April 25, 2008
The Art of Energy Politics
To Peak Oil aficionados (I'm including me here) it may be something of a surprise to learn that not all is doom and gloom, that the catastrophic collapse of civilization as we know it is neither imminent nor inevitable. In fact, we have an amazing, working, macro-scale example of emergent energy independence — right now — in Germany. To get the inside scoop I turned to Dr. Hermann Scheer, a member of the German parliament (Bundestag), and driving force behind German energy innovations. If only we were so lucky as to have an American equivalent of Dr. Scheer! Listen, and don't take "no" for an answer. Total runtime, an hour and five minutes.
Comments
Everything he says makes perfect sense. However, I found the interview rather depressing in that he has come up against the same seemingly unmovable obstacle...the large corporations who have a vested interest in keeping the status quo. All the potential Democratic candidates for our district US representative are touting the nuclear option. Only one of them even knew what peak oil might be when I asked them at a small meeting. One responded "Pink Oil?"...is that a new kind of oil? Then he went on to tell me we had plenty of oil in the SPR. Very depressing.
Posted by: Judy | May 3, 2008 5:49 PM