Comments on: Peak oil – when we start to run out of oil http://www.droug.co.uk/peak-oil-when-we-start-to-run-out-of-oil.html Doug Scott's thoughts and opinions Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:38:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Diane http://www.droug.co.uk/peak-oil-when-we-start-to-run-out-of-oil.html/comment-page-1#comment-467 Diane Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:49:40 +0000 http://www.asapventures.co.uk/blog/peak-oil-when-we-start-to-run-out-of-oil.html#comment-467 I started reading about this a few years ago - and emailed the political parties about it and what their plans were. None of them had a clue - apart from one minor party. It's pretty shocking and something we need to seriously look at. The 15Bn they're thinking about spending on the Severn Estuary tidal power scheme could be used to give houses solar hot water and solar power - spreading energy distribution all across the UK. Greenland and Sweden are planning on being oil free by 2020. The UK needs to secure renewable energy urgently and to increase the amount of food we grow in the UK so we are less dependent on outside sources. It's not tin foil hat stuff anymore. It's very real and needs seriously addressing. I started reading about this a few years ago – and emailed the political parties about it and what their plans were. None of them had a clue – apart from one minor party. It’s pretty shocking and something we need to seriously look at.
The 15Bn they’re thinking about spending on the Severn Estuary tidal power scheme could be used to give houses solar hot water and solar power – spreading energy distribution all across the UK.
Greenland and Sweden are planning on being oil free by 2020.
The UK needs to secure renewable energy urgently and to increase the amount of food we grow in the UK so we are less dependent on outside sources. It’s not tin foil hat stuff anymore. It’s very real and needs seriously addressing.

]]> By: ukgimp http://www.droug.co.uk/peak-oil-when-we-start-to-run-out-of-oil.html/comment-page-1#comment-27 ukgimp Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:03:47 +0000 http://www.asapventures.co.uk/blog/peak-oil-when-we-start-to-run-out-of-oil.html#comment-27 That's some read, thanks Doug. People are incredibly blinkered about this sort of issue. I looked at getting my house zero carbon rated, it was an almost task of biblical proportions. Just when I thought I was getting close you find out the government grant is some sort of "look what you could have won". My initial thoughts after reading this is we should plough money into renewable energy like water/air/groundsource heat pumps to reduce the burden (and ultimately the cost). However even on the best days of the year the efficiency ratio was 1:4 and sometimes as little as 1:2. For those thickets here that means that one unit of heating energy in can sometimes produce 4 out. That means we still need some conventional oil fuelled energy in. If we rerouted this into helping the country become energy efficient we 'might' have something to look forward to. By this I mean proper grants, this low energy is rapidly expensive (I spent 1000’s on low energy light and energy efficiency stuff recently – no grant!! :-( ) There is so much more to say in this but I dont have the time, but without sounding like a fringe loony I will be preparing for this right down to tins of beans, self sufficient houses and a big fence to keep the looters out. Although I am not stockpiling beans yet, I ain’t that mad! That’s some read, thanks Doug.

People are incredibly blinkered about this sort of issue.

I looked at getting my house zero carbon rated, it was an almost task of biblical proportions. Just when I thought I was getting close you find out the government grant is some sort of “look what you could have won”.

My initial thoughts after reading this is we should plough money into renewable energy like water/air/groundsource heat pumps to reduce the burden (and ultimately the cost). However even on the best days of the year the efficiency ratio was 1:4 and sometimes as little as 1:2. For those thickets here that means that one unit of heating energy in can sometimes produce 4 out. That means we still need some conventional oil fuelled energy in. If we rerouted this into helping the country become energy efficient we ‘might’ have something to look forward to. By this I mean proper grants, this low energy is rapidly expensive (I spent 1000’s on low energy light and energy efficiency stuff recently – no grant!! :-( )

There is so much more to say in this but I dont have the time, but without sounding like a fringe loony I will be preparing for this right down to tins of beans, self sufficient houses and a big fence to keep the looters out. Although I am not stockpiling beans yet, I ain’t that mad!

]]> By: Doug http://www.droug.co.uk/peak-oil-when-we-start-to-run-out-of-oil.html/comment-page-1#comment-24 Doug Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:45:35 +0000 http://www.asapventures.co.uk/blog/peak-oil-when-we-start-to-run-out-of-oil.html#comment-24 Absolutely awesome Rich: http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/ Doug Absolutely awesome Rich:

http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/

Doug

]]> By: Andy Stevens http://www.droug.co.uk/peak-oil-when-we-start-to-run-out-of-oil.html/comment-page-1#comment-21 Andy Stevens Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:44:28 +0000 http://www.asapventures.co.uk/blog/peak-oil-when-we-start-to-run-out-of-oil.html#comment-21 http://onlyinamericablogging.blogspot.com/2008/01/planet-is-fucked-indias-2500-car.html A challenger for Doug... :-) http://onlyinamericablogging.blogspot.com/2008/01/planet-is-fucked-indias-2500-car.html

A challenger for Doug… :-)

]]> By: ukgimp http://www.droug.co.uk/peak-oil-when-we-start-to-run-out-of-oil.html/comment-page-1#comment-20 ukgimp Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:47:14 +0000 http://www.asapventures.co.uk/blog/peak-oil-when-we-start-to-run-out-of-oil.html#comment-20 Pray for some more oil sands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_sands then maybe we can allow Russia to rape the North and South Poles. Maybe the Yanks could drive smaller cars, or hell, what about walking :-) Pray for some more oil sands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_sands

then maybe we can allow Russia to rape the North and South Poles.

Maybe the Yanks could drive smaller cars, or hell, what about walking :-)

]]> By: Andy Stevens http://www.droug.co.uk/peak-oil-when-we-start-to-run-out-of-oil.html/comment-page-1#comment-19 Andy Stevens Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:26:00 +0000 http://www.asapventures.co.uk/blog/peak-oil-when-we-start-to-run-out-of-oil.html#comment-19 Thanks for the link Rick - hadnt seen that site before... its scary reading, especially the bit that even conversing energy may pardoxically expedite the situation - so basically we're all screwed - just a matter of when..... Thanks for the link Rick – hadnt seen that site before… its scary reading, especially the bit that even conversing energy may pardoxically expedite the situation – so basically we’re all screwed – just a matter of when…..

]]> By: Richard Eastes http://www.droug.co.uk/peak-oil-when-we-start-to-run-out-of-oil.html/comment-page-1#comment-16 Richard Eastes Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:18:05 +0000 http://www.asapventures.co.uk/blog/peak-oil-when-we-start-to-run-out-of-oil.html#comment-16 I wanna buy oil stocks. I'm just not sure where yet. Maybe Canada or Norway. Doug, check this site out if you haven't already regarding peak oil... http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/ I wanna buy oil stocks. I’m just not sure where yet. Maybe Canada or Norway.
Doug, check this site out if you haven’t already regarding peak oil…
http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/

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