The Oil Drum

On any issue that speaks to near or intermediate term planning...be that a Transport strategy, Infrastructure or Urban Release....there is a need by oilers or fellow travelers like the Greens to establish and understand the underlying assumptions that inform that strategy.

As oilers we can contribute most by understanding the assumptions that underly a given strategy and where we find and correcting those assumptions where they don't make sense. So if a strategy says that private vehicle passenger miles will triple by 2050, what are the assumptions that underly that planning assumption. Now there would not be an oiler on the planet who could believe that a tripling will happen.....so that's the challenge for us....understand the assumptions and if those assumptions are wrong then that's what we focus on informing on.

And that is what the Greens should be focused on right now....What are the assumptions that inform the strategies that government are pursuing....and holding the government "feet to the fire" to really focus on why the government says "1,000,000" people - 500,000 new jobs"....just where is all this coming from ?? Thats really what we should be focused on.