30 Jul 2005
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The sheet should have more detailed arguments on why the hydrogen economy is not a viable alternative as 'there are no extractable hydrogen reserves in the mantle. The hydrogen myth is very damaging. If people get even the minutest comfort from the misinformation "We are all changing over to hydrogen fuel cells anyway" then it allays any pressure for change.'
RM (Canberra) |
4 Aug 2005 |
DF (Melbourne) made eight suggestions in a post to the ROEOZ forum. We implemented six and asked him to clarify the remaining two. |
1 Aug 2005 |
The volume of uranium reserves is unknowable and commercially sensitive. So far there have always been vastly more sources of uranium than demand, so there has never been a need to look for more. Future demand for uranium is also unknowable since it depends on how we handle peak oil and peak gas. Electricity from solar PV panels is currently way too expensive for all but electronics jobs.
I am sceptical that the 'powerdown' solutions you describe will work in an environment of struggle for oil resources and with a world population that is only sustained by increasing oil consumption. World War 3 looks far more likely to me, but I can see that too much gloom may detract from people's acceptance of peak oil.
Two pages of closely typed words is a lot for many people to read. You might consider using pictures, graphs, side-panels and bolder sub-headings to break things up. (DK) |
| 1 Aug 2005 |
Print size way too small, because information way too large (especially for newbies). Keep it simple and to the point. Complicated economic and community solutions aren't needed at this point (telling everyone they have to get on with neighbours and maybe change their behaviour will just get a laugh and be ignored). The implications and solutions will dawn gradually. No need to push them now. I'm looking for something I can stick on car windscreens at the parking lot. Sorry, but your document isn't it. (BC, Victoria)) |
| 4 Aug 2005 |
The information in the sheet presupposes a "soft landing" and that every one will react sensibly - I suppose that this is possible, however history shows few examples of this.
The suggestions in the PDF don't add up. How do you transform a lawn to an orchard when half the city is on fire due to a riot? As for how long will the situation last - the simple answer is beyond almost anyone's life time.
I can't really think that this is a useful source of what to do when TSHTF. It is far too short and tries to put in far too much with its cook book of suggestions pulled from some of the more optimistic web sites. (TM Qld) |
| 15 Aug 2005 |
A Canberra retiree has printed copies of the sheet and distributed them among his acquaintances (DW) and another asked for copies for her reading group (BF) |
| 31 Aug 2005 |
Another Canberra retiree commented on the 'doom and gloom', but asked for ten copies of the sheet for a U3A class (SN) |
| 31 Aug 2005 |
www.powerswitch.org.uk asked for a plain text version of the A4 sheet to modify for use in Britain; we happily obliged. They used it in their article on peak oil and climate change |
| 31 Aug 2005 |
A reader commented that a major responsible action in the peak oil scenario is to have fewer children. We took the view that prudent family planning was one of many obvious responses that did not require specific mention (CW) |
| 16 Sep 2005 |
The impact of the end of cheap oil on our food supply needs to be brought into column 1, page 1. I know you have a food section on page 2, but global food security is so important it should be on page 1 as well. (JG) |
| 17 Sep 2005 |
I just read your two page handout and it is excellent. I may pass it out to the 300 people coming next weekend to our 2nd Annual Conference on Peak Oil and the Community Solution. You have made an important contribution. Pat Murphy, ED, The Community Solution. |
| 18 Sep 2005 |
Your webpage with the link to the peak oil two-sided sheet says that it "is being updated in the light of feedback from NSF members and other readers and developments in the environment, our society and the economy."
It's a very good effort. I'm attaching some suggested edits of selected portions.
Best wishes,
Chris Kuykendall, ASPO-USA
(Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas). |
| 6 Apr 2006 |
The peak oil page has risen so that it now the main entry page to the NSF site. It appears to be the main contributor to the steady rise in hits to the NSF site since mid-2005 |