Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:49:35 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11844#Comment_11844 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11844#Comment_11844 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:36:57 +0000 Jeff B
The annoying thing will be that having spent a fortune on insulation, heat pump, solar panels etc. within a short time the government will be giving away massive subsidies to encourage us all to install them and manufacturers will be turning out such kit at bargain prices. I guess I can console myself with the fact that I have done my bit to save the planet and, the way oil prices are likely to be going, probably enjoyed a more rapid pay-back time than I could ever have dreamed of.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11846#Comment_11846 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11846#Comment_11846 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:08:30 +0000 fostertom Posted By: Jeff BCan't help feeling that this is just the beginning - peak oil here we come!The forthcoming steady climb of fuel prices (some say tenfold in 10 yrs, so e,g. a hotel paying £30k pa for fuel today will have to find £300k pa by then - many businesses will go under - and a tank of petrol will cost £400) is hardly at all to do with either global warming or peak oil (both deniable), but is about China/India's insatiable demand, which the mainstream can't deny.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11856#Comment_11856 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11856#Comment_11856 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:21:50 +0000 Nickysells1 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11857#Comment_11857 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11857#Comment_11857 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:24:42 +0000 Jeff B https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11860#Comment_11860 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11860#Comment_11860 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:31:09 +0000 Nickysells1 )]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11861#Comment_11861 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11861#Comment_11861 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:37:52 +0000 fostertom Posted By: Jeff BOil reserves are finite so surely the insatiable demands of India and China are by definition simply going to cause peak oil to peak even earlier?No - as their demand drives prices up, so existing oil reserves that are presently uneconomic to exploit, become economic. Rising prices may also slow down demand - it's hard to guess. So rising prices postpone peak oil - perhaps much longer than we've been assuming. Basically, all the oil there is is going to be extracted and used (mostly burnt), sooner or later - unless governments decide to stop using it. Neither peak oil nor rising demand/prices will make that decision for us.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11862#Comment_11862 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11862#Comment_11862 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:47:16 +0000 Nickysells1 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11867#Comment_11867 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11867#Comment_11867 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:48:24 +0000 biffvernon
Fuel cells are just a way of storing and transporting energy - they are not a primary fuel.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11874#Comment_11874 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11874#Comment_11874 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 09:32:58 +0000 Bowman https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11907#Comment_11907 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=1053&Focus=11907#Comment_11907 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:58:32 +0000 Chris Wardle
http://www.financialsense.com/Experts/2007/Simmons.html

He knows a thing or two about the oil business.]]>