Doom and Gloom?

Alert.. this post has nothing to do with having a carefree fun time in New Zealand! be warned – next post will return to normal I promise

So.. for the last wee while I have been from time to time reading up on & thinking about this idea of peak oil.

In this picture you can see (very roughly) the idea of peak oil. The blue curve is production (due to peak in or around about now (or lots of ppl think so anyway). The yellow curve is consumption. Not due to stop anytime soon.

This, my dear friends, if true, is going to make for some *very* interesting times, and some huge changes in our way of life. Think about suburbia – say a 20 (or more in the US) km round trip to work.. It’s all going to change. Perhaps biofuels will help.. but I reckon we’ve got a long way to go.

So yes, saw a very good film called Oil Crash. Just shows in a pretty methodical (scary) fashion just how addicted to oil we are.. I mean the first car was made in the late 1800s, really took off in about 1930, and now we’re reaching the peak..

Course I *could* just be a crazy conspiracy theorist.. and this *could* all be wrong (I’m actually reasonably open to differing opinions!), but it does make you wonder about Iraq, and all the current posturing over Iran…

On a lighter note, Glynn sent through another pretty funky video (though I’ve never managed to watch it all on my increasingly hokey connection).

Work has been – well, worky, hence no pics this week.. Actually worked on Saturday (crazy eh).. but the launch of the new website happened today. Hosted using Plone. It’s an open source Content Management System I suggested about 2 years ago (off the back of my brothers recommendation). They took their time, but got there in the end.