Implications of the peak oil crisis.

[markdcarter]

I recommend a careful analysis of Dave McGowan's addressing the 'peak oil' claims of Mike Ruppert; there's much to be learned from McGowan's articles. Have fun!

[vlada881]

By the 2025 it will be 8 b. if we get there

[vlada881]

Acutally its 6.93 billion. :)

[Kerrville911Truth]

Actually, there is not an shortage of oil.

Continental shelves ride on a layer of oil. Oil is common, and regenerates, as opposed to being a non-renewable resource.

It is a matter of artificial scarcity.

The goal of depopulation can not be achieved with a resource rich population.

[JCJ77]

I can't bring myself to believe abiotic oil would be able to regenerate very quickly even if abiotic is real.

[hovertree1]

I hope we do run out of oil, that way instead of using cheap labor and oil to increase profit margins, things will have to be produced locally and with higher cost labor.

[JCJ77]

With out oil or an oil alternative everyone will be labor and anyone who isn't super rich will have to be labor. Also where will we get the feedstock to make the fertilizer to feed 6 billion plus people? I could ask a million questions like that, but I don't expect people who want to play political football to answer them.

[hovertree1]

I'd prefer to reduce the population. And I'm talking about gas at $7. There will still be doctors and lawyers and scientists.....the bottom rung will just get paid better because it is cheaper to manufacture close to sale, than manufacture with cheap labor far away and truck it here with cheap oil.

[JCJ77]

The way you are speaking about population control is in an active context- suggesting that you would encourage a reduction in population as a policy versus population reduction effecting policy. You are a sick sick puppy.

[hovertree1]

Yes, we should actively control our population through encouragement of family planning. I don't see how acknowleging that population growth is counter-productive makes me a sick puppy. It makes me a realist. Less people means higher wages, less crime, more resources to go around, less environmental damage...ect. Even the 7 billion people that already are alive is an unsustainable number for our current technology. We should be acting as the brain of the planet, not a cancer.

[Sundrumify]

Thanks for sharing. Who is going to control crude oil production, this critical asset that is so fundamental to shaping world economies? Many have controls over refining and the distribution of end products, but they lack control over the production. Who is regulating the vital resources of the planet? The planet`s oil supply is its economic lifeblood. As this diminishes, so does the economic system. What are the alternative energy sources under consideration?

Lisa from Munich

[MonteCristoRecords]

It will be useless to go to war. There will not be enough oil to fight it.

James

Also, analysis has shown that in no way can we maintain the "Happy Motoring" suburban lifestyle by replacing our oil needs with nuclear, solar, wind, hydrogen, etc. More simply, we need to walk more, drive less, get the passenger trains rolling and eat locally produced food.

[dogblessamerica]

Excellent, I hope that the US Government picks up on the Pickens Plan and follows through. The previous US administration were absolutely hopeless, and their lack of interest in renewables targets virtually derailed the Kyoto process, with China and India reluctant to sign up to reducing their emissions in a meaningful way.

[dogblessamerica]

Global Warming and Peak Oil being completely intertwined. Your an American so possibly don't believe Global Warming, but most of the world does, and the CO2 reduction targets call or exactly the sort of action which coping with Peak Oil requires.

Its a pity Obama's stimulus plan didn't incorporate a bit more in terms of delivering renewables and efficiency.

[JannyLynnF]

I have to respectfully disagree. I feel that peak oil is a far more serious issue and that the global warning alarmists are not much more than a big distraction. Think of it this way - years of recorded temperature vs. the age of our planet The global warming theory is based on a small sample of data and there have been documented attempts to stifle any dissent that scientists have against it - why is that?

[JCJ77]

"what americans have to realise though (and dont take this the wrong way because i have big respect for America), but just as Humanity needs to realise it is no better than any other species, Americans need to realise that they are not removed from any other race.. its not about countries. the earth is a closed loop system. this will only work if everybody is on board. if china or india decide not to participate then it doesnt matter how green the rest of us become, we're still all fucked."

[JCJ77]

^^ Accidentally removed strasheep's comment so I put it bakc up.

[strasheep]

look im not blaming America for this.. of course we're all responsible. i'm coming from Ireland and we are a disgrace. if we were as big as the US we would probably be as bad. i am well aware that the entire industrialised and industrialisding world is crashing.

[JCJ77]

What I am talking about is hope. Not hope that Obama brings- because taking from some to give to others isn't really hope and will just end up making everyone poor. America and American's got lucky- we moved (some where brought) to a great place with wide open sky and land and eventually un heard of freedoms. Looking at where we came from (everywhere) we had a leg up. Everyone on the planet has the same potential. Even now America is the only place on the planet that has any hope of changing.

[strasheep]

america has been called on to lead the way?? are you serious? america is the number one CAUSE of the problem. highest per capita oil consumption in the world. four times the global average! get real. america is leading the world alright.. down the toilet.

[JCJ77]

I don't know where you are coming from, but in case you haven't noticed we have been going in the wrong direction for a while and we are taking the world with us. What other country actually has the ability to change the direction of the world by only changing its own direction? We can pretend America is crashing into its own shadow alone- but we know that world will be crashing faster and sooner. Who else can step up to change things in a reality based world?

[secretkgbuy]

Russian Premier Vladimir Putin says research shows that Russia has enough oil and gas for itself and for Europe for the next 100 years.

[JCJ77]

...at current rates of use. China is the worlds second largest consumer of crude oil behind the US.

[chasingabee76]

good news for once

[ibphotos]

Powerful video. Did you see where O Riely pointed outthe possibilty of war if we don't develope our nergy options. First reasonable thing I've ever heard him say. I'm not saying we fight. I'm saying we use our heads and work on the alternatives. We should begin by ceasing to use so much throw away consumer items.

[Jaeh1]

BRAVO!! I agree with your video and statements. Even the few people that I have seen interviewed criticizing Pickens Plan didn't have anything of their own to put on the table. The plan is only a piece of a BIG puzzle. It's going to take wind, solar, CNG, algae oil, nuke power, and some energy sources that we haven't heard of yet. Not to mention more fuel efficient vehicles and conservation efforts.

The world IS addicted to oil. Technology, innovation, and serious R&D will save the day.

[ozinba]

Yes, well done. My only point is that Chavez is not a "small man" in charge of a lot of oil, but a democratically elected leader of an oil rich country, just as the US was before 1970. The oil of Venezuela should make the people of Venezuela rich, it is not the birth right of the oil guzzling North Americans. Bush supported a violent coupe in Venezuela that failed, fortunately. He and his kind are also meddling in Bolivia. Let's find alternatives now to oil, war, and criminal foreign meddling.

[JCJ77]

Chavez is a small man because he has not made the people of Venezuela rich with oil money and it should have because we are paying so much for it, he has repeatedly tried to change the contitution so he could remain in power and has so far failed. Don't try to tell me Chavez isn't a dirt bag and I won't try to tell you that the United States is above doing whatever it wishes in the interests of America.

[ozinba]

Chavez is an elouquent, extremely intelligent and charismatic guy. He's actually pretty funny, too. Constitutions can be amended, it doesn't mean democracy is compromised. In fact, he lost the referendum to allow his re-election. That is democratic. When he was violently overthrown the US was the first to recognise the illegal pseudo-government. Bush hasn't done much for the poor in the US, has he? Chavez has: he sold subsidized oil to New York to provide cheap transport for the poor!

[JCJ77]

Well in America the very poor are obese for the most part in Venezuela the very poor are malnourished- how is Chavez vs Bush as far as the poor goes? I don't have room on these comment sections to help you understand how wrong you are about what democracy means.

[phineastbuster]

Outstanding and thought provoking video. We all need to get involved.

[td0745]

thats a well thought out video,well done !

scary as hell too.

[plainjane6476]

Well said!