Comments on: First They Came for the Airlines… http://priceofoil.org/2006/04/26/first-they-came-for-the-airlines/ Oil Change International campaigns to expose the true costs of oil and facilitate the coming transition towards clean energy. We are dedicated to identifying and overcoming political barriers to that transition. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:05:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Support Solar http://priceofoil.org/2006/04/26/first-they-came-for-the-airlines/#comment-309 Support Solar Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:21:01 +0000 http://www.priceofoil.org/blog/?p=146#comment-309 I had never thought of reasons such as war for oil. Thank You. I had never thought of reasons such as war for oil. Thank You.

]]> By: Steve Kretzmann http://priceofoil.org/2006/04/26/first-they-came-for-the-airlines/#comment-305 Steve Kretzmann Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:38:39 +0000 http://www.priceofoil.org/blog/?p=146#comment-305 Floegel hits it on the money, as always. However, I must confess to being less concerned about whether or not the peak was last December, next December, or the next decade than I am about what the hell to do about it. Part of that concern stems from watching the climate movement over the last decade. A LOT of time was spent establishing that there was indeed a problem - fueled in large part by the largesse of Exxon and others. Now here we go again - is peak oil real? How bad will it be tomorrow? For me? For the polar bears? For all the resons Mark points to, peak is certainly real, and probably upon us. But I can think of at least six other reasons to get off oil and onto a clean energy economy ASAP - those being: 1) climate 2) war / human rights / national sercurity 3) price gouging / corporate profiteering 4) debt and poverty alleviation globally 5) community impacts / environmental justice 6) the increasing economic viability of alternatives. Any one of these seven reasons (counting peak), should be enough. All of them together? Now is the time. Floegel hits it on the money, as always. However, I must confess to being less concerned about whether or not the peak was last December, next December, or the next decade than I am about what the hell to do about it.

Part of that concern stems from watching the climate movement over the last decade. A LOT of time was spent establishing that there was indeed a problem - fueled in large part by the largesse of Exxon and others.

Now here we go again - is peak oil real? How bad will it be tomorrow? For me? For the polar bears?

For all the resons Mark points to, peak is certainly real, and probably upon us. But I can think of at least six other reasons to get off oil and onto a clean energy economy ASAP - those being:
1) climate
2) war / human rights / national sercurity
3) price gouging / corporate profiteering
4) debt and poverty alleviation globally
5) community impacts / environmental justice
6) the increasing economic viability of alternatives.

Any one of these seven reasons (counting peak), should be enough. All of them together?

Now is the time.

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