[Revi]

Isn't Hickenlooper the former mayor of Denver who had that Peak Oil conference a couple of years ago?

Could it be that we have the first really peak oil aware governor of a state?

[Revi]

Here's an interview he did with PostCarbon:

http://postcarboncities.net/denver-mayo ... r-peak-oil

Wow! I sure wish he was governor of my state!

[mos6507]

Read the fine-print. I see someone who a) downplays peak oil, and b) still believes in the cult of growth.

"I don't think that I agree completely with their... I mean four to seven years is right that that's when the peak occurs. I don't think that's when the real... I think the price of oil will jump another ten or twenty bucks a barrel. I certainly think it's not out of the realm of likelihood that we could have $100 oil in the next seven years, but at that point people drive less, and people do begin to walk more and they ride bicycles more. I don't think it's catastrophic"


"I think growth will certainly slow, we won't have as rapid growth. But that's not a terrible thing. Again, if the population is not growing so much we don't need so much growth to continue to expand the opportunity of a high quality of life to more people."

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', ' ')we don't need so much growth to continue to expand the opportunity of a high quality of life to more people."

[Revi]

He can't say what is really happening, but at least he knows about peak oil.

He might be able to do something about it in his state.

Colorado is pretty energy dependent, but maybe he can get some more mass transit in there, do something about insulating homes or something.

It's a lot better than having who we just got for a governor, that's for sure.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'H')e can't say what is really happening, but at least he knows about peak oil.

[Revi]

I think the way to get things done is to be a "corny peaker". It's like Roberto Benini in Life is Beautiful. He had to turn it into a game to keep his son alive. I think an intelligent leader can call it greening their state while they get ready for what's coming. They'll have to adopt a line like that because people don't respond to doom. They don't believe it, so they have to coax them into doing things because it's green or stylish or fun.

[DoomersUnite]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', '
')What we really need are Roscoe Bartlett types who know the data inside and out and don't sugarcoat things.

[Revi]

The Truth?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j2F4VcBmeo

[Frank]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'I')t's a lot better than having who we just got for a governor, that's for sure.