[Peakoil] Presentation to NSW MLCs
Trent Smith
trentsmith67 at hotmail.com
Thu Jun 23 15:32:19 EST 2005
Alex,
Good idea - especially as high fuel prices are starting to bite. Do you
have a copy of their presentation - would be worthwhile as a template - also
to double check facts and figures.
Cheers
Trent
>From: "Alex P" <alex-po at trevbus.org>
>To: peakoil at act-peakoil.org
>Subject: [Peakoil] Presentation to NSW MLCs
>Date: 22 Jun 2005 23:16:36 -0000
>
>The Sydney Peak Oil group has done a presentation to most of the Upper
>House cross-bench MLCs.
>
>Looks like they could their attention.
>
>We should organise something like this.
>
>Alex
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>
>Buttons to push for Greens? We found some yesterday! Ian Cohen loved
>our "cross
>benchers briefing" yesterday, and has asked us back in September to show a
>movie (an
>abridged EOS? we're working on it) and have a Q&A forum. We are working on
>a "Top 100
>questions" preparation for the forum, with short sexy answers in
>soundbytes.
>
>Cross benchers are Members of the Legislative Council (MLC's) or State
>Upper house. The
>cross benchers present were:
>
>Fred Nile, Arthur Chesterfield-Evans, Ian Cohen, Gordon Moyes, Sylvia Hale,
>Lee Rhianon,
>Peter Breen, Peter Wong, John Jenkins
>
>Cross bench members not in attendance, David Oldfield, John Tingle
>
>This feedback came to Louise in our group from Hazel Blunden...
>
>"Hi Louise,
>
>"Arthur Chesterfield Evans (Democrats) started going on about peak oil and
>the Saudi
>fields in his speech about the terrorism legislation bill. Checkout Hansard
>for Legislative
>Council tomorrow - I think it's at www.parliament.nsw.gov.au
>
>"Tell the others - you have made an impact on the cross benchers - well
>done!"
>
>So now the hard work begins preparing for the BIG presentation to the
>Greens in a
>auditorium with a NSW focussed EOS movie and forum. Louise is revved up to
>present eco-
>city material she has been working on in her PHD. In all, I am glad Sydney
>Peak Oil have
>some seriously qualified individuals that impress even MLC's.
>
>My favourite moments from the Briefing....
>
>My favourite moments from the NSW's Senators cross bench briefing
>1/ Rowan laying down the facts.
>Fact after fact was laid out in meticulous order. Hubbert's peak, his
>correct prediction for
>the 1970's peak in the US, the water cut in Ghawar, everything just kept on
>coming.
>
>2/ This was accompanied by Ian's brilliant display cards. The presentation
>was a hit. The
>groundwork concepts kept flowing while the cards illustrated the basics.
>They thanked us
>for a great presentation.
>
>3/ Favourite moments...
>An MLC asked, "So, you said that the American peak was in 1970. What is
>this peak you're
>talking about?" We of course answered, "This is the world peak." There was
>a moment's
>pause, as the implications slowly registered. We had their attention our
>concern was
>finally being shared by the MLC's.
>
>Then the usual questions started emerging
Fred Nile burst out
>"So what's the answer? What about Nuclear? I've been saying we should use
>Nuclear for
>years!" Hydrogen also came up, and there were some other quick exchanges
>about
>renewable energy options that were basically the pollies having their say.
>
>4/ But finally we came back to the concept of it being a world peak and
>decline of oil
>production, and we managed to slip in the line
"This is going to be like
>the 1970's oil
>crisis, but this time it's here to stay." At that, one of the MLC's burst
>out "So what are
>governments and corporations DOING about it?"
>
>The irony was so thick I was tongue tied for a moment. Here we were,
>presenting peak oil
>to the government in the hopes of illustrating just what a serious
>predicament we are in,
>and a Members starts asking us what governments were doing about it? I am
>amazed that
>we had the self-discipline not to respond, "Diddly squat is what you've
>been doing about
>it!" This of course would have been accurate, but terribly unfair due to
>the fact that they
>can only run on the information at hand. And we all know where our Federal
>Governments
>have been getting their information.
>
>Somehow, I uttered
"Well John Anderson has admitted that he thinks the
>peak is
>sometime in the next decade" and fortunately the moment of temptation
>passed.
>
>Unfortunately we didn't get to hear much of Louise's solutions to peak oil.
>After Rowan's
>peak oil presentation, the Members became a little unruly (I think some
>were a bit freaked
>out) and the Chair had to reign them in. I sensed that some of them were
>just starting to
>come to grips with the enormity of the consequences. The Greens are keen to
>have us
>back soon to work through a Forum with us, and hopefully Louise will be
>able to do her
>sustainable thang then! The Greens guy, Ian Cohen, welcomes peak
>oil. "Bring it on!"
>
>I am very encouraged by yesterday's events, and want to sincerely thank
>Sydney Peak Oil
>for all their hard work and efforts.
>
>Dave
>www.sydneypeakoil.com
>
>Founder
>www.eclipsenow.org/
>"Free peak oil posters for your local notice board. By referring back to
>eclipsenow.org the
>posters can generate a positive feedback loop informing thousands."
>
>
>
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