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By Seth Masia
SOLAR TODAY
National Public Radio’s Morning Edition program ran a startling interview this morning with Jeremy Bentham — not the utilitarian philosopher, but Royal Dutch Shell’s vp for the global business environment. In
wonderfully elliptical language, Bentham conveyed the idea that Peak Oil is upon us and that oil will become more difficult to supply sometime around 2015.
He outlined two possible scenarios for the future: a chaotic scramble for oil resources (hello? What do you call the various Gulf Wars?), and a “blueprint” scenario in which “emerging coalitions” act to find solutions to energy supply and climate change issues. He defined the blueprint scenario as policy action by states (like California) and, presumably, by smaller nations — a patchwork of local solutions, including “some kind of carbon-dioxide pricing.”
