[untothislast]

Many will be lulled into a state of complacency about Peak Oil, because - as they go about their daily lives - nothing will appear to be much different than it was the year before. Adding to the impression of 'business as usual' will be the (misplaced) conviction that if there were anything serously wrong, government would be a) doing something about it or, b) telling you about it.

It doesn't work this way.

Here's a current story from the driest continent on the planet. Nevertheless, it actively opposed taking part in the Kyoto protocol because it feared that capping its CO2 emissions might hinder its industrial competitiveness, leading to job losses. Government was prepared to gamble with the effects of climate change, and now - for that short term advantage - it's apparently having to pay a big , and permanent, price.

Running out of water and being unable to grow your own basic foodstuffs is not a good position to be in. If they could get it that wrong in the face of all the evidence, expect the worst for Peak Oil.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/ ... 39888.html

[rogerhb]

It's worse than that, the All Blacks just beat them 32-12.

[peaker_2005]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', 'I')t's worse than that, the All Blacks just beat them 32-12.