Comments on: Peak Oil Hits Primetime Irish Evening Radio. http://transitionculture.org/2006/02/15/peak-oil-hits-primetime-irish-evening-radio/ An Evolving Exploration into the Head, Heart and Hands of Energy Descent Mon, 21 May 2012 18:40:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gylangirl http://transitionculture.org/2006/02/15/peak-oil-hits-primetime-irish-evening-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-321 gylangirl Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:55:52 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=231#comment-321 I am astounded to see so much Irish-based education and research on this topic, which I am only just learning about now. Was expecting to become a 'returned yank' in order to protect the kids from a [projected] 'long war' US draft. Then when I learned of peak oil economics, I thought Ireland might serve a haven from that as well. Now I am not so sure that is a good enough plan. Thanks for this latest info. Besides the PO, what climate changes will Ireland be expected to undergo with the advent of global warming, rising sea levels and changes [if any] in the north atlantic current? I am astounded to see so much Irish-based education and research on this topic, which I am only just learning about now.

Was expecting to become a ‘returned yank’ in order to protect the kids from a [projected] ‘long war’ US draft. Then when I learned of peak oil economics, I thought Ireland might serve a haven from that as well. Now I am not so sure that is a good enough plan. Thanks for this latest info.

Besides the PO, what climate changes will Ireland be expected to undergo with the advent of global warming, rising sea levels and changes [if any] in the north atlantic current?

]]> By: Rob http://transitionculture.org/2006/02/15/peak-oil-hits-primetime-irish-evening-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Rob Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:46:14 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=231#comment-185 Funnily enough Gareth, you aren't the first person to ask this! I don't know the exact source for the table, although I do remember seeing it once, but the reference comes from 'Before the Wells Run Dry' produced by FEASTA and edited by Richard Douthwaite, page 27. The author, Gerard O'Neill doesn't cite the orginal reference. You can read the whole book online at the [FEASTA](http://www.feasta.org) site, and the exact page [here](http://www.feasta.org/documents/wells/contents.html?sitemap.html"O'Neill") If anyone finds the original reference I'd love to know. Funnily enough Gareth, you aren’t the first person to ask this! I don’t know the exact source for the table, although I do remember seeing it once, but the reference comes from ‘Before the Wells Run Dry’ produced by FEASTA and edited by Richard Douthwaite, page 27. The author, Gerard O’Neill doesn’t cite the orginal reference. You can read the whole book online at the [FEASTA](http://www.feasta.org) site, and the exact page [here](http://www.feasta.org/documents/wells/contents.html?sitemap.html”O’Neill”)

If anyone finds the original reference I’d love to know.

]]> By: Gareth_Doutch http://transitionculture.org/2006/02/15/peak-oil-hits-primetime-irish-evening-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Gareth_Doutch Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:16:35 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=231#comment-182 Hi Rob, I'm astonished to find Ireland is more oil dependant than the US. Where do those stats come from? Cheers, Gareth Hi Rob,

I’m astonished to find Ireland is more oil dependant than the US. Where do those stats come from?

Cheers,
Gareth

]]> By: Mark O'S http://transitionculture.org/2006/02/15/peak-oil-hits-primetime-irish-evening-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Mark O'S Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:44:06 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/?p=231#comment-171 Hi Rob, A great series. The Irish times had an editorial on Peak oil a few weeks ago, which paved the way for this 5-7 live series. The Sunday Business Post had an article last Sunday too. The late Roberta Grey was the first mainstream Irish journalist to break the PO story in the Sunday Tribune almost two years ago. Very precient by anyone's standards. Ireland does have indidgenous energy sources in wind, biomass and tidal power. The sugar beet industry has yet to cop on to the huge short term opportunity they have in the energy market. The dairies are already making ethanol from milk whey and Glanbia representatives were at Fuelling the Future as part of the decision process to take this strategy further. There is also turf which has been a staple for millennia. Admittedly though none of these are developed to deliver energy in anything like the quantities which oil/gas currently delivers. Recently, Eammon Ryan (a speaker at Fuelling the Future) of the Greens proposed an all-party consensus on energy strategy for Ireland, saying that it was too important an issue for partisan sqabbling. The opposition of Fine Gael and Labour rejected this, however. Something they may come to regret. Hi Rob,

A great series. The Irish times had an editorial on Peak oil a few weeks ago, which paved the way for this 5-7 live series. The Sunday Business Post had an article last Sunday too.

The late Roberta Grey was the first mainstream Irish journalist to break the PO story in the Sunday Tribune almost two years ago. Very precient by anyone’s standards.

Ireland does have indidgenous energy sources in wind, biomass and tidal power. The sugar beet industry has yet to cop on to the huge short term opportunity they have in the energy market. The dairies are already making ethanol from milk whey and Glanbia representatives were at Fuelling the Future as part of the decision process to take this strategy further.

There is also turf which has been a staple for millennia. Admittedly though none of these are developed to deliver energy in anything like the quantities which oil/gas currently delivers.

Recently, Eammon Ryan (a speaker at Fuelling the Future) of the Greens proposed an all-party consensus on energy strategy for Ireland, saying that it was too important an issue for partisan sqabbling. The opposition of Fine Gael and Labour rejected this, however. Something they may come to regret.

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