oil

The Soil Association UK's annual lecture was given by author Richard Heinberg at Central Hall, Westminster, London last month. Entitled "What will we eat when the oil runs out?" highlighted the changes we need to make soon if we are to avoid the 4 imminent crises in food, fuel, climate change and depletion of natural resources that await us if we do nothing!

This is the text of a feature article I wrote which was published in the Dominion Post on Friday 2 November. It hasn't appeared on the Stuff web site, so I'm making it available here.

You might be wondering "what has this got to do with climate change"? As the article describes, the problms of dwindling oil supplies and climate change need to be addressed together.

- Tim

The Future of Oil

Oil prices have grown strongly since 2004, and recently spiked over US $90
per barrel. Speculation, international politics, exchange rate changes,
and the risk of terrorism and war have all played a part. But the basic
reason is that world oil production has not grown since 2006, while demand
continues to increase.