Prof V. Alice on peak oil

[fusionfreq]

nuclear fusion professor !! nuclear fusion !

[HooDlymUK]

thanks, professor!

[CMalburn]

That voice reminds me of Ronnie Corbett!

[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.

[strasheep]

youve posted that fucking bullshit statement on about fifty videos.. stop it.

[evilferret132]

errr.....if you apply econamy

like the demand goes up

supple has to go up

so....that 100 year worth will be gone in around 12years if it keeps going like it is

[secretkgbuy]

the study includes population and demand grow

[bras2051]

This is funny because it's actually Kryton from Red Dwarf...he wouldn't be allowed within 2 miles of Brasenose. Too dumb.

[bobbyllew]

So I am too 'dumb' am I? What an extraordinary statement to feel compelled to make. For a start you clever young chap, you have spelled 'Kryten' wrongly, and the mere use of the term 'dumb' in such a punchy short sentence gives me the distinct impression you have no idea where or what Brasenose actually is. I would love to be wrong and discover you are an undergraduate in the aforementioned august institution, but somehow I doubt it.

yours etc.

Prof. Vivian Alice, MA. (Brasenose) Oxon

[reffykins]

An amusing video, but somewhat missing the points. Either we are nearing peak oil or we aren't. One day we definitely will, which is cause for concern. If we aren't, then the oil companies are operating a highly illegal cartel.

If we are then we'd better come up with some alternatives to oil pretty soon. Lets not forget that our _plastic_ driven economy is dependant on it. However, at least renewables will become comparably better value for money.

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[reffykins]

Oh, and OPEC countries report their reserves, but the amount they are allowed to pump is based on their reserves. They have an incentive to lie if they want to pump more oil.

[FutureCollapse]

Access to scarce resources will be settled by global thermonuclear war.

Plus, no more phlegmatic, diabetic fat chicks who get two seats for the price of one on Air Canada.

[OminousVoice]

I love the subtle reference to 'Tikka to Ride'

[onlydying]

This is hilarious haha yet interesting :)

[conawillvlog]

aaaa haha this is great!

[thestalkinghead]

if it is a big lie that we are running out of oil the oil companies will be regreting that decision to lie because of bio fules and if we are running out of oil it doesn't matter because of bio fules so there is no need to worrie

[onecheshirecat]

HaHaHaHaHa... mate you're a GENIUS. MORE PLEASE!!!!

[nbm34]

BRILLIANT Prof it seems you have explained eloquently how we are the shafted bitches of the oil companies. MORE MORE bravo bravo

[siskygod]

Why is it Prof., that your opinions on subjects such as peak oil are expressed so much more eloquently than the 'experts'? Thus, your comments actually sink into our grey-matter and get us thinking. I suppose though, peak oil, right about now would probably be a good thing....at least then it'd kill off game shows, since none of the "incontestants" could make it to the studio! Keep it up Prof. :-)

[ElveeKaye]

Grass and potatoes, huh? Well, I could make a decent casserole out of that. XD

[staggy916]

Good comment. We'll make the best of what we end up with! Optimism all the way!

[SECZEPHYRUS]

"Quite extraordinary!"

Hilarious and informative!

[tenagliac]

Better buy furs. If the oil is running out, eventually flora will consume the CO2 and lead us into global cooling.

Or maybe the USA wants the rest of the world to use up their oil, then they can be the new OPEC and the money will flow the other way.

[Sleepwel]

Please, look at You Tube to "The Air Car" It is an revolution. Made in France. A little bit of energy for thousend miles.

[StevenJMUK]

LOL. That character reminds me of the man who interviewed me for entrance to Cambridge Uni. A girl came out of his office crying and he shouted "Next!".

What's interesting is that as the price of oil rises, it becomes economical to start exploiting less accessible oil which will also shift the balance of power. Venezuela will benefit from this.

[TheAmazingDannyKing]

Oh Bobby, why you're not a character actor is beyond me. xD

[SciStarborne]

I know it's being pedantic, but it's not just that oil reserves are running out, it's a matter of extraction. Oil may never run out completely, but what remains is increasingly hard to extract and therefore more costly to do so.

But hey, with melting icecaps and no fuel for shipping, maybe we'll see a new generation of clipper ships carrying our mangos to the (beachfront) Tescos?

[spotofbother]

I think Robert could do a great Terry Thomas with a bit of paint to simulate a gap in the front teeth.

Great as always! Thanks.

[arvensis68]

never noticed the similarity till now LOL.

[wildste]

That was brilliant Rob, you should do the odd video like this as it is fantastic

[xhable]

Very good, well done

[TheKlink]

Fingers crossed for conspiracy theory A; its easily preferable to the $40-sock-anarchy-on-the-street­s future of conspiracy theory B.

[Inknet1]

lol well done Robert

[beteigh]

Brilliant and funny way to put over a serious point. Love the Prof - thanks for making this for youtube.

[tomrhcp7]

I reckon Bob's been forgot his medication again!

[reisyboy]

Oh you have no idea how simialr you are to some of my lectures!

Very good tounge an cheek; but true

[energybot]

I do not travel in a car, I walk. Easy to go anywhere. Walking good one. :D

[silvershark79]

Thankyou Prof, most informative! See you again soon I hope...

[thelittlechef]

I say! Jolly good to see you again old chap...

[Flickyhecky]

Did i spot a Red Dwarf joke in that, about the Kennedy assasination? "1 gunman or 5" The other 4 being the Red Dwarf team!

[mnemento]

Technically, it should have been six. Or two, since JFK was the only other shooter. ;-P

[mgstamford]

i'd just like to say to Bobby, Thank you. i think its so good that a big celeb like robert takes time from his busy day to make videos on youtube for us all to enjoy, and for free no less. thanks again Rob. BTW, love the new characters we're starting to see, i'd love to see more of them

[mnemento]

From his rumpled appearance, looks like the dear professor has been spending too much time around (or with) his pert young students!

[Rightnutter]

I'm sure I've seen the prof on his bike around Cambridge to, but yes, I think we should all be very worried, it's not looking good, time to start planting spuds and mending the brakes on my bike.

Keep up the good work.

[1ukia]

Booby

[13thDimension]

indeed

[BigglesPiP]

No, no, no, no. No!

The socks will reach a point where is is more economically viable to knit them in this country.

[IceP2006]

Whatever prescription or choice of drink or both, that your on Bobby. I would greatly appreciate you sharing !

Thanks for the Vid, lets sort them oil theives out !

[barryperrins]

Very entertaining old bean. Lets see m,ore like that.Cheers.

[MGSGeneral]

"Extraordinary"

I didn't know Professor Vivian Alice until know and I must say I've enjoyed this video like a lot.

[palkia001]

brilliant,very entertaining.

[bilstonjay]

"Oral, I'm very keen on that..."

Made me laugh out loud!

[EddyBergman]

OMG Robert's gone jumpy. :)

[emmab2006]

Very Good Video Professor! Very Insightful !!

[professormoog]

Very good Professor I concur! Entertaining and informative, a touch Brechtian dont you think :-)

[mooxim]

cool thanks for clearing that up for me prof

[dismutased]

You're an idiot... ;)

[thegadgetdude]

That was funny but also interesting.

The thing that I worry about is what other form of energy are we going to use to power cars, I do hope there isn't a "format war" of sorts with cars.

[EBursey]

This character reminds me of my old chemistry teacher.

Brilliant.

[doctorwhoone]

Oh God , Robert's lost his mind and gone to loopyville !!!! .

[ Just kidding ]

Cheers , Jason [ Doctor Who One ]

[tallstevo]

Crickey! what a spiffing video :)

[falconlem]

Excellent, I'm sure Shell Todd will increase their price forthwith!

[truthseekers666]

Ive read all your papers and research and I commend your liking of oral as it is probably what will save us all.

[drumer4u]

Talk about 9/11. I'd really like that. You probably wouldn't, but you should. Watch 9/11 Mysteries first :)

[UncieThulhu]

Brasenose, that's where you worked once way back when wasn't it? I've read "Thin He Was and Filthy Haired" at least 3 times. :) Wonderful video btw.

[lunabrd]

whoa... the speech pattern accuracy is creepy... and i only went to oxford on an overseas studies program!

[iwurzel]

Professor Vivian Alice is Awesome!!

Good work Robert.

[baublebob]

Is this is what happens when they lock you in the tower with too much noxious silver polish?!

[jenni560]

Hopefully the oil pressures will push a technological surge in renewable energy, nothing like disaster to really make reasearch into a previously expensive area, hydrogen cells warp drive ;) or whatever, financially viable. I hope!!!

[UncieThulhu]

Amen to that!

[SirKnobofCheese]

Well edited video,you should work in tv.

[TheMeltingSnowman]

LOL!

[terrorbite]

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Infact infowars D0TC0M in general is an excellent site, if you're a truth seeker, or care about your civil liberties etc. It covers news stories that the mainstream media either ignore or gloss over.

[terrorbite]

Exactly right. The oil companies don't tell anyone when they've discovered more oil, so for all we know there could be decades worth left (either still underground or stored in barrels somewhere).

The huge increase in oil prices recently is deliberate (artificial scarcity), as part of bigger plans by the global elite to wipe out the middle class.

[suprablue]

I am sure I attended a couple of your lectures at university!

[1ukia]

Heh.. Texaco owned by Bush (:

[LuminolBlue]

Lol. Thank you, Prof. V... You rule!

[ellaskins]

MMMMMMMMM!,

[suprememasterj]

Very interesting. I walk all the time (though to compensate I never go anywhere).

Very interesting indeed. Either way, the consumer is going to be in trouble. Personally I half hope its that there is plenty of oil, because if the prices are going up purely because of greed, my sock prices won't be affected and it'll only matter to drivers.

Regardless, time for some disaster planning for if the world goes to buggery me thinks...

[TheMeltingSnowman]

Ah but your socks WILL go up, what the honorable Prof V. Alice was pointing out was that by the cost of oil rocketing, all transportation will cost more and therefore this gets passed onto the product to recompense.

[CanadianNinjaMonkey]

Hmm, I can see an upside to grass and potatoes but both theories are compelling, given that two of the biggest tools for change are fear, real or imagined or created, and ignorance, well-entrenched in the unwashed masses of any modern society. Interesting that history shows us that eventually all towers fall, yet the folly of greed and power always finds new victims who don't seem to care, preferring short-term gain. I like your new character! Excellent commentary, entertaining presentation :)

[AlexKitch]

ha ha, is there a smattering of the Data Doctor in there robert?

[LoveCraken]

Fucking EXCELLENT. This is now your favourite video of mine. Well done Vivien! Amusing and informative.

[TheMeltingSnowman]

Hilarious Professor! And very scary as well, a no win-no win situation.

[DrStrangeweird]

the simple truth is that john f. kennedy went back in time and assasinated himself, but that's besides the point.

speaking of shitty sticks, maybe we should have vehicles that run on human waste? why not, its recycling, its combustable, and its in high supply.

[DrStrangeweird]

infact!!!!!111one, why not just use all the waste we can find. arent cow pies damaging the environment anyway? lets put em to good use

[flydarling]

Great way to present these two sides. Laughter aside it's all rather worrying especially now I'm a mum and would like a lovely future for my kids. Cheers, Lesley

[alien8ted]

Extraordinary! Professor Vivien Alice is the badger's nadgers! More wisdom than you can shake a shitty stick at!

[gratex]

another conspiracy theory is that the US is holding on to its' oil whilst using foreign oil so that it will continue to be the superpower when worldwide oil does peak. Hence why they have not been drilling in Alaska (environmental concerns is a very recent excuse). The truth is nobody knows and that the peasants will be the ones who shoulder most of the hardship, regardless of what's really going on. bloody commoners.

[Harwood12productions]

ahhh Prof You Never Get Old :)

[ReverendFlatus]

At last, another Vivien Alice!