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doctorbob on June 1, 2006 - 4:11am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
Having viewed the programme and just read the review by the Daily Mail man (who like most tabloid journalists doesn't let the fact that he knows b*** all about a subject prevent him writing about it), I'm not confident it will help with peak oil awareness.  My view is that most viewing the programme would think:

"The government obviously know about it so they will sort something out in 10 years";

"If oil is only going be 85 dollars a barrel in 10 years time that's less than now in real terms, so the present oil price rises are going to stop and maybe reverse - so I don't have to economise, just put the extra cost on the card for now";

"It's 10 years away, I'll be better off by then and there will be alternatives to oil" - like the fuel cells hailed by the Mail man;

"They think it will only be a short-lived glitch, like in 1973.  It will be tough for a few months then OK again";

or like the Mail man: "just another hysterical TV programme to get a few viewers in a late night slot".

I wonder if it might not cause many to be less, rather than more switched on to future peak oil publicity.
 

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MUDLOGGER on June 1, 2006 - 11:00am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Unfortunately, I think 'If...the oil runs out'
did not work as a drama and it did not work as a documentary. Peak Oil aware people that I know thought it poor and switched off. The ending was too twee and cosy.

The Daily Mail critique was written by an idiot, for idiots.

To get the Daily Mail onside would require an article entitled:

'Peak Oil - what it will do to your house price'.

We need a documentary headed by Attenborough...

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good nuahs on June 2, 2006 - 7:13am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Love the idea about tagging PO to house prices.

Now THAT would grab their attention.

if it suggested house prices were to fall......

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mididoctors on June 3, 2006 - 9:37am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
yes attenbourgh would be good.. maximum credibility

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London

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