Blogposts by Tag: oil

  • Il faut en finir avec les énergies fossiles

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    Published Monday, May 5, 2008 at 11:55
    by FrancoisC Join PES activists in Save our planet (221 views and 2 comments)

    Aujourd’hui tous le monde parle du développement durable pour en faire l’apologie mais peu de personnes savent ce que c’est. Mauvaise traduction d’un développement soutenable, puis concept fourre-tout et maintenant mot détourné. Comme cette croissance doit répondre à l’ensemble des aspirations humaines ont y rajoute au fur et a mesure des cibles alors que l’idée première n’est déjà pas bien assimilée. Ca mise en application concrète est donc difficile. On ne pourra donc pas s’appuyer sur le développement durable comme objectif.

    En outre gouverner c’est ce fixer des priorités et pour préserver les générations futures la priorité est évidente : éviter que le Changement climatique ne soie désastreux. Tout le monde, ou presque, admet que l'excès de gaz à effet de serre modifie le climat. Il augmente la température, ce qui, au mieux, amènera un climat plus dure et moins fertile, au pire, une extinction massif d'espèces, y compris les humains. Mais même le meilleur des scénarios, c'est une production agricole en baise et surtout plus aléatoire, l'épuisement des énergies facilement disponibles, la perte de terres habitables, des catastrophes naturelles plus fréquentes … Le tout avec une... read more

    Tags: climate change, CO2, environment, oil

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  • To go nuclear or not to go nuclear, that's the hot topic

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    Published Friday, February 29, 2008 at 15:44
    by frederic.vareillas Join PES activists in Save our planet (469 views and 4 comments)

    All right, my friend,

    You are concerned about the waste. So, all I can tell you is: What do you suggest we do?

    We have two years left before oil and gas cost ten times more than today; solar energy and wind turbines can supply maximum 7 percent of our total consumption of energy; oceans are littered with plastic bags, wrappings, and are 80 percent DEAD; the sun is getting hotter; we are killing the great forests to get wood to burn (and transform into paper); Earth's temperature is rising 2 degrees Celsius (which is huge) due to CO2 and methane.

    What would you say if we could recycle and reutilize nuke waste and nuke plants?

    Think again: We have two years in front of us before the great depression.

    What do you suggest we do?

    Friendly,
    Fred

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    Tags: climate change, CO2, electricity, energy, environment, fossil fuels, nuclear energy, oil, sustainable energy


  • “Revenge of Gaia” - just two more pieces of advice, if I may

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    Published Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 10:16
    by frederic.vareillas Join PES activists in Save our planet (477 views and 2 comments)

    Dear friends,

    I would like to share two other readings with you so as we're able to think Europe's near future through:

    First: There's a very interesting issue of "L'Ecologiste" #24; Oct-Dec 2007 (French version of the original "The Ecologist", London, UK) about the biofuel hoax and slowing our cars' speed.

    Also look at the present issue of "The Ecologist": "The end of food as we know it" (London, 2008). You should also have a look at the website: www.theecologist.org – it’s interesting (English and French versions available).

    Second: A French essay by Eric Orsenna and Le Cercle des Economistes: "Un monde de ressources rares" (2008, paperback, French only). They offer some economical and political ways to deal with scarcity.

    Your friend,
    Frederic (Paris)

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    Tags: biofuels, climate change, CO2, electricity, energy, environment, nuclear energy, oil, transport


  • More about "Revenge of Gaia"

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    Published Monday, February 25, 2008 at 17:22
    by frederic.vareillas Join PES activists in Save our planet (528 views and 2 comments)

    Dear friends,

    I have read your remarks about my post.

    True. Nuclear power is not 100 percent safe but which energy is? Coalmines ? Gas? Forget it: To many deaths. And oil is the poison, our lethal addiction. I remember Chernobyl but, compared to a French reactor, Chernobyl 3 was a poor piece of junk. Risk zero doesn't exist.

    Do we really have a choice? For the generation to come (25 years), nuclear power is the only possible choice unless we want to be in a new dark age (back to middle ages). Do you want this regression? Again, do we have a choice? We should have changed and adapted 25 years ago when the oil prices quadrupled. We didn't. Europe needs power - Europe needs electricity to avoid wars and to keep civilized.

    As to the disposal of nuclear WASTE I recommend again you read Sir Jim Lovelock's book "Revenge of Gaia". This book is a project to save civilization from the dark age. While you're at it, you should also read "Vers un monde de ressources rares" by Eric Orsenna and Le Cercle des Economistes" (2007, paperback).

    Then you'll understand the urgency of the present Europe's (and Earth's) situation. Good luck, keep it up!

    Your friend,
    Frederic (Paris)

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    Tags: climate change, CO2, electricity, energy, environment, oil


  • Please read this book - about the European and global environment

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    Published Monday, February 25, 2008 at 09:20
    by frederic.vareillas Join PES activists in Save our planet (467 views and 6 comments)

    Hi,

    I strongly advise all PES activists to read sir James Lovelock's "The revenge of Gaia" (2008, paperback). We absolutely need to take his views into account.

    Lovelock is 89 years old: He has nothing to lose and he tells us everything we need to know.
    Please read his book and think twice before you get your act together.

    Yours faithfully,
    Frederic (Paris, France)

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    Tags: climate change, CO2, environment, nuclear energy, oil


  • PES proposes Oil Forum for the EU

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    Published Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 14:59
    by Editor in Save our planet (588 views and 2 comments)

    Breaking Europe’s dependence on oil should be the focus of an ‘Oil Forum’ bringing together politicians, industry, scientists and EU institutions say PES President Poul Nyrup Rasmussen and Swedish Social Democratic Party Leader Mona Sahlin.

    The Forum would draw up a programme to reduce Europe’s dependence on oil – identifying where EU-regulations come into conflict with efforts to end the dependence on oil, and propose new policies at the EU level.

    “Oil, together with other fossil fuels, contributes up to 90 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions” said Mona Sahlin. “To tackle climate change we must break our dependence on oil.”

    “The rising cost of oil poses a major threat to our economies” said Poul Nyrup Rasmussen “and has the potential to cause instability and conflict.”

    Read the full press release and the letter from Rasmussen and Sahlin to Commission President Barroso.

    What do you think about the idea of a European ‘Oil Forum’? read more

    Tags: environment, oil, PES