http://www.radarlake.com/2010/05/not-your-usual-oil-spill-stories/ Ideas in the middle of nowhere Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:51:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.radarlake.com/2010/05/not-your-usual-oil-spill-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-308 RadarLake » You heard it here first: oil hurricanes on fire Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:05:49 +0000 http://www.radarlake.com/?p=985#comment-308 [...] a few days ago, I mentioned what I thought was a worst-case scenario of a hurricane hitting the oil spill. And then…XKCD stole my idea. Well, probably [...] [...] a few days ago, I mentioned what I thought was a worst-case scenario of a hurricane hitting the oil spill. And then…XKCD stole my idea. Well, probably [...]

]]> http://www.radarlake.com/2010/05/not-your-usual-oil-spill-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Schram Fri, 28 May 2010 16:28:04 +0000 http://www.radarlake.com/?p=985#comment-288 There is one possible silver lining about the BP spill: it could be the major event that catalyzes peak oil. This has been such a disaster that BP might very well go under and oil and it's drilling processes might be seen as now a major liability, not just for the environment but for its economics. If that's so then future investors will become scarce. This means more money will go into energy alternatives and their development. Of coarse it's a 'silver lining' depending on who you talk to. We could be at $10 a litre very fast: Can you live without your car? You should really start. It's your responsibility, not the economy's. Personal sacrifice is our only future. Really, we don't have the right to go to the cottage every weekend anymore. There is one possible silver lining about the BP spill: it could be the major event that catalyzes peak oil. This has been such a disaster that BP might very well go under and oil and it’s drilling processes might be seen as now a major liability, not just for the environment but for its economics. If that’s so then future investors will become scarce. This means more money will go into energy alternatives and their development. Of coarse it’s a ‘silver lining’ depending on who you talk to. We could be at $10 a litre very fast: Can you live without your car? You should really start. It’s your responsibility, not the economy’s. Personal sacrifice is our only future. Really, we don’t have the right to go to the cottage every weekend anymore.

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