Peak Oil at the UN
Trying to grab at straws of hope, I?m dredging the news for signs of life. Yesterday at the United Nations the Chancellor of the Dominican Republic, Morales Troncoso, spoke of the need to ?prepare member nations with a Road Map to guide them towards a civilisation without petrol.? Linking his speech with the proposed Millenium goals on poverty, he went on to say: ?it is alarming to note how the year in which the Millenium objectives should be achieved, 2015, is also the year when petroleum production is expected to begin a dangerous decline.? He said continued high prices will have catastrophic effects we should not ignore, and stated: ?All the world?s governments are already confronted by the effects of high petrol prices, and all are conscious that unlike the petrol shock of the 1970s, the reduction in flow of this fuel will now have a permanent effect.? (My translation from www.clavedigital.com a web newspaper based in the Dominican Republic. Not what you?d expect from a banana republic, is it?) At least somebody actually spoke out about it in front of whoever decided to sit and eat their sandwich at their desk. When guys like Dominican Republic are scheduled to speak, everybody who is anybody is usually ?out to lunch?.
Peak Oil at the UN
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