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Hello, another in this series.
The author is the minister for sustainabilty etc in the Queensland State
Government.
The Queensland Government was the first government in the world to decide to
study peak oil and to see if it should take any action.
It has produced a paper setting out the situation and also calling for
community input to the process of producing mitigation policies.
73 Barry VK2AAB
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Published Sep 16 2008 by Queensland Government
Archived Sep 16 2008
Towards oil resilience
by Andrew McNamara
Australia is finding it difficult to access the quantities of oil that it needs
at an affordable price. Demand for oil is not just coming from motorists.
Farmers, miners and manufacturers are also competing for the same liquid gold
that literally fuels our world.
The problem is the world is demanding more oil than it can produce.
Additionally, many believe that the production of oil has-or is about to-peak.
Our State is experiencing the impacts of oil scarcity, along with our fellow
Australians, our trading partners, our military allies, our regional neighbours
and our friends and relations across the globe.
There is legitimate concern in many Queensland communities about the effects of
an oil scarce future.
Queensland has a choice. We can either plan for an oil restricted world or we
can become victims of the global market.
With an oil-resilience strategy, Queensland has the opportunity to set its own
future. We must get ahead of the game by designing how we live and move around
in an
oil-constrained world.
The Queensland Government does not want high oil prices to impact on the
Queensland community's capacity to travel, nor do we want our farms, mines and
manufacturers to lose their competitive edge because they cannot get the
necessary energy inputs.
This information paper considers what alternatives we can adopt, what other
energy sources we can use, and what substitutes we can develop-so we can still
have a happy
and prosperous Queensland population.
By expanding our options, we are spreading the risk and limiting the negative
effects of oil scarcity and cost.
More options will reduce our dependence on large oil companies that demand even
higher prices.
This information paper outlines how we can make lifestyle choices that can
improve our quality of life.
So please have a read and consider what changes you and the Queensland
Government can make to prepare for an oil-resilient future.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Editorial Notes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Contributor Stuart writes:
Andrew McNamara, now the Queensland Minister for Suatainability, Climate Change
and Innovation, has been at the forefront of the peak oil debate for several
years. Above is his foreword in a community information paper supporting the
development of the Queensland Government's Oil Vulnerability Mitigation
Strategy and Action Plan. The accompanying research paper is here -
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/publications/p02619aa.pdf/Oil_Vulnerability_St...
(PDF). The submission deadline is 17 October 2008. Queensland is on track to
become the first state/provincial constituency in the world to proactively
develop a peak oil mitigation plan.
UPDATE (Sept 16). EB contributor Michael Lardelli points out that the page Oil
vulnerability mitigation at the Queensland government site has "various papers
etc relevant to peak oil and how Queensland plans to cope" (work by McNamara)
Original article.
http://tinyurl.com/3n373a
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