[Peakoil-announce] Deputy PM fears Peak Oil

[Alex P]

About a year ago, John Anderson briefly mentioned Peak Oil on ABC TV. Now 
he has been much more explicit about it, and it should have been the 
biggest story of the day.

Anderson is the only senior Government or Opposition figure to actually be 
this clear about the problem, and he deserves credit for it.

So where are Bob Brown and the ALP on this issue? Beazley has talked about 
fuel prices remaining high for a long time to come but nothing as clear as 
what Anderson has said. When are the ALP and the Greens going to officially 
publically acknowledge the seriousness of the situation?

Alex
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Anderson fears for oil reserves
Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson believes high fuel prices reflect the 
inevitable decline in the world's oil and gas reserves.

He expressed deep concern about the long-term future of oil and says fuel 
prices will have to be high enough to encourage more exploration.

Mr Anderson says the world could reach peak production of oil and gas far 
sooner than predicted because of the rapid increase in energy demands in 
China.

"We are using stored energy left over from ages gone by at an alarming rate 
and it isn't re-making," he said.

"While people talk about new technologies and they say as soon as oil 
reaches a certain price everybody will switch over to hydrogen and what 
have you.

"The reality is that it may not be as simple as that and you have to wonder 
whether over the next decade we won't start to get towards peak production 
and that could be a very interesting time and a very challenging time."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1373262.htm