Raphael Montfort gave an in-depth presentation on the energy problem. First he showed us how oil is a limited resource that will run out sooner than we might think. Then Raphael explained how scientists came to the conclusion that climate change is taking place and is influenced by human activity. We discussed and debated the implications of this and what can be done about it. The most controversial topic was the considertation of taxation as a means to regulate ones carbon footprint. You can download Raphael’s excellent presentation here:Ben’s Barn – Energy & Climate Change
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It was with great regret that I was unable to attend the 2nd Global Warming night….I had my annual excursion to Atlantic City with my old friends…..I will try to get an update to see if my position on Global Warming (Hoax) was fairly represented with quotes of all the lies that were part of the decade long modus operandi of the UN’s Climatoligists…..if not, there will have to be a 3rd Global Warming Night…..Joe Pregiato
Joe – I think you would have liked the presentation because although it proved conclusively that the current energy model is not sustainable beyond the next generation, it didn’t get into the weeds of morality and ethics – there was nothing “touchy-feely green” about it.
Very tough message, entirely backed up with hard facts….
Wish you were there indeed Joe!
I guess the key message is that Energy & Climate Change are two sides of the same coin, and that coin is mankind’s hydrocarbon consumption. Regardless of what one may believe of the conclusions of the scientific community on the issue and the consolidation works done by the IPCC, the carbon dependency remains. In a country where 85% of the primary energy comes from them, among which a good share of imported product, one can wonder : why not try to avoid sending billions and billions of US GDP to the Middle East every year to buy oil? We should also push the reasoning further and and try to picture the effect of such a dependency on the economy and wellfare of the population in the coming peak oil context…
I wish I were there. I have two questions: If we are running out of fossil fuels, then why don’t we drill?…That’ like saying, “We are running out of milk dear, better not go to the store and buy some”.
Also…I had some juicy facts which back up the claim that global warming (climate change) is not man made. Answer these questions. What % of the planet’s C02 is man made?…What % of the green house gasses are C02?…What % of man made C02 makes up total greenhouse gasses?…truly, Joe
On the drilling : we are. And occording to the vast majority of the oil industry, the ultimate reserves are now pretty much known. All future expected discoveries are already included in the red bars from the graph on slide 22. Brazilian offshore, canadian tar sands and the like are already included in the estimates. Also have a look at slide 23 to understand why people keep thinking there is more oil availble when there actually isn’t.
On the GHG / man made warming : I am not a climate expert. My take on this is that I have to trust people who dedicated their research and skill to this issue. A lot of people blame the IPCC but forget that they are merely compiling raw data coming from the entire scientific community. Thousands of researchers accross the world have published work on the matter which concurs. The IPCC is simply making a digestible excerpt from these works. I simply do not pretend I can decently challenge a widely adopted consensus based on scientific facts.
Raphaël!
I downloaded* your slides and was really taken back by them. Wow. I wish I was at that event. I am a friend of David’s – maybe we can meet up someday. I facilitated the first talk on Global Warming about 2 years ago – and I must say, most of the discussion was in the bog of whether it’s real or not. It’s good to see that the conversation as evolved to more of what the implications are and why.
Anyway, I do have one question; with two parts;
Given the numbers in your presentation, life will look very different than what it looks like today in about 50 years – because of the changes which will be forced, or self-imposed on nations. First part; Dramatic change doesn’t happen without casualties – so what do you think those casualties will look like and specifically to whom? And second part, what opportunities should we as partakers in industry and opportunity be focusing on so we can capitalize monetarily?
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=37778 The power point presentation was a self serving series of socialist lies…some of the slides were actually humorous!