Guardian Coverage 22/2/06
Posted: 22 Feb 2006, 10:56
Eco soundings
John Vidal and David Adam
Wednesday February 22, 2006
The Guardian
Heads in the sand
Sweden is the world's first developed country to prepare for a future without imported oil, and the prime minister has been on TV talking about "peak oil" - the point when growing demand for oil outstrips falling supply. Britain, however, is officially "relaxed" about oil supplies shrinking, and Tony Blair's scientific foresight team, headed by the chief scientist, has never considered the question. Nor has the European Union's energy commissioner, Andris Piebalgs. Last week, despite more and more energy analysts suggesting that peak oil was imminent, he shrugged it off, telling Green MEP Caroline Lucas in a parliamentary answer that it was "no more than a theory". Well, thank goodness we don't have to worry about that.
http://society.guardian.co.uk/societygu ... 50,00.html
John Vidal and David Adam
Wednesday February 22, 2006
The Guardian
Heads in the sand
Sweden is the world's first developed country to prepare for a future without imported oil, and the prime minister has been on TV talking about "peak oil" - the point when growing demand for oil outstrips falling supply. Britain, however, is officially "relaxed" about oil supplies shrinking, and Tony Blair's scientific foresight team, headed by the chief scientist, has never considered the question. Nor has the European Union's energy commissioner, Andris Piebalgs. Last week, despite more and more energy analysts suggesting that peak oil was imminent, he shrugged it off, telling Green MEP Caroline Lucas in a parliamentary answer that it was "no more than a theory". Well, thank goodness we don't have to worry about that.
http://society.guardian.co.uk/societygu ... 50,00.html