I was wondering whether or not the PO issue is ever discussed within the EU institutions - after all, they seem to spend a lot of time and money discussing and debating everything else - and found this intro to peak oil:
http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/peak- ... cle-163927
Apparently the euractiv web portal is "firmly established as the favourite online platform for Brussels and national professionals in EU policies. It brings together journalistic independence with transparency and practical efficiency, complementing the existing EU media and institutional websites."
Interesting thing though is that three of its sponsors are Shell, Total and ExxonMobil!
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You might also be interested in:Erik wrote:I was wondering whether or not the PO issue is ever discussed within the EU institutions - after all, they seem to spend a lot of time and money discussing and debating everything else - and found this intro to peak oil:
http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/peak- ... cle-163927
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http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/vie ... php?t=1702
Re: Peak Oil and EU policy
Cheers for that link.Cycloloco wrote:You might also be interested in:
http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/forum/vie ... php?t=1702
Interesting, Caroline Lucas fielded that question to a rather unreceptive European Parliament in January 2006, but then later on in the year the following was published in the October 2006 ASPO newsletter:
As far as I know, such an assessment of the EU peak oil workshop has never surfaced, either on the ec.europa.eu website or any other. I wonder if the workshop took place at all? Or did they change their minds about publishing once they realised the gravity of the situation?The European Union held a workshop on September 6th and 7th in Brussels to consider wide-ranging strategies in response to Peak Oil. The importance of the event was primarily in that it should have been held at all, marking a certain turning point when the unmentionable became mentionable. In the past, Governments have tended to hide behind the silken scenarios of the International Energy Agency, which, as now recognised in Brussels, are based solely on short-term economic and political considerations without addressing the impact of depletion.
The hope is that the European Union will now make a concerted systematic effort to grasp the obvious reality and collect valid information on the remaining oil and gas resources of the world, possibly using the Foreign Services of member countries to do so. Such a study would provide a clear unequivocal overall result within a matter of months, to be followed by filling in all the details which will take some more time.
That in turn could provide a clear mandate for a wide range of new far-reaching policies with which to face the Second Half of the Age of Oil. It is really so simple. The European Union might be surprised at the high level of popular support it would receive for new initiatives, once people were properly informed of the situation.
An assessment of the Workshop is to be placed on the EU website. (www.ec.europa.eu/research/energy)
Perhaps the most important policy issue for the EU to address is to provide a framework to encourage towns and communities to power down their energy consumption.
[EDIT]Er... here it is!: http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/pdf ... ell_en.pdf
Doh! I'd better go and read it now!