[Peakoil] Fwd: Letter: Branson's plans

[Antony Barry]

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> From: Antony Barry <tony at tony-barry.emu.id.au>
> Date: 24 September 2006 12:52:03 PM
> To: Canberra Times Editor <letters.editor at canberratimes.com.au>
> Subject: Letter: Branson's plans
>
> The Editor
> Canberra Times
>
>
> On Saturday you reported Richard Branson's plan to donate $4  
> billion over 10 years to fight global warming. Your report did not  
> provide the detail which makes the report more interesting.  
> Apparently he intends to fund, amongst other things, efforts to run  
> his airlines on biofuels.
>
> This not only addresses his principal aim of reducing fossil fuel  
> carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere but also helps with  
> the other environmental carbon twin, peak oil.
>
> It is likely that world conventional crude oil production will peak  
> and start to decline in the next few years. The price of aviation  
> fuel will soar as will that of petrol. Air travel will plummet and  
> many airlines will go broke. Branson may be positioning his airline  
> to survive the transition.
>
>
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