Comments for ASPO Ireland http://aspoireland.org Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas - Irish Chapter Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:58:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Dr. Lovestrange or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Peak Oil by Anticipation as Competitive Advantage « ASPO Ireland http://aspoireland.org/2010/11/07/stop-worrying/#comment-436 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:58:13 +0000 http://aspoireland.org/?p=383#comment-436 [...] when the topic of societal collapse comes up, I direct people to a professional on the topic (Vinay Gupta) for a sense of perspective.] When I met Dr Campbell first back in late 2004, he told me the first [...]

]]> Comment on Debunking Economics: Prof. Steve Keen in Dublin by Alice http://aspoireland.org/2011/11/07/keen_dublin/#comment-373 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:50:14 +0000 http://aspoireland.org/?p=849#comment-373 Well done ASPO for bringing such an important speaker to Dublin.
Excellent talk, didn’t understanding all the detail but got the scary gist of it. Heading off to stockpile baked beans now

]]> Comment on Debunking Economics: Prof. Steve Keen in Dublin by Richard S O'Rourke http://aspoireland.org/2011/11/07/keen_dublin/#comment-368 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:07:23 +0000 http://aspoireland.org/?p=849#comment-368 The ASPO/Feasta event is open to the public.
The IIEA have asked people to pre-register.

]]> Comment on Debunking Economics: Prof. Steve Keen in Dublin by tom http://aspoireland.org/2011/11/07/keen_dublin/#comment-367 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:37:09 +0000 http://aspoireland.org/?p=849#comment-367 Do we need to register in advance for any of these events? I’d be thinking of going to the feasta talk in the evening. Cheers.

]]> Comment on Reducing Ireland’s Oil Dependence: some initial thoughts by Reducing Ireland’s Oil Dependence: additional thoughts « ASPO Ireland http://aspoireland.org/2011/10/16/thinking2020/#comment-344 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:37:17 +0000 http://aspoireland.org/?p=806#comment-344 [...] Comments « Reducing Ireland’s Oil Dependence: some initial thoughts [...]

]]> Comment on Dublin Seminar Oct 10th: Assessing the Risks – Oil Scarcity & the Global Economy by Reducing Ireland’s Oil Dependence: additional thoughts « ASPO Ireland http://aspoireland.org/2011/09/18/imf_in_dublin/#comment-343 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:37:09 +0000 http://aspoireland.org/?p=736#comment-343 [...] hard on the heels of our event last Monday, today I read two recently published articles which prompted further thinking on how [...]

]]> Comment on Reducing Ireland’s Oil Dependence: some initial thoughts by Richard S O'Rourke http://aspoireland.org/2011/10/16/thinking2020/#comment-342 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:22:16 +0000 http://aspoireland.org/?p=806#comment-342 John, I prepared this scenario from the perspective of what it might look like to simply reduce the quantities being used as a prompt to consider if there is anything we could do to achieve it without collapsing the economy. The driver for considering the scenario is groundwork for developing a risk management strategy and getting ahead of the decline curve that will drive prices up. This back of the envelope exercise is simply meant to demonstrate that it’s going to be very difficult to drive down consumption in a programmatic way without damaging the economy, leaving us at the mercy of destructive price shocks.
There’s an excellent article by Chris Skrebowski available here on the interaction between oil availability, price, and impact on the economy:
An brief economic explanation of Peak Oil
http://www.odac-info.org/newsletter/2011/09/16

]]> Comment on Reducing Ireland’s Oil Dependence: some initial thoughts by John Deegan http://aspoireland.org/2011/10/16/thinking2020/#comment-341 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:58:19 +0000 http://aspoireland.org/?p=806#comment-341 Richard,

Your 2020 scenario does not mention where you see oil prices. Agriculture is projecting a substantial expansion by 2020 but under your scenario that would not be possible. Also in order to ring fence agriculture and industry from increased prices/supply restrictions they would need to be subsidised. Small increases in food/heating costs will have social consequences especially in a shrinking economy.

it is a huge change to have the IMF even discuss the possibility that energy prices might have an influence on economic growth never mind including them in their growth models.

Pity there were not more Oireachtais members at the seminar or that the mainstream press considered swanning around Dublin Castle to be more important the previous weekend. Well done to SEAI/ASPO on the Presentation.

]]> Comment on Dublin Seminar Oct 10th: Assessing the Risks – Oil Scarcity & the Global Economy by Reducing Ireland’s Oil Dependence: some initial thoughts « ASPO Ireland http://aspoireland.org/2011/09/18/imf_in_dublin/#comment-339 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:34:58 +0000 http://aspoireland.org/?p=736#comment-339 [...] Comments « Dublin Seminar Oct 10th: Assessing the Risks – Oil Scarcity & the Global Economy [...]

]]> Comment on SEAI Seminar: Energy Security and Competitiveness in a Rapidly Changing World by Dublin Seminar Oct 10th: Managing the Risks – Oil Scarcity & the Global Economy « ASPO Ireland http://aspoireland.org/2011/06/01/energy-security-competitiveness-in-a-rapidly-changing-world/#comment-310 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:33:00 +0000 http://aspoireland.org/?p=636#comment-310 [...] SEAI Seminar: Energy Security and Competitiveness in a Rapidly Changing World [...]

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