Re: Betraying the Planet

2009/6/29 Ken Friedman <KenFriedman@...>:
>
> Krugman, a Nobel Laureate in economics, is a consistent and powerful
> voice for sustainability as the foundation for long-term prosperity.

I recently watched Professor Kjell Aleklett's ~1hr lecture on Climate
Change and Peak Oil at
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cops/events/energycontroversies/peak-oil.php
where he suggests that the oil and gas simply won't be there for doing
as much damage as the IPCC et al predict - but I am leery of
governments authorising a lot of new coal power.

I have found personally that people who are skeptical of climate
change can often be swayed into reconsidering climate change related
policies by peak oil discussions.

I suggest looking up Transition Towns in your favorite media outlet as
a positive way of dealing with this.

Cheers,
Dave