still, there are hard working people who support families and citizens who do can not afford any upgrades or
changes, the building of the wind infrastructure is already past a billion dollars and has not brought the efficiency we need to even talk of transitions, and with the 7 - 10 billion dollars car makers are requesting in addition to 20 - 75 billion for the current production lines to be maintained (and to stop the
big three from filing chapter 11) and the regular gas powered vehicles to continue in the mainstay, it is not likely the government will have the money (or credit?)
Hailed by Rob Hopkins as «possibly the
biggest peak
oil / climate
change / Transition event to take
place in the UK», Bristol's
Big Event looks set to be a huge collective exploration of the future for this city of 400,000 residents as fossil fuels