[permaculture-oceania] Re: "Peak Oil?" on Four Corners, 8.30 pm Monday 10 July, ABC TV.

[Petra.Kahle at haztech.com.au]

Dear All,

sounds very interesting, I'll try to tape it.

Cheers, Petra.

>From: Ilan G
>To:  Petra.Kahle at haztech.com.au
>Subject: Re: Ashburton 3147:July 10 Permaculture Southeast
>
>
>hello Petra,
>don't know if I can make it, like Cathy I have 
>the problem the 2 young children.
>
>I would just like to note a significant TV program on that evening:
>
>Its been a long time coming, ABC's flagship 
>current affairs program is finally covering Peak Oil!
>
>from: 
><http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2006/s1680717.htm>http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2006/s1680717.htm
>"Peak Oil?" 
 on Four Corners, 8.30 pm Monday 10 July, ABC TV.
>
>
>Peak Oil?
>
>
>
>Reporter: Jonathan Holmes
>
>Broadcast: 10/07/2006
>
>"The price of petrol is disgusting, absolutely disgusting
"
>
>"It’s just going up and up
"
>
>"It’s outrageous
"
>
>"I get so mad – you ever get so mad you can’t even talk about it no mo’?"
>
>(Vox pops – motorists in Australia, UK and US)
>
>If, like these motorists, your fury rises with 
>the numbers ticking over on the petrol bowser, 
>get a grip. You may soon look back fondly on the 
>good old days when petrol was $1.40 a litre.
>
>The world is at the beginning of the end of the 
>age of oil, according to a growing body of 
>analysts. It stands at a precipice of "peak oil" 
>– the point at which oil producing countries can 
>no longer keep up with growing demand, where 
>production climaxes and then plunges into irrevocable decline.
>
>This, say the doomsayers, may send national 
>economies spinning into turmoil, up-ending 
>comfortable urban lifestyles that rely on oil 
>for the cheap transport of people and goods and 
>for the manufacture of thousands of mundane 
>household and office items – from mousepads, 
>banknotes and drink bottles to carpets, clothes, cosmetics and deodorants.
>
>The crunch will come some time in the next few 
>years, without warning, they say. "The worst 
>case is that it’s occurring now or very soon 
>because the world is unprepared, it’s absolutely 
>unprepared," says one of the most influential pessimists.
>
>But this is just scaremongering, say many 
>authoritative oil industry voices. While they 
>agree that oil is unlikely to get cheaper any 
>time soon, they insist that oil production will 
>keep pace with demand for decades to come. There 
>is simply no end in sight to the black gold 
>bonanza, according to these optimists.
>
>They check off their list: vast untapped oil 
>reserves claimed by Middle Eastern nations; the 
>prospect of further discoveries; and smarter 
>technology that will extend the life of existing 
>oil fields and make new ones easier to exploit.
>
>Even the optimists concede that massive 
>discoveries of easy-to-reach oil are a thing of 
>the past. But, they say, higher prices will make 
>other ways of producing oil and alternative fuels commercially viable.
>
>Who is right? Four Corners investigates a truly 
>global issue that reaches into every home and 
>every car and touches every human life. This 
>special report* explains why oil prices are high 
>right now and asks how long the world has left 
>to prepare for a day when there is not enough oil to go around.
>
>Reporter Jonathan Holmes goes in search of an 
>answer in the Middle East, the US and Europe, 
>interviewing the key protagonists. He asks if 
>the world is being told the truth about the vast 
>unexploited reserves that are claimed to lie 
>beneath the desert sands of the Middle East. He 
>looks at alternative oil sources and the 
>obstacles to exploiting them. And he explains 
>what peak oil means for Australians who depend 
>so heavily on oil for transport and tourist income.
>
>"Peak Oil?" 
 on Four Corners, 8.30 pm Monday 10 July, ABC TV.
>
>This program will be repeated about 11 pm 
>Wednesday 12 July; also on ABC2 digital channel at 7 pm and 9.30 pm Wednesday.
>
>*Four Corners also presents a Broadband Edition 
>on "Peak Oil?" 
 See the program in full; watch 
>extended interviews with the experts; delve into 
>interactive maps showing who produces the oil 
>and who buys it; browse key reports about how 
>much oil remains untapped; learn about the 
>alternatives; and discover the impact of peak 
>oil on Australia’s economy and way of life.
>
>
>
><mailto:Petra.Kahle at haztech.com.au>Petra.Kahle at haztech.com.au wrote:
>>Dear All,
>>
>>We will meet at our place in Ashburton on the 
>>10th of July from 6.30pm for dinner (BYO a 
>>plate to share or just for you) and 7.30 to 
>>9.30ish for discussion. If you like you can see our garden (with a torch).
>>The topic that night will be "Planning the next 6 months".

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