Irish perspective on peak oil

Monday, June 05, 2006

A look at the Web site of the Post Carbon Institute led me to a non-technical, yet effective, Power Point presentation on peak oil from Ireland, showing that the concern about peak oil is indeed world wide. The final slide shows the presenter's recommended priorities for Ireland:

- Tackle population growth.
- Impose very high levels of fuel efficiency for cars and energy efficiency for houses
- Less money on roads and more on renewable energy programmes and DECENT public transport systems
- Grants for domestic electricity generation
- A reasoned debate on the use of nuclear power
- Greater use of arable land for growing crops such as rapeseed, sugar for ethanol, willow for wood pellets, etc.
- Buying locally produced goods where possible.