SUBHEAD: Drive down oil consumption with higher taxes. Stretch out limited supply for best purposes.
By Jean Laherrère on 9 March 2011 in The Nation -
(http://www.thenation.com/video/159001/jean-laherrere-why-cheap-energy-bad-thing)
Image above: A 2004pink Hummer H1 turbodiesel 4wd at the beach. From (http://news-cars-en.blogspot.com/2011/01/hummer-h1.html).
In this tenth video in the series “Peak Oil and a Changing Climate” from The Nation and On The Earth Productions, petroleum geophysicist and author Jean Laherrère explains that we are in the current energy crisis not only because fuel is running out, but because it's cost is too cheap. Laherrère, a former TOTAL oil company employee, used his insider knowledge to co-author a game-changing 1998 article, "The End of Cheap Oil," which studied oil depletion based on the most accurate database of the world’s oilfields at the time. The article's findings were not reassuring.
Many European countries have responded to the impending fuel crisis with taxes on energy, driving down consumption with higher prices. But the US hasn't followed their lead, and the consequences may be disastrous for our collective future. “We have been living for the last 10,000 years with open space," Laherrère explains. When you have a problem, ‘go west,’ open space. There is no 'west' to go anymore. We have reached the end of the world limit."
Video above: Presentation by Jean Laherrre. From (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxqJyHaJRqo). .
By Jean Laherrère on 9 March 2011 in The Nation -
(http://www.thenation.com/video/159001/jean-laherrere-why-cheap-energy-bad-thing)
Image above: A 2004pink Hummer H1 turbodiesel 4wd at the beach. From (http://news-cars-en.blogspot.com/2011/01/hummer-h1.html).
In this tenth video in the series “Peak Oil and a Changing Climate” from The Nation and On The Earth Productions, petroleum geophysicist and author Jean Laherrère explains that we are in the current energy crisis not only because fuel is running out, but because it's cost is too cheap. Laherrère, a former TOTAL oil company employee, used his insider knowledge to co-author a game-changing 1998 article, "The End of Cheap Oil," which studied oil depletion based on the most accurate database of the world’s oilfields at the time. The article's findings were not reassuring.
Many European countries have responded to the impending fuel crisis with taxes on energy, driving down consumption with higher prices. But the US hasn't followed their lead, and the consequences may be disastrous for our collective future. “We have been living for the last 10,000 years with open space," Laherrère explains. When you have a problem, ‘go west,’ open space. There is no 'west' to go anymore. We have reached the end of the world limit."
Video above: Presentation by Jean Laherrre. From (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxqJyHaJRqo). .
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