So, finally, the big boys are coming around. I am no scare monger, but very interesting reading, is the Olduvai Theory
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Exxon Mobil has no more doubts on warming 11/02/2007
Big Oil behemoth Exxon Mobil Corp. has dropped any pretence of questioning whether global warming is real. Now the company is seeking to position itself as an active player in efforts to lower greenhouse gases. "The appropriate debate isn't on whether climate is changing, but rather should be on what we should be doing about it," Kenneth Cohen, Exxon's vice president of public affairs, told reporters on a conference call Thursday.
Full news story at: [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4539329.html]
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The Olduvai theory states that industrial civilization will have a lifetime of less than or equal to 100 years. The Industrial Civilization is defined as the time from when energy production per capita rises above 30% of its peak to when it falls below 30% of its peak. The 30% point is 3.32 boe/c/yr (barrels of oil equivalent per capita per year). The peak is 11.15 boe/c/yr and occurred in 1979.
The paper contains a 1964 quote from Fred Hoyle, stating that if the industrial civilization does collapse, with the fossil fuels and "high-grade" metallic ores gone, no species from Earth will ever reach the same level of technology as we now enjoy.
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Exxon Mobil has no more doubts on warming 11/02/2007
Big Oil behemoth Exxon Mobil Corp. has dropped any pretence of questioning whether global warming is real. Now the company is seeking to position itself as an active player in efforts to lower greenhouse gases. "The appropriate debate isn't on whether climate is changing, but rather should be on what we should be doing about it," Kenneth Cohen, Exxon's vice president of public affairs, told reporters on a conference call Thursday.
Full news story at: [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4539329.html]
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The Olduvai theory states that industrial civilization will have a lifetime of less than or equal to 100 years. The Industrial Civilization is defined as the time from when energy production per capita rises above 30% of its peak to when it falls below 30% of its peak. The 30% point is 3.32 boe/c/yr (barrels of oil equivalent per capita per year). The peak is 11.15 boe/c/yr and occurred in 1979.
The paper contains a 1964 quote from Fred Hoyle, stating that if the industrial civilization does collapse, with the fossil fuels and "high-grade" metallic ores gone, no species from Earth will ever reach the same level of technology as we now enjoy.
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