I've made submissions to the Green Car Innovation Fund, the 2020 Summit, and two other I can't think of right now. But like I said before, Senate Inquiries and Committees rarely ask for testimony from people who'll challenge the already-decided outcome. If they ask me, I'll be happy to rock up and do a little spech for them. As we see, even ASPO has a variety of opinions about the state of fuel supply:
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Mr Robinson
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The peak oil time frame is likely to be pretty short—five to 10 years or less—and, back to our
submission, there is a quote, perhaps from an economist:
Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.
If you read the Hansard (Buckee and ASPO start on page 48), you'll probably find that you (and I) agree with most of what Buckee says. Buckee himself says that 'black oil' (conventional) has peaked. However, I take exception to his apparent suggestion that it's only by 2030 you'll 'definately' see declines. The vast, vast majority of material you see on TOD alone suggest we'll be seeing measurable declines in only a few years (already we see a 4mbpd decline in production thanks to the GFC). Buckee also thinks Oil is irreplacable for road transport. I disagree, and point to developments in EV technology, but perhaps this is his blind spot. Everyone has one.
Buckee also makes an important point on ELP (page 59):
The second point that is really important is that exports decline faster than production because of consumption within the nation states. So you are finding that, although the production goes up, domestic consumption is growing faster, and exports are declining faster, obviously, than production.
And then there was this gem:
Senator LUDLAM—What about a food crunch? Mr Robinson—In Australia we are relatively well equipped, but how do we allocate available petrol and diesel? Currently, the farming communities will be outbid by overanxious mums in leafy suburbs driving unfit kids to school in obese four-wheel drives. They will outbid the farmers. We need to be keeping the rural communities going—the farming communities, the farmers themselves. There are a whole lot of things that we do need. We should be prioritising these and certainly Australia’s food production is very important. Senator BACK—Certainly, Mr Robinson—if I can jump in—if the leafy suburb mums do
outbid the farmers, it will not be much longer that their kids will be obese. Mr Robinson—Yes.
:D
And
Senator LUDLAM—Who is doing it well? We are a little bit sick of pointing overseas to look for the best examples, but who is doing it well—oil vulnerability generally, rather than just public transport? Mr Robinson—In Australia, the Queensland government has had an Oil Vulnerability Taskforce which reported. The Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation, Andrew McNamara, was drawing up a Queensland government oil vulnerability mitigation and adaptation strategy. Very sadly indeed—and I think this is a loss for the nation as well as for Queensland—Andrew McNamara was defeated on local issues over a dam, about which I do not know much, but the only politician who was taking an interest in people driving at a state or federal level is no longer the member for Hervey Bay. That was happening in Brisbane.
The late Dr Ali Samsam Bakhtiari briefed the WA cabinet in 2004 and he briefed this
committee. We do not have a lot of things to show from WA, for instance, for Dr Samsam Bakhtiari. Within Australia there is not a lot. Brisbane is building a pentagram of tunnels under the CBD, so it does not sound like Andrew McNamara had a lot of sway in cabinet there. Internationally, there is really no-one. The Swedish government has a policy to reduce their oil use by 2020, so they have policies and good public transport and things, but I am not sure how much actual action has been taken by the Swedish government. Overall, we are not well prepared. Just as the US government was not very well prepared for Hurricane Katrina, no governments are prepared for the oil storms.
'Pentagram of tunnels' just about describes it.
Andrew McNamara was defeated because of the Traveston (Travesty?) Dam. He's been replaced by Kate Jones, who's got an Arts Degree (and presumably a free bus to the Dole Office immediately afterwards :D ), is studying Law, and is a former media advisor! I'm not hopeful.
Andrew McNamara was defeated because of the Traveston (Travesty?) Dam. He's been replaced by Kate Jones, who's got an Arts Degree (and presumably a free bus to the Dole Office immediately afterwards :D ), is studying Law, and is a former media advisor! I'm not hopeful.
Sure, so the new Minister for Camping Grounds is a former media advisor. Guess who the new Minister for Transport is?
Forgot to mention (and can't edit comment now that you've replied) I also attempted to stand as an Independent for Federal House of Reps in 2007 (Divisional redistribution meant half the people who put their name down to support my application were now in a new division, and thus didn't count, and I didn't have time to get the required numbers again).
I think I'll stick with the co-author of the first state/provincial government report in the world to officially acknowledge peak oil, who has been instrumental in enhancing public transport and urban renewal in her electorate, in preference to an anonymous blogger who once failed to register for a federal election and who thinks that "green cars" will solve peak oil.
who has been instrumental in enhancing public transport and urban renewal in her electorate
Abolsutely, and good on her. That doesn't make her (or anyone else, for that), matter, above critisism, or invulerable to people pointing out inconsistencies.
who thinks that "green cars" will solve peak oil
Straw Man. You'll find that not once have I suggested any such thing.
I've made submissions to the Green Car Innovation Fund, the 2020 Summit, and two other I can't think of right now. But like I said before, Senate Inquiries and Committees rarely ask for testimony from people who'll challenge the already-decided outcome. If they ask me, I'll be happy to rock up and do a little spech for them. As we see, even ASPO has a variety of opinions about the state of fuel supply:
Page 49:
If you read the Hansard (Buckee and ASPO start on page 48), you'll probably find that you (and I) agree with most of what Buckee says. Buckee himself says that 'black oil' (conventional) has peaked. However, I take exception to his apparent suggestion that it's only by 2030 you'll 'definately' see declines. The vast, vast majority of material you see on TOD alone suggest we'll be seeing measurable declines in only a few years (already we see a 4mbpd decline in production thanks to the GFC). Buckee also thinks Oil is irreplacable for road transport. I disagree, and point to developments in EV technology, but perhaps this is his blind spot. Everyone has one.
Buckee also makes an important point on ELP (page 59):
And then there was this gem:
:D
And
'Pentagram of tunnels' just about describes it.
Andrew McNamara was defeated because of the Traveston (Travesty?) Dam. He's been replaced by Kate Jones, who's got an Arts Degree (and presumably a free bus to the Dole Office immediately afterwards :D ), is studying Law, and is a former media advisor! I'm not hopeful.
Sure, so the new Minister for Camping Grounds is a former media advisor. Guess who the new Minister for Transport is?
Forgot to mention (and can't edit comment now that you've replied) I also attempted to stand as an Independent for Federal House of Reps in 2007 (Divisional redistribution meant half the people who put their name down to support my application were now in a new division, and thus didn't count, and I didn't have time to get the required numbers again).
More promising, but a bit of a leadfoot, apparently.
I think I'll stick with the co-author of the first state/provincial government report in the world to officially acknowledge peak oil, who has been instrumental in enhancing public transport and urban renewal in her electorate, in preference to an anonymous blogger who once failed to register for a federal election and who thinks that "green cars" will solve peak oil.
Abolsutely, and good on her. That doesn't make her (or anyone else, for that), matter, above critisism, or invulerable to people pointing out inconsistencies.
Straw Man. You'll find that not once have I suggested any such thing.