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> Iraq and the Problem of Peak Oil

1 February 2006, 08:44

Whilst i agree that there is more energy in the solarsystem than even mankind can consume, there is no way we can build the infrastucture to harness this in time to save us from our own self induced misery.
The closest alternative to the huge power demands of the world is nuclear energy but people have a hang up about it.
As the largest single demand on oil consumption is Petrol or Gasoline, perhaps people should have stopped driving 8 litre SUV’s and humvees to get the kids to school before it was too late.
I don’t know if i agree that the Bush administration want to keep us dependant on fossil fuels, big business may have influenced this in the past but i think the politicians simply were not concentrating and the whole issue sneaked up on them, Hence the US troops deployed in the middle of what is left of the worlds oil resources and the tragic events of 9/11.