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Written by Graham Strouts
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Sunday, 01 May 2005 |
It will take at least 20-30 years to switch over to any new or alternative energy resource, and we won’t have the time or the spare capacity to do so. Blackouts and energy shortages such as affected millions of people across the NE United States in 2002 are increasingly likely as of now, and as I write this, more reports of escalating oil prices are reported on the radio. Technology has never invented a new source of energy; it has only devised new ways to use energy. The whole fabric of what we know of as "the modern world" has been woven from cheap oil, and we are soon going to find that this world is going to change dramatically and in ways we can as yet scarcely contemplate as we begin to run out. Many analysts see the US invasion of Iraq as only the first blow of what could become globally escalating resource wars for the last remaining oil supplies.
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Written by Peter Schneider
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Sunday, 01 May 2005 |
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It’s 2025. European politics are dominated by energy issues. |
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Written by Richard Douthwaite
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Tuesday, 30 November 2004 |
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World oil production has peaked, or is about to do so in the next few months,
and after the peak it will never reach current levels again. The significance
of this is that the present size of the world economy is only possible because
of high levels of fossil energy use, and if the supply of that energy begins
to contract, particularly the main form of energy used by the transport system,
then the global economy will contract too. We are, in short, at a turning point
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Written by Peter Schneider
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Tuesday, 30 November 2004 |
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Eventually, most people seem to realize there is an energy crisis looming,
yet one may wonder, where are the alternatives? Why do we see so little renewable
energy installations, apart from a few wind farms?
- Is the technology not there?
- Is it unreliable?
- Is it too expensive?
- Is there too little government support?
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Written by Richard Douthwaite
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Tuesday, 30 November 2004 |
Ireland has the best renewable energy resources of any EU state
Should Irish families invest in wind energy?
High and rising oil prices are making community wind energy projects much more
attractive but, unfortunately, the Irish government makes them difficult to
carry out.
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