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Daniel Yergin Interview
The crisis began when Arab oil exporters declared an
embargo on shipments in response to U.S. military support for Isreal in the Yom Kippor War,
prompting lines at gasoline stations and fears that Americans’ lifestyle was changing in fundepental ways
5 Comments on "Daniel Yergin Interview"
action on Fri, 8th Nov 2013 10:12 pm
It really is a race to see what will destroy us first:
-Global Warming
-Peak Oil
-Fresh Water Depletion
-Pollution/Ecosystem Destruction
-Nuclear Weapons
I’ve probably missed a few too. If I had to bet, I really wouldn’t know which one to take, and it will probably be a combination of all of them. However I have to say that I find Global Warming to be probably the most disturbing of them all, because it has the power to end life on this planet.
And yet the race is on, with no one that can actually provide a sane reason for why, exactly, we’re doing this.
Plantagenet on Fri, 8th Nov 2013 10:51 pm
Yergin predicts another oil shock is coming.
Thank god we’ve got fracking going in the USA to increase domestic production and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
Kenz300 on Sat, 9th Nov 2013 1:31 pm
Diversify…..diversify………. diversify………….
Biofuels can now be made from trash or waste.
Every landfill in the US (over 2200) can be converted to produce biofuels, energy and recycled raw materials for new products. Local energy and local jobs are good for the economy.
Bring on the electric, biofuel, hybrid, CNG, LNG and hydrogen fueled vehicles. The more we diversify the better.
Better yet cities need to become more people centered and less automobile centered. Making cities more walk able and bike able with greater emphasis on mass transit would make us less reliant on oil for transportation.
J-Gav on Sat, 9th Nov 2013 4:51 pm
Plants – Nothing personal, but were you really waiting for Yergin, the cowardly, fence-straddling, sold-out slick customer that he is, to understand that another oil shock is coming? Feel free to thank whatever god you want for fracking but how much do you think that’s going to benefit your children (should you have any)?
ghung on Sat, 9th Nov 2013 5:34 pm
Yergin is just one example of those who live in ivory towers over-analyzing things and having no clue how most of us live. I doubt that he understands the mob, or how to live within any budget that matters.
Anyway, understanding trends within macro-scale complex systems with a virtually infinite number of variables is largely intuitive at some point; as much art as science. One needs to reject hubris, sit back and watch how things are unfolding to get a real sense of the future. Of course, that is unlikely to win one a Pulitzer prize or get you recognized as an “energy expert”.