Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:13:21 GMT From: "Nasty Bob" <speedypancakenospamail.com> Subject: Re: SaabUSA Biopower survey
<Respectfully snipped from a much longer article..;> "When I visited Trollhättan a > couple of years ago, I was thrilled to see the local buses running on biogas > (well, really, I was thrilled to see over a hundred classic 900s drive by > the hotel in under an hour, but ...) and it got me thinking about why we did > not do this in the UK. " Hey Paul - that's really encouraging. I'd kind of resigned myself to the the depressing thought that we were about to run out of oil and descend into chaos, war and the new dark ages. I read somewhere that we peaked the oil production curve 2 years ago, and it's downhill from now on, with increasing prices, diminishing resources, and it would all be over in 20 years time. Even if the US started a massive nuclear plant-building program today, there wouldn't be enough juice to go round. Apparently. I could almost see individual households or even small towns running off wind power (no shortage of that up here in Scotland) or solar cells or whatever... but I couldn't figure what would keep all the factories going that produce all the things we need / take for granted. Maybe "biogas" or something will step in and keep the lights on. Enjoy your beer. Although you've probably had too much already? ;)
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