Bob Hawke on Denton last night got pretty close to the truth when asked if he is optimistic for the worlds future. Large and growing population, food crisis and over a billion people in abject poverty and another two billion in just tolerbale poverty, were the areas he is most concerend with. Denton voiced the finite resources question which Hawke didn't respond to adequately but almost got the connections.

It was a good interview and you could see the man talking rather than the position. I think Hawke would understand Peak Oil pretty well if he had Gails presentation given to him by a reasonably competent person. Might be a very good door opener if wa to join the cause!