[Peakoil] Four corners

[Shane S]

Hey everyone

I agree that discussing solar, wind, climate change and conservation would 
have been good, but with the limited time frame I think they were wise to 
thoroughly explore just the central issue of why petrol prices are high 
right now. Most people are so absolutely clueless and disinterested in this 
(beyond the point of simply demonising one obvious party) that this is where 
the debate in the mainstream has to start.

Leaving out any mention of a grab bag of possible "green" techno-fixes also 
helps avoid giving the impression that we have lots of choices about 
replacing our current rate of energy consumption.

The more immediate issues are in my opinion related to our unsustainable 
economic situation, with real estate overvaluation, personal debt, 
stagnating wages, incipient inflation, offshoring of jobs etc all ready to 
combine with the fundamental problems of energy prices.

Shane