Interview with Jeremy Leggett on Treehugger
Read what Jeremy has to say about 'tipping points' and 'where the solar industry will be in 10 years time'
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Peak time viewing
When ExxonMobil places an ad insisting oil production has not reached its topping point, there are reasons to disbelieve it.
ExxonMobil has placed an advert in the New York Times professing that "peak (oil) production is nowhere in sight". I and a growing chorus of whistleblowers say, on the contrary, that the day the world pumps as much oil as it ever can will happen in this decade. "The theory does not match the reality," ExxonMobil tells us.
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Blows, hot and cold
Global warming is a confusing business, but understand one thing: it's scary.
How confusing global warming must be for those who don't follow it closely. Take Tuesday's newspapers (March 14). On the one hand, in the freezing conditions of late, the UK has been burning so much gas it is in danger of running out. On the other hand, it has been so warm in the Arctic, somewhat further north, that the ice cap has melted to an all-time low. Enough to make you cast your hands up and ask what all the fuss is about. You can just imagine the questions springing into inquiring but partially-informed minds. Don't the cold bits of the planet cancel out the warm bits? If we are running out of gas, what's the problem with burning fossil fuels anyway?
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