Hei

Du har nok rett når det gjelder paradigmeskifte. Men det vil nok ta laaaaang tid før de styrende krefter tar det inn over seg og handler deretter. Dette er en meget god nyhet når selv de kongelige som i de fleste andre henseender er nokså konservative kan skrive slikt som dette.

Tale holdt av Kronprins Willem-Alexander av Nederland:

Ladies and gentlemen, did you know that when the Roman Empire finally collapsed, large parts of Europe had been deforested. Acres of forestland had been cleared for farmland and to provide firewood. Wood and food were essential, to maintain the Roman Empire. To meet their short term needs, the Romans overexploited their prime energy resource. They did not think about the consequences for later generations. So the demise of a seemingly invincible civilization was partially due to the unsustainable use of their prime energy resource.

The question is, are we going to be any wiser?
What the Romans were experiencing, we would now describe as peak wood. Reaching a point of maximum production after which it enters terminal decline. We are now facing a century of at least four undesirable peaks, peak oil, peak gas, peak coal and peak uranium. Mountaineers may be proud to conquer peaks, but there is no reason whatsoever for us to be proud. We can, however, change the course of history. The technologies we need are there.

Synd slike ting aldri slipper inn i nyhetene i Nrk.
http://www.energybulletin.net/node/47796