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This is Lyle Grant. I appreciate CrystalRadio's call for suggestions. My basic approach in the article was simply to endorse the Hirsch report's call for a substantial program to mitigate the effects of peak oil as well as to get behind the specific conservation and other initiatives Matt Simmons has advocated.
Apart from this I also called for increased work in my field, which is called applied behavior analysis, in changing energy-use behaviors. My colleague Scott Geller at Virginia Tech has been a leader in this field. I cited a paper in which Lehman and Geller lament that most of the work was done in the aftermath of the energy shortages of the 1970's and 1980's. This literature of energy conservation should nonetheless be useful in a future of diminished energy.
One seemingly small but important thing we can all do is to send messages of support to those who are leading efforts to publicize peak oil, including those who maintain The Oil Drum. This use of positive reinforcement, a key concept in my field, can be surprisingly effective. In this connection, thanks to those of you who have sent supportive comments today.
Bkinetic wrote: This literature of energy conservation should nonetheless be useful in a future of diminished energy.
Why do you think the future would be one of diminished energy?
Depends what time-frame you're talking over. Certainly over the next 40-50 years, there will be less energy available, at least at a per-capita level. Unless you know something we don't...
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Has Nucbuddy actually read many of the articles about PEAK OIL to understand that PEAK OIL means a severe energy shortage and crises is beginning ??
I clicked on Nucbuddy and it shows he has a shorter member period then me.
In my last article that I wrote,
http://www.angelfire.com/in/Gilbert1/grid.html
I explain that instead of creating energy devices like wind generators and solar panels in the numbers needed, we are just wasting our energy resources.
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