Comments on: Jonathan Porritt on Peak Oil and Food Production. http://transitionculture.org/2007/01/24/jonathan-porritt-on-peak-oil-and-food-production/ An Evolving Exploration into the Head, Heart and Hands of Energy Descent Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:35:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martin Hanson http://transitionculture.org/2007/01/24/jonathan-porritt-on-peak-oil-and-food-production/comment-page-1/#comment-52553 Martin Hanson Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:15:20 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2007/01/24/jonathan-porritt-on-peak-oil-and-food-production/#comment-52553 <p>Having moved from the U.K. to New Zealand in 1975 in anticipation of problems of overpopulation, I would very much like to know how many people the U.K. could support without an energy subsidy from fossil fuels - in other words, the long term carrying capacity without 'ghost acres' (using resources from other countries. In other words, does Peak Oil pose a threat to survival in the U.K. rather than merely a threat to 'standard of living'?</p> <p>Martin Hanson</p> Having moved from the U.K. to New Zealand in 1975 in anticipation of problems of overpopulation, I would very much like to know how many people the U.K. could support without an energy subsidy from fossil fuels – in other words, the long term carrying capacity without ‘ghost acres’ (using resources from other countries. In other words, does Peak Oil pose a threat to survival in the U.K. rather than merely a threat to ‘standard of living’?

Martin Hanson

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