[Peakoil] "Ten Bucks a Litre" - Dick Smith Doco

Sun Jul 28 16:50:05 EST 2013

An article in Friday's Guardian
'Will the new prince become an ecowarrior' (sorry don't know how to forward the link from this phone)
Talks about $500 petrol by 2050
Among other harrowing predictions
Karin Geiselhart

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From: Alex Pollard <alex-po at trevbus.org> 
Date: 28/07/2013  03:26  (GMT+01:00) 
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Subject: [Peakoil] "Ten Bucks a Litre" - Dick Smith Doco 

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From:    "Ilan G" <ilgo_au at yahoo.com.au>
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Hope it will cover some aspects of peak-oil, but somehow I think the
focus will be on alternative energy, we will see....

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/ten-bucks-a-litre/
Thursday August, 1, 2013

Dick Smith, self proclaimed single biggest individual fuel user in
Australia, goes in search of the energy options that will decide
Australia's future.

Some of our most serious global worries revolve around energy -
controlling it, paying for it, and the consequences of burning it. As
both one of the world's biggest per capita users and exporters of fossil
fuels, Australia is sure to be deeply affected by the radical changes
coming down the energy pipeline. Self-confessed fuel junkie Dick Smith
explores Australia's options as we enter the age of energy disruption.

Episode image Rated G Documentary/Factual 59 mins CC

> TEN BUCKS A LITRE -- SYNOPSIS
> We feel it at the petrol pump and in our household bills. It affects
> our businesses and the
> cost of virtually everything we buy and directly alters the course of
> our everyday lives. Yet
> until recently, we have barely given energy much thought.
> All that's changed now of course. Prices have doubled in the past five
> years and will double
> again in the next five. And now the battle to control energy supplies
> and the consequences
> of burning it are affecting things on a global scale.
> As one of the world's highest per capita energy users, and also one of
> the world's biggest
> exporters of fossil fuels, Australia is bound to be deeply affected by
> the changes coming
> down the energy pipeline. How will we cope? Where will it all end?
> What are the options for
> Australia as the world moves from a golden era of cheap and abundant
> energy to an age of
> scarcity and high cost?
> These are the questions that self-professed fossil fuel addict Dick
> Smith sets out to explore
> in this engaging and surprising documentary. Hostage to no vested
> interests, and one of our
> most trusted figures, Dick brings his signature brand of common sense
> to the issue, and
> along the way explodes a few myths, upsets a few politicians and
> surprises us with his
> conclusions about the decisions Australia should take.
> In many ways Australia is blessed with an abundance of cheap energy.
> But most of it comes
> from underground as dirty fossil fuels and the pressure is on to find
> new ways of powering
> our world. As he travels around the nation Dick reveals the massive
> scale of our investment
> in coal and gas projects, something best appreciated from the air. The
> sheer scale of it all is
> staggering, and it raises the serious question of what we will do if
> the world finally decides
> that burning huge amounts of coal, gas and oil is no longer acceptable.
> But as Dick discovers on his journey, there is no utopian answer in
> alternative energy
> sources like wind and solar. Each has its limitations and we have to
> be realistic about how
> difficult -- and expensive- it will be to replace cheap fossil energy.
> He comes to the
> Ten Bucks a Litre Synopsis 2
> controversial assessment that by refusing to consider nuclear energy,
> Australia is delaying its
> transition to a clean energy future.
> "We need to talk about energy," says Dick. "It's no use just
> complaining about prices if we
> are not making the right decisions now about the future. There are no
> easy answers."
> By the end of this provocative film, Dick has changed many of his
> preconceptions about
> energy, and had even abandoned his gas guzzler for an electric car. Is
> he prepared to give up
> his helicopter next? Watch and find out.

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