Sentences with phrase «of peak oil»

But just as we're reaching the point of peak oil when it comes to our nation's energy supply, are firms likewise embarking on a peak associate supply, where there simply aren't enough bodies to sustain law firms» work and profits?

Monbiot seems to imply that environmentalists, as a body, believed in the immediacy of peak oil (this becomes a black and white certainty in the comments, inevitably).

There are thousands of initiatives around the world starting their journey to answer this crucial question: «for all those aspects of life that this community needs in order to sustain itself and thrive, how do we significantly rebuild resilience (to mitigate the effects of Peak Oil and economic contraction) and drastically reduce carbon emissions (to mitigate the effects of Climate Change)?»

All the talk of peak oil, that we are running out of fossil fuels and therefore need alternatives — or that we're not and therefore there's nothing to worry about — is a distraction.

Which did raise a few eyebrows, resulting in some coverage of Peak Oil across some mainstream newspapers.

I am not, I should note, an oil geologist, nor an expert in the arguments around the imminence (or not) of peak oil.

Link in the overlaying issues of Peak Oil, Peak Natural Gas, collapsing fisheries, severe hurricanes, the possibility of tying carbon trades to the satellite - verified effects, a rapidly approaching tipping point in media awareness of the climate issue, and rapid growth in solar and wind power product sales.

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The CFOs surveyed were pretty much evenly split on the issue of peak oil: 48 % said that we are either past a global peak in oil production or will reach that point within several years; 52 % believed that production rates can continue to increase.

In the context of Peak Oil, it is not the fossil fuel inputs that matter, but rather the petroleum inputs; the PIR or petroleum input ratio of the LTF alternative we should choose to make.

A future not of peak oil but rather of unburnable carbon.

There is every reason to believe that the concurrent crises of peak oil and climate change will interfere constructively rather than destructively.

The author is not committed to a particular version of peak oil theory, but deems the issue important enough to explore how various parts of the world should be expected to react.

We've already seen from the Fast Money team's hilarious response to Matt Simmons» sensible advice, that the twin threats of peak oil and climate change have the potential to turn conventional financial wisdom on its head.

By virtue of Peak Oil having been passed (where supply can not raise in response to demand) and coal being a terrible source of energy.

In it, Rob welcomes the willingness of politicians to finally acknowledge and discuss the implications of peak oil, but he berates them for their «techno - fix mindset» which focused only on subjects like electrifying our transportation networks, while glossing over the idea that peak oil might have implications for our entire model of development or the idea that economic growth can continue indefinitely.

Ever hear of Peak Oil?

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That the response to the threat of Peak Oil is the = same = as the response to threat of AGW is an added bonus.

For example, that more efficient use of oil will lead to increased demand, and will not slow the arrival or the effects of peak oil.

It turns out Rob was recently asked to address the International Forum on Globalization taking place in Washington DC this weekend on the subject of peak oil and community resilience.

I may not have been a huge fan of Colapsus» alarmist depiction of peak oil, but with IEA whistleblowers warning of inflated oil stats, business leaders warning us to prepare for peak oil in

Jim Kunstler would say it is because of Peak Oil, that suburban homeowners won't be able to afford to heat or cool their houses or commute to work; We have said that it is because of global warming, that low density construction uses too many resources and creates too much CO2 when nobody can walk anywhere; Perhaps demographer David Foot, author of Boom, Bust and Echo, 10 years ago was right all along, that demographics are everything and just watch those baby boomers.

But the fact is that the remorseless working out of the big numbers, by which I mean the accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere and the nearly simultaneous arrival of peak oil extraction, give us little time to make far more sweeping changes.

It was only yesterday that we were posting on oil executives» warnings about the consequences of peak oil, and looking at the solutions that are out there.

The latest study on peak oil by the UK Energy Research Centre brings up a good point on why the exact timing of peak oil — whether it's already happened or won't until 2030 — doesn't matter all that much.

Jim Kunstler would say it is because of Peak Oil, that suburban homeowners won't be able to afford to heat or cool their houses or commute to work; We have said that it is because of global warming, that low density construction uses too many resources

The first order human forcings that are negative (e.g., sulphate emissions) and mask some of the CO2 forcing increase the risks of AGW; if they decrease because of Peak Oil, or economic changes, or are eliminated because of other adverse effects they have, the warming impact of the CO2 we're adding to the atmosphere will be even larger.

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But note guest post here, in which I raised concerns about economic growth rates in the face of Peak Oil and (later) Peak Gas over the coming century.

People will argue oil price spikes are being caused by political unrest, not the underlying reality of peak oil.

Their goal of building a sustainable community to combat the impacts of peak oil and climate change quickly went viral, eventually taking root in towns on six continents; besides Missoula, some of the latest official Transition U.S. initiates include Two Peaks, Colo., Bedford, Mass., and Milwaukee, Wis..

The transition movement is a global movement based on the premise of peak oil, and the belief that individual towns and cities can empower themselves to decrease their impact on the world and increase local self - sufficiency.

I like to use the analogy of Peak Oil to ask the same type questions.

Contributions are sought on (1) what unconventional sources mean for the theory of peak oil; (2) what an explosion of new fossil fuel emissions might mean for global climate change; and (3) what geological, economic, or policy forces might limit fossil fuel production.

The alarmist predictions of global warming to me appear very similar to the predictions of peak oil.

a write up is due — Transition Towns — «In Transition» video they believe in the twin perils of peak oil and climate change.

Have you heard of peak oil, peak coal, peak gas, even peak energy?

We need to start working now to mitigate the interrelated effects of peak oil, climate change, and the economic crisis, before it is too late.

The Transition movement represents one of the most promising ways of engaging people and communities to take the far - reaching actions that are required to mitigate the effects of peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis.

We should DITCH IT and give Senator Barbara boxer the chance to work with Congressman Markey and President Obama to figure out a saner approach toward navigating this nation (and the globe) through the perfect storm of Peak Oil and Global Warming.

Done by David Holmgrem, a leading thinker on Permaculture, this site «maps the cultural implications of peak oil and climate change».

Nixon is also uncritically accepting of the peak oil hypothesis, despite the ongoing surge in unconventional oil extraction and without much consideration for what the climatic and societal impacts of such a peak might be.

The converging crises of Peak Oil, Climate Change and increasing inequity are presented in a clear, concise manner, as are the twin solutions of community (where cooperation replaces competition) and curtailment (deliberately reducing consumption of consumer goods).

In a return of Peak Oil, the UK's production of oil and gas will run out within 10 years.

Our collective cognitive belief systems and the resulting behaviours they engender will play pivotal roles in our failure or success in mitigating and adapting to the vast challenges of both Peak Oil and Climate Change.

Peak oil does not mean «running out of oil», and it is this misunderstanding that has helped prevent the public from absorbing the potential implications of peak oil.

The author also shows little understanding of the concept of peak oil by pointing out how much oil is left.

WHT, Talking about substance from a guy who tried to make money off of peak oil fear is pretty laughable.

The best thing that can be done to reduce the effects of Peak Oil is to reduce our consumption of just about everything.