tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406957897990753480.post1927242998878598259..comments2023-05-20T22:52:15.278+12:00Comments on Oil Shock Horror Probe: New Zealand at greater risk from oil shocks -- official advice ignoredDenis Tegghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08786000866647551189noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406957897990753480.post-55234074390572594922012-03-02T17:28:17.190+13:002012-03-02T17:28:17.190+13:00you picked on the wrong point, it wasn't said ...you picked on the wrong point, it wasn't said at all that wind would replace fossil fuel, the point was that people (and government)expect business as usual, but aren't prepared to engage in the solutions - whatever they are, and we all know it will be a *range* of solutions required - AzeoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406957897990753480.post-10959508878695517342011-09-04T01:24:39.999+12:002011-09-04T01:24:39.999+12:00"and who gets upset when windmills spoil the ..."and who gets upset when windmills spoil the asthetic view but demand a reliable grid as of right? hmmmm"<br /><br />This statement is incorrect, Wind is an extremely expensive and intermittent source of energy and has to have spinning backup for when the wind is not blowing - almost always at peak demand during winter months. It is a fantasy to think wind will replace fossil fuels. We are always hopeful of some other new technological breakthrough. Fingers crossed!Palmerston Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133185550309423211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406957897990753480.post-57029852605382195212011-08-31T20:30:25.790+12:002011-08-31T20:30:25.790+12:00re-posted from Celsias, and seems quite apt.
&quo...re-posted from Celsias, and seems quite apt.<br /><br />"New Zealand's Energy Strategy- Coal and Oil Here We Come" !<br /><br />http://www.celsias.co.nz/article/nz-energy-strategy-coal-oil-here-we-come/?utm_source=CelsiasWeekly&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=20110830<br /><br />China has been observed by those in the know to be using it's economic growth to fund renewables and renewable development and research in a big way, realising that windows of opportunity are limited and small. <br /><br />Yet we hear our own economic optimists spout off about the potential growth and income from our own minerals as some wonderful opportuinity, but opportunity for what and whom? Certainly not for developing alternatives, and ignoring the obvious hole when *they* are depleted. How rediculous, the growth/exploitation-barons playing with our children's future for some "magic" short-term recovery.<br /><br />There is certainly mostly unseen activity in bio-diesel and forestry/biomass to energy and fuels in this country, but what effort and activity do we really see for a range of local and regional energy solutions, and who gets upset when windmills spoil the asthetic view but demand a reliable grid as of right? hmmmmazeonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406957897990753480.post-12424919373203531062011-08-25T21:06:11.212+12:002011-08-25T21:06:11.212+12:00Well said Denis! I find it amazing that NZTA and ...Well said Denis! I find it amazing that NZTA and most council strategic planners are still working to business-as-usual scenarios that run out through 2030 - 2040 factoring constant growth all the way at historic rates.<br /><br />With that mindset among the policy drafters it is impossible that the advice they give to their elected 'representatives' will even give these people any formal inkling of the coming 'interesting times'.<br /><br />It seems that no amount of 'truth' like the paper you discuss here is going to tun them around. And we haven't got long eh!<br /><br />http://www.transitiontowns.org.nz/node/3230#comment-2177Nigel Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5406957897990753480.post-45307620628333146272011-08-19T09:24:25.634+12:002011-08-19T09:24:25.634+12:00What can one say? After a somewhat terse exchange ...What can one say? After a somewhat terse exchange of views on my doorstep during an electioneering visit by Dr Cam Calder, I have long ago given up on conventional politics to deal with peak oil. Even the Green Party don't seem to 'get' it, as they talk about the need to promote tourism (how will they get here?<br />The implications of peak oil are so profound that even most peak oilers don't seem to grasp the full implications. In his 'Crash Course' (available on the web), Chris Martenson alludes to the change from a more complex to a simpler society. In plain English, this means (among other things) that most of the occupations we take for granted will disappear. Brain surgeons, bus drivers, software engineers, and a thousand other careers will be replaced by farmers, leather workers, carpenters, and a few others.<br />Most scary of all, our attitude to the sanctity of life will of necessity undergo a radical overhaul. On reflection, it might be better to leave readers to think about that one, rather than explicitly going into specifics.Martin Hansonnoreply@blogger.com