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16 comments on Government doesn't accept imminent peak oil (Part 1)

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Nick Rouse on March 22, 2006 - 8:36pm Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
Perhaps no member of the British government has accepted peak oil but the British Ambassador to America, Sir David Manning, has. In a speaeh
to Stanford University he said:-
"the supplies of oil on which we depend are finite. Global oil production is apparently nearing its peak. Although there is intense debate about exactly when this will happen - something Daniel Yergin discusses in the Foreign Affairs article I referred to earlier - current estimates seem to be converging on some point between 2010 and 2020."

Sir David emphasises that this is his personal view and some would argue that he is optimistic in how long we have got but it is a lot better than I have heared from anyone in the present government.

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Glenn on March 22, 2006 - 11:26pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
The more Daniel Yergin argues against peak oil, the more times he will actually have to say the phrase "peak oil". That is a small victory. In just a few years we've moved from stage 1 to stage 3 of Ganhdi's progression: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

I think we can win the argument if the other side will at least engage in debate.

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