Jonathon Porritt: Peak Oil and Climate Change

Jonathon Porritt, chair of the Sustainable Development Commission, the UK Government’s independent advisory body on sustainable development addresses the “two riders of the apocalypse” of Peak Oil and Climate Change.

I know there are some people in the green movement who hate this technological enthusiasm, who feel deeply depressed when they hear people like me getting enthusiastic about technology. But if you’re not enthusiastic about technology you’re pretty much finished when it comes to optimism because there’s no optimistic solution to 6 billion people trying to live on this planet without a massive technological driver, no other solution available at all. So don’t get snooty about technology, get the system to start using technology in the way that we need.

The Oil Drum: UK