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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....<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/ten-bucks-a-litre/">http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/ten-bucks-a-litre/</a><br>
Thursday August, 1, 2013<br>
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<p class="first">Dick Smith, self proclaimed single biggest
individual fuel user in Australia, goes in search of the
energy options that will decide Australia's future.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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<blockquote type="cite">TEN BUCKS A LITRE – SYNOPSIS<br>
We feel it at the petrol pump and in our household bills. It
affects our businesses and the<br>
cost of virtually everything we buy and directly alters the course
of our everyday lives. Yet<br>
until recently, we have barely given energy much thought.<br>
All that's changed now of course. Prices have doubled in the past
five years and will double<br>
again in the next five. And now the battle to control energy
supplies and the consequences<br>
of burning it are affecting things on a global scale.<br>
As one of the world’s highest per capita energy users, and also
one of the world’s biggest<br>
exporters of fossil fuels, Australia is bound to be deeply
affected by the changes coming<br>
down the energy pipeline. How will we cope? Where will it all end?
What are the options for<br>
Australia as the world moves from a golden era of cheap and
abundant energy to an age of<br>
scarcity and high cost?<br>
These are the questions that self‐professed fossil fuel addict
Dick Smith sets out to explore<br>
in this engaging and surprising documentary. Hostage to no vested
interests, and one of our<br>
most trusted figures, Dick brings his signature brand of common
sense to the issue, and<br>
along the way explodes a few myths, upsets a few politicians and
surprises us with his<br>
conclusions about the decisions Australia should take.<br>
In many ways Australia is blessed with an abundance of cheap
energy. But most of it comes<br>
from underground as dirty fossil fuels and the pressure is on to
find new ways of powering<br>
our world. As he travels around the nation Dick reveals the
massive scale of our investment<br>
in coal and gas projects, something best appreciated from the air.
The sheer scale of it all is<br>
staggering, and it raises the serious question of what we will do
if the world finally decides<br>
that burning huge amounts of coal, gas and oil is no longer
acceptable.<br>
But as Dick discovers on his journey, there is no utopian answer
in alternative energy<br>
sources like wind and solar. Each has its limitations and we have
to be realistic about how<br>
difficult – and expensive‐ it will be to replace cheap fossil
energy. He comes to the<br>
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controversial assessment that by refusing to consider nuclear
energy, Australia is delaying its<br>
transition to a clean energy future.<br>
“We need to talk about energy,” says Dick. “It's no use just
complaining about prices if we<br>
are not making the right decisions now about the future. There are
no easy answers.”<br>
By the end of this provocative film, Dick has changed many of his
preconceptions about<br>
energy, and had even abandoned his gas guzzler for an electric
car. Is he prepared to give up<br>
his helicopter next? Watch and find out.</blockquote>
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