<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Peak oil: Not an environmental silver bullet]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by jdhlax http://www.grist.org/article/peak-oil-not-an-environmental-silver-bullet/ Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:45:36 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/peak-oil-not-an-environmental-silver-bullet/1 Predictions ...

are often wrong.  There are many variables in life, and unforeseen ones often dictate what happens.  That said, it doesn't seem to me that the people writing this stuff understand what "peak oil" means.  It does NOT mean that we will run out of oil or that there will be shortages.  It means that oil will become harder to find and extract, so that the price of it will rise very rapidly and by large amounts.  There will be plenty of oil for those who are willing and able to pay for it.

Regarding making oil out of coal, it's hard to believe that there's enough coal around to make oil AND to continue to be used for burning.  Do the authors of the article have any statistical evidence for this assertion?

Jeff Hoffman

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are often wrong.  There are many variables in life, and unforeseen ones often dictate what happens.  That said, it doesn't seem to me that the people writing this stuff understand what "peak oil" means.  It does NOT mean that we will run out of oil or that there will be shortages.  It means that oil will become harder to find and extract, so that the price of it will rise very rapidly and by large amounts.  There will be plenty of oil for those who are willing and able to pay for it.

Regarding making oil out of coal, it's hard to believe that there's enough coal around to make oil AND to continue to be used for burning.  Do the authors of the article have any statistical evidence for this assertion?

Jeff Hoffman

]]> Comment #2 by apsmith http://www.grist.org/article/peak-oil-not-an-environmental-silver-bullet/ Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:46:11 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/peak-oil-not-an-environmental-silver-bullet/2 The three alternatives justifications

As I've noted elsewhere, there are three major reasons people push for energy alternatives right now. One is geo-politics: Thomas Friedman's "starve the mullahs" argument. One is peak oil. And one is climate change. Only the climate change one forces us to avoid the fossil-fuel dead ends that the others may promote.

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As I've noted elsewhere, there are three major reasons people push for energy alternatives right now. One is geo-politics: Thomas Friedman's "starve the mullahs" argument. One is peak oil. And one is climate change. Only the climate change one forces us to avoid the fossil-fuel dead ends that the others may promote.

]]> Comment #3 by Alternative Energy http://www.grist.org/article/peak-oil-not-an-environmental-silver-bullet/ Fri, 26 May 2006 10:35:43 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/peak-oil-not-an-environmental-silver-bullet/3 Positive Impact of Peak Oil

I found this great peak oil news service that amplifies this article. They have archives of news stories related to peak oil climate change and the politics of peak oil. As you can see there is a great deal of ongoing debate about the implications of peak oil on our way of life. I am surprised that the continuing increased price of oil hasn't awakened more people to this looming crisis and it's impact.

]]> Positive Impact of Peak Oil

I found this great peak oil news service that amplifies this article. They have archives of news stories related to peak oil climate change and the politics of peak oil. As you can see there is a great deal of ongoing debate about the implications of peak oil on our way of life. I am surprised that the continuing increased price of oil hasn't awakened more people to this looming crisis and it's impact.

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