Kicking the Oil Habit
Mon, 12 Jan 2009 3:08 pm – Posted by Jenny Campbell | 2 Comments
Guest Blogger: Jenny Campbell, Southland Branch Secretary
Right. Lets not beat around the bush. We are running out of oil. The bounteous supply we have enjoyed in the past 60 years is now dwindling to a few inaccessible pools buried deep within the earth or reservoirs set in environmentally sensitive areas.
We’re populating this earth at great speed - with some predictions estimating that in 2030 the population will be double that of our population in 1980. Do the maths, and you’ll realise that peak oil is hot on our heels.
It begs the question - how is our oil-addicted society we going to survive without it?