Hoarding is exactly what the government is doing right now by filling the SPR, and frankly it's the best thing that could happen. It drives prices up. High prices encourage demand destruction. They also finance new well development. The hoarded oil gives us a buffer to fall back on once shortages become more prevalent. High prices are what we need in order to adapt to what's coming, and the sooner they happen, the better.
Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 8:56 pm Post subject: No.19 Bus - Novels about peoples' lives post-peak
People wonder, as I do, how our lives will change once the peak in petroleum production has been confirmed. We really cannot know. I believe, as does Prof. Michael Klare (Resource Wars, Blood and Oil) that war will be a significant part of any future scenario.
These books are part of the no 19 bus Project. They are written by Stephen Hamilton-Bergin, and comprise a novel in ten volumes and supporting resource books, including The Truth about the War and Oil and Creating Tomorrow. They are his passionate contribution to the emerging debate on the coming oil crisis. Use this link for the background to the project and more information.
Volume I: No. 19 Bus
The Novel begins in 2070 and gently gives the reader a hint of what the world has gone through in the past seventy years. It then jumps back to 2003 and introduces forty different characters, tracing their lives up to 2003 and then to 2007.
The Novel makes some startling short term predictions. How accurate will they be? The author hopes he’s got most of his predictions wrong because it’s getting a bit frightening. So far his predictions for the future have been eerily accurate.
The Novel was begun in 1997 when the author chose as the backdrop a War in Iraq over Oil in 2003. He predicted the descent into civil war in Iraq and beyond. What’s coming next? You’ll have to buy the book to find out.
The Novel is appearing in ten volumes. Volume One is available now.
Volume II:
Creating Tomorrow introduces the reader to the no19bus trip. It begins with a fascinating exploration into the Nature of Creation, the Nature of Time and the Inevitable Processes of Natural Change.
The reader is drawn into a vortex, gently spun round a few times, and then, quite literally turned upside down. Eventually you land back on Terra Firma with a new and rather wonderful vision of the future.
The World is about to go through a major metamorphosis. The no19bus “Tomorrow” explains why and illustrates though some fundamental philosophy that this metamorphosis is, in reality, what we have all been waiting for.
Volume III
The Truth About the War and Oil is a book that once you’ve started you won’t be able to put down. Facts, figures, stories and analysis follow one another in an enthusiastic avalanche.
The Planet’s systems are on a precipice. Oil and Gas, the two major Hydrocarbons which fuel our industrial societies are getting increasingly hard to find. As they slowly run out our lifestyles are going to have to change.
“The Truth about the War and Oil” is also a wonderful detective story. Most ordinary people know that the recent war in Iraq was about oil but mainstream news tends to gloss over it. Why? This book explains in some detail. It will keep you on the edge of your seat.
If you are up to the challenge you will emerge, not with a lot of answers, but some really serious and useful questions.
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