In 2007 Mark Tovey and I led a discussion about "the future" at BarCamp in Ottawa - we talked about a lot of problems and solutions, and one of the topics was peak oil. I found the experience somewhat depressing, because so few people - even really smart people - seemed to understand the issue, or be able to see the problem, and I remained quiet on the topic again for a couple of years, until recently at BitNorth.
I see the ramping up of articles being published by the Guardian as great news.
My only critique of the articles would be that the full scale of the problem is not being presented - the fact that agriculture produces 1 calorie by using 10, the issues of the export land model, and the fact the only sustainable rate of oil consumption is that which is constantly reducing to name but a few. I was beginning to lose faith that anybody would take notice until after long, long after the peak. The data suggests we might be at there now and I hope the signals will start to be noticed.
We're possibly at the point in human development where gravity once again takes hold and we begin the long arc back down to Earth; if we're not there yet, then wait a couple of years.
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