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Nick Rouse on February 19, 2006 - 9:16am

It contrasted very strongly with the program on BBC Newsnight on 22nd December in which Jim Kunstler took part. It can be seen here. After a fairly straight pro peak oil report by the programme staff there was a discussion with a mixture of different people of different views and different degrees of knowledge which rather rapidly developed into a bear pit. Kunstler on a video link from America was somewhat taken aback by this and finished up appearing the most restrained and understated of the speakers.
It shows the danger of programme producers trying to obtain 'balance'. Without care niether side of the argument gets well put.

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Agric on February 19, 2006 - 10:14am

Yes, I heard about the BBC Newsnight program and found the copy on GPM. It was very poor. Seemed like a couple of the participants were very effective at disrupting any meaningful discussion and the 10 minutes that look to have been allocated to peak oil got hijacked into bickering about trivia. I spoke to a couple of people with minimal awareness of PO who had watched it and they were none the wiser after having done so.

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Proof on February 19, 2006 - 7:10pm

Thanks for the URL - I too listened - only one person brought up the point that we are not running out of oil as such - only "Cheap" oil - IMHO coal and nukes will be the future ... with coal leading because, correct me if I am wrong, coal processing can come on line quicker than nukes and second, nuke is only power, while coal can take the place of "oil" only at a higher cost ...
Thanks

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