[Buggy]

Good article, from FOX no less. link

The author obvioulsy is more knowledgable than he lets on. Preparation for a protracted oil stoppage would not include a permanent shift from internal combustion to electric as the author implies.

[DarkDawg]

Look, let's forget about retrofitting cars and all this nonsense for a moment. The biggest single consumer of oil in the world is the US DOD. You simply can't run battleships, bombers and tanks on "green" energy. Bush knows this. Iraq was not about WMD. If a "stoppage" were to happen, there is nothing "stopping" the monster from feeding. It will take the oil it needs to survive from wherever it wants as necessary until it dies from starvation. Think about what the planet will look like once that finally happens.

[Buggy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DarkDawg', 'L')ook, let's forget about retrofitting cars and all this nonsense for a moment. The biggest single consumer of oil in the world is the US DOD. You simply can't run battleships, bombers and tanks on "green" energy. Bush knows this. Iraq was not about WMD. If a "stoppage" were to happen, there is nothing "stopping" the monster from feeding. It will take the oil it needs to survive from wherever it wants as necessary until it dies from starvation. Think about what the planet will look like once that finally happens.

[AgentR]

Unfortunately for that argument, the US produces much more oil internally than the DoD consumes, and will continue to do so for a very long time.

DoD is not going without.

You may be walking your kids to school; but the military will still be driving, flying, and motoring along.

[DomusAlbion]

+1 to AgentR.

Priority of oil distribution when there are shortages:

1. US military
2. Agriculture
3. Elites
...

We're way down the list and we'll be walking.

[AirlinePilot]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DomusAlbion', '+')1 to AgentR.

Priority of oil distribution when there are shortages:

1. US military
2. Agriculture
3. Elites
...

We're way down the list and we'll be walking.

[nobodypanic]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DomusAlbion', '+')1 to AgentR.

Priority of oil distribution when there are shortages:

1. US military
2. Agriculture
3. Elites
...

We're way down the list and we'll be walking.

[TheDude]

From his book: The Plan: How to Save America When the Oil Stops — or the Day Before.

I agree, good piece. Intrigued by the notion of Edison and Ford sidelined by corporate intrigue, I looked up "Electrant" and found another very interesting interview: EVWORLD FEATURE: A 'Black' History of our Oil Addiction

I see he has another book out as well: Amazon.com: Internal Combustion : How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives

Internal Combustion by Edwin Black--Home Page

[Buggy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheDude', 'F')rom his book: The Plan: How to Save America When the Oil Stops — or the Day Before.

I agree, good piece. Intrigued by the notion of Edison and Ford sidelined by corporate intrigue, I looked up "Electrant" and found another very interesting interview: EVWORLD FEATURE: A 'Black' History of our Oil Addiction

I see he has another book out as well: Amazon.com: Internal Combustion : How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives

Internal Combustion by Edwin Black--Home Page

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Buggy', '.')..Cities would all be electric trollies, buses and subways...

[Concerned]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Buggy', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheDude', 'F')rom his book: The Plan: How to Save America When the Oil Stops — or the Day Before.
I agree, good piece. Intrigued by the notion of Edison and Ford sidelined by corporate intrigue, I looked up "Electrant" and found another very interesting interview: EVWORLD FEATURE: A 'Black' History of our Oil Addiction
I see he has another book out as well: Amazon.com: Internal Combustion : How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives
Internal Combustion by Edwin Black--Home Page

[Buggy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Concerned', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Buggy', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheDude', 'F')rom his book: The Plan: How to Save America When the Oil Stops — or the Day Before.

I agree, good piece. Intrigued by the notion of Edison and Ford sidelined by corporate intrigue, I looked up "Electrant" and found another very interesting interview: EVWORLD FEATURE: A 'Black' History of our Oil Addiction

I see he has another book out as well: Amazon.com: Internal Combustion : How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives

Internal Combustion by Edwin Black--Home Page

[Concerned]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Buggy', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Concerned', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Buggy', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheDude', 'F')rom his book: The Plan: How to Save America When the Oil Stops — or the Day Before.

I agree, good piece. Intrigued by the notion of Edison and Ford sidelined by corporate intrigue, I looked up "Electrant" and found another very interesting interview: EVWORLD FEATURE: A 'Black' History of our Oil Addiction

I see he has another book out as well: Amazon.com: Internal Combustion : How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives

Internal Combustion by Edwin Black--Home Page

[Buggy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')on't feel so bad. Exponential growth of population and economy would have de-railed any notion happy electrical future forever and ever. Perhaps we could have delayed things for 10-15 years perhaps we would have sped up warming of the atmosphere.