Thursday, May 24, 2007

Peak Oil?

Tonight at 8:30 pm across Australia the ABC will broadcast a much anticipated documentary called 'Crude'. A documentary about Oil, the liquid fuel and primary building block that underpins many of our modern conveniences. It is a non renewable resource that we are almost totally dependent on yet we burn so much of it with apparent disregard for the consequences.

"Crude takes a step back from the day to day news to illuminate the Earth's extraordinary carbon cycle and the role of oil in our impending climate crisis." (ABC TV blurb)

Peak oil

My Boss recently directed me to the ABC's Video On Demand (VOD) webpage where they make available some of the programs that have been shown on ABC TV in the past. It's fantastic and offers very good streaming video of some great documentaries. Personally I'll be looking for something a bit less serious! I hope they have kept episodes of the Chaser or Raw Comedy!

A while ago, well maybe several months ago The ABC aired a mini documentary on their 4 Corners program related to the theory and expected consequences of 'Peak Oil'. If you're not familiar with this term it basically means the turning point in availability of oil where demand begins to surpass supply. As oil is a finite resource there must be a time when it's availability will no longer be assured. So this documentary is available on the ABC VOD site and is well worth watching. Please click this link >Peak Oil?<>

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