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... public ... I ... and ... Will democracy be the downfall of peak-oil society? We, the people wanted the good times to roll on and we only wanted to hear...
Roland, I suppose the answer is yes to a great degree. I have heard or read that the ideal government system is benign dictatorship - where an individual or...
What gets me is the criticism that free market thinking gets from the likes of Colin Campbell and Heinberg over and against democratic socialism. Or perhaps...
You can have a play with the idea of benign dictatorships etc. at www.nationstates.net Very thought provoking, and fun at the same time. But yes, democracy is...
We don't have any one 'pure' ism here (or anywhere). The USA is more capitalistic and free market than I suppose the UK is - and probably Europe. There is no...
Norman, Thanks for the reference - as ever I got sidetracked into reading some other material - in particular I am intrigued by the potential to use Silicon as...
A few of us seem to live around Edinburgh which plans to hold a referendum this Spring on whether to follow London with congestion charging. From a peak oil...
Hi everyone I'm sure most of you will have seen Richard Duncan's Olduvai update summary in November. I was under the impression it would have been published...
... electrical ... It reminds me of that "If" program the BBC did last year on gas shortages in Britain due to terrorist actions in Russian supplies. I don't...
I'm sure you must know Roland that ASPO's full name is the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas. As far as I know there is a greater global...
That seems a fair summary of the gas situation - although I don't think gas an immediate problem in the UK as the next round of supplies are due from Norway...
The only effect is the potential linkage in terms of prices and production. Gas and oil production are linked in certain situations - and oil price escalation...
Thanks for the info Mike. What I'm trying to understand is how these world-wide energy pressures are going to play themselves out. At the moment we're hearing...
I think it will be hard to keep law and order without electrity to keep employment running, traffic lights on, water and sewerage pumping etc. It will take...
Phil, My outlook is greatly affected by reading the same material no doubt you read and I am not overly optimistic. I tend towards the British habit of...
... I often thought it would be nice to live in the country crisis or no crisis, but a post-peak oil makes me wonder. How much of the pie would rural folk get...
I have just received this but not yet had time to read or digest. Any comments always gratefully received. Norman A task force of leading politicians,...
... Yes, if the rural folk want to buy from supermarkets, but the idea in living in the country, is to grow your own food (or at least have the opportunity...
... So live where you have space to grow your own, i.e. the countryside. If you grow an excess you can even sell some. ... Always? You might want to look at...
My wife understands the Peak Oil issues pretty well but she pointed out that the phrase itself, that is Peak Oil, doesn't really signify very much to those who...
I've often thought this myself. 'Peak Oil' is very much an insiders term. It is useful for those in the know so that they can use it and it is a quick and...
I think that is a good point. Although it doesn't take long to get the main points across to someone in a discussion - the headline Peak Oil is meaningless to...
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Michael Dunkley
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30 years from now, due to running on 1970s level of oil but at much higher prices, UK economy goes tits up, mass unemployment, big demand for (a) energy and...
Having read Jared diamond's 'Guns, germ and Steel some while ago I have just got a copy of his 'Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive'. I only...
