What is peak oil? How will it impact the future? How can we prepare for this challenge?
In this uncut video clip, Aaron Wissner of the Local Future Network interviews Megan Quinn Bachman of Community Service, Inc. about peak oil and the future.
We are entering the Peak Oil era. The growth of oil production is slowing, driving up oil and gasoline gas prices, firing inflation, driving unemployment, straining our global economy, and threatening to collapse our entire system. We are reaching Peak Oil and we are unprepared.
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December 15th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Yes, this is the …
Yes, this is the better part of the video, the camera should have been places closer, or an external mike, for better sound.
Megan does have charisma, which makes her a strong voice in the peak oil education movement, and especially effective in communicating with younger people.
December 15th, 2009 at 12:20 am
5* Brilliant Video …
5* Brilliant Video, its a shame about the back ground noise in the 1st vid but the 2nd more than made up for it.
I it me or was there chemistry between these two
December 15th, 2009 at 12:20 am
i have a freind …
i have a freind called megan quinn
December 15th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Young children view …
Young children view their parents as all-powerful providers, and lots of people view governments that way too. However, see: New Orleans. Government experts warned for years about the vulnerability, but instead the people in New Orleans preferred to spend their money on football domes, booze, etc. Politicians in a democracy have to get elected, and what people vote for is optimism.
I first saw Hubbert’s curve way back in the 1970s, so I wouldn’t say there’s any conspiracy.
December 15th, 2009 at 12:20 am
On one hand, like …
On one hand, like small children who think of their parents as all-powerful providers, we expect our governments to protect us from everything. But as we saw in New Orleans, that doesn’t always work.
Certainly there are always a few people in government who know what is coming. Government experts documented the vulnerability of New Orleans for decades. Government is not like one collective mind. It’s a bunch of individuals, some who know what’s going on and a lot who do not.
December 15th, 2009 at 12:20 am
yes, yes, and yes.
yes, yes, and yes.
December 15th, 2009 at 12:20 am
It’s difficult to …
It’s difficult to give it odds as far as a great depression goes. But by all signs the herd is heading towards the cliff with no slowing down in sight and it looks to be a long drop.
December 15th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Is there a …
Is there a conspiratorial element in this, do you think – do governments know what’s on the horizon, but are determined not to let “us” have access to this knowledge ? Can you really believe this would happen in a modern democracy ?
December 15th, 2009 at 12:20 am
That is the precise …
That is the precise reason I created Local Future and am hosting the “International Conference on Peak Oil and Climate Change: Paths to Sustainability”. The more of us that act, to help expose not only the issues but also the solutions, we may have a chance of heading off the worst consequences.
December 15th, 2009 at 12:20 am
That is certainly …
That is certainly possible.
I give it a 1 in 6 chance of happening. Which means, it probably won’t, but it is certainly worth insuring against all the same.
December 15th, 2009 at 12:20 am
The Great …
The Great Depression part 2 is almost upon us. This one will be much worse than the first!
December 15th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Let’s look at this …
Let’s look at this simply: First up, we have the economic chaos caused by war spending, the fractional reserve system in general, and the complex, bizarre financing vehicles and the Fed screw-ups (intentional?) on too easy credit and the resulting credit bubble. Thus, just was we need to be investing in completely changing our energy system, the money flows down the drain. Hmmm…. So, we need to finance a world-wide shift to renewables, but there’s possible no credit/money/financial stability?
December 15th, 2009 at 12:20 am
So much depends on …
So much depends on the response on a global level. Without a coordinated response, we are screwed in one way or another. Thus the problem: Do you see a global response to the combination of Peak Oil, Climate Change and the current, and worsening, economic slowdown/crash? Does this mean there are not solutions? No. Those are actually simple, even almost easy. It’s the ability to act as one community, locally and globally that will tell the tale.
December 15th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Here’s hoping that …
Here’s hoping that population will decrease gradually over 100 years, because the faster alternatives aren’t very pleasant.
December 15th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Fabulous efforts …
Fabulous efforts Megan. Don’t give up.
How about more on population overshoot?
7 billion down to 1 billion is going to be a rough ride.
Dan