Why Individual Change is Difficult
It is not easy to change patterns of life on a large scale. We may inform people about the consequences of our current life-styles. Yet, despite the knowledge about what we ought to do, it may be very difficult for people to radically change the way we live. There are several reasons for this: – [...]
Important Work But Need to Accelerate
So far activities to develop and implement renewable fuels and new energy technologies have resulted in small volumes of of these fuels and technologies in most countries. There is a need for large-scale investments in order to accelerate Global Energy Transformation and replace oil and old technologies on a large scale. This will require the [...]
Looking at Peak Oil the Wrong Way
Most people are looking at the Peak Oil issue the wrong way. They say: “We need to solve our energy situation in an economically efficient way!” This view comes from the sustainability debate, in which it is assumed that energy and oil will remain abundant for the foreseeable future. Peak Oil means that oil will [...]
Peak Oil Consequences are Generally Underestimated
Most of the experts who discuss Peak Oil are technology or sustainability experts. They tend to view Peak Oil as a gradual decline in our ability to transport, which will lead to a gradual decline in economic circumstances. Investors, however, look five to ten years ahead in their estimates and react to their forecasts NOW. [...]
Low probablity
It is about as probable that a UFO will land on the White House lawn and give us a blue-print of the energy systems of the future, as it is that the market will be able to drive large scale energy transformation with speed and precision. Planned and managed transformation programs will become necessary in [...]
Network of Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles Cannot Serve All
By the end of 2011 the Chicago area will have 73 charging stations of electric vehicles, more than any other region in the world. Sadly these are built to serve mainly Japanese vehicles and many other makes cannot be charged using this rapid-charging technology. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0216-charging-stations-20110216,0,4310432.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20chicagotribune/views%20(chicagotribune.com%20-%20Most%20Viewed%20Stories) There is a need for standardization of some interface technologies, [...]
The Unturned Stone
The issues related to comprehending the scope of large scale-energy systems transformation (as in, global), and the often intimidating web of management issues that arise, represent “The Unturned Stone” of the energy debate. The fear of what is under it, inherited from thousands of years of genetic human nature, keep many walking around, over, away [...]
How to Change?
The global economic system is extremely complex. At present everything that has a value in our economic system is based on the premise of continuous economic growth. At the same time economists around the world debate the opportunity to continue to have prosperity without growth, as in the present report from a project financed by [...]
Uncanny Thought
I often, while trying to communicate the perils of Peak Oil and the need for large scale planned and managed energy transformation programs, get the impression that the most important thing for people is to not think or take notice of any ideas that are new to them. Even people I have been talking to [...]
The Adoption of Novel Ideas
In the seminal book ”The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” the sociologist Thomas Kuhn for the first time described a non-linear process of innovation and adoption of scientific ideas. Since then it has become increasingly clear that the adoption of ideas in general in society is non-linear. In the first stage when a novel idea is [...]
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