Comments on: “Mideast Oil Forever” — Part V: Pollution Prevention and Preparing for the Future http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/04/mideast-oil-forever-part-v-global-warming-pollution-prevention/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:18:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: John Mashey http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/04/mideast-oil-forever-part-v-global-warming-pollution-prevention/#comment-6597 John Mashey Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:11:31 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/04/mideast-oil-forever-%e2%80%94-part-v/#comment-6597 "The cuts planned for the energy-efficiency-and-renewable-energy program–30 percent this year and 60­80 percent " is still there. “The cuts planned for the energy-efficiency-and-renewable-energy program–30 percent this year and 60­80 percent ” is still there.

]]> By: John http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/04/mideast-oil-forever-part-v-global-warming-pollution-prevention/#comment-6596 John Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:24:22 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/04/mideast-oil-forever-%e2%80%94-part-v/#comment-6596 I saw that there is a volvo concept car that gets 128mpg. so much for peak oil. you can even recharge at night so they say we don't even need to build as many power plants as we think. so much for kunstler. I saw that there is a volvo concept car that gets 128mpg. so much for peak oil. you can even recharge at night so they say we don’t even need to build as many power plants as we think. so much for kunstler.

]]> By: Joe http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/04/mideast-oil-forever-part-v-global-warming-pollution-prevention/#comment-6595 Joe Sun, 04 Nov 2007 23:02:46 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/04/mideast-oil-forever-%e2%80%94-part-v/#comment-6595 Fixed -- Thanks! Fixed — Thanks!

]]> By: John Mashey http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/04/mideast-oil-forever-part-v-global-warming-pollution-prevention/#comment-6594 John Mashey Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:29:53 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/04/mideast-oil-forever-%e2%80%94-part-v/#comment-6594 Minor nits in otherwise great material: In the PDF, one piece says 20-50 and another 60-80 percent, but in the web page, the "-" have gotten converted to some (invisible) character, so they read like 2050 and 6080 percent, although internally, the extra character must still be there, because searching for 2050 doesn't work., although separely, 20 and 50 hit. Occurs on both IE and Firefox on Win XP, and Firefox on Linux. Something seems broken in conversion path somewhere. Minor nits in otherwise great material:

In the PDF, one piece says 20-50 and another 60-80 percent, but in the web page, the “-” have gotten converted to some (invisible) character, so they read like 2050 and 6080 percent, although internally, the extra character must still be there, because searching for 2050 doesn’t work., although separely, 20 and 50 hit.

Occurs on both IE and Firefox on Win XP, and Firefox on Linux.
Something seems broken in conversion path somewhere.

]]> By: Kevin http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/04/mideast-oil-forever-part-v-global-warming-pollution-prevention/#comment-6592 Kevin Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:42:17 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/04/mideast-oil-forever-%e2%80%94-part-v/#comment-6592 Thanks for posting this. Any updates? In the article, you appear cautiously optimistic about renewable technologies, believing government spending to be necessary for development. In 1996, global warming was a new concept to the public, and oil prices were still relatively low. Now that these two key factors have changed, do you think there is finally enough momentum growing to bring abuot the energy revolution you talk about? And if not finanaced by government, then by private industry? Or are we still stuck on the 'business as usual' track? Thanks for posting this. Any updates?

In the article, you appear cautiously optimistic about renewable technologies, believing government spending to be necessary for development. In 1996, global warming was a new concept to the public, and oil prices were still relatively low. Now that these two key factors have changed, do you think there is finally enough momentum growing to bring abuot the energy revolution you talk about? And if not finanaced by government, then by private industry? Or are we still stuck on the ‘business as usual’ track?

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