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Hello Chris Vernon,
Thxs for the keypost--doesn't look like good news. Somehow, somewhere Peakoil Outreach needs to fully permeate your society to prevent the Zimbabwe Syndrome. Be very wary of any politician who promises good times ahead-- you need a modern day Churchill to rally the forces for Biosolar Powerup. I hope that Prince Charles, who doesn't have to worry about re-election, can help lead the charge to full societal awareness and change.
Has the UK govt identified a safe place and strategy for storing the dangerous waste from the future deconstruction of those nuclear plants?
On the other hand, if Zimbabwe's Dieoff occurs real fast, so as not to totally decimate the native ecology, some Brits could migrate there later and change the name back to South Rhodesia.
Wild Speculation: Does North Rhodesia appear to be proceeding nicely to British plans? According to the CIA Factbook life expectancy is about the same as Zimbabwe.
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=8096
Does this obviously speculative and hypothetical conjecture ever come up for discussion in the UK press? I could see where postPeak Biosolar Habitats could be very beneficial to a country that plans ahead.
Obviously Chris--this is not directed at you personally--just food for thought if the UK is looking for an outlet for their Overshoot.
Bob Shaw in Phx,Az Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?
Bob,
I disagree that the UK is manifestly in population overshoot. Bear in mind that it has a temperate climate, and huge areas of fertile farmland that have been exploited largely sustainably for hundreds/thousands of years. Obviously the future is not energy-rich, probably not economically rich, but probably one of the better places on earth to survive in.
... Unless the icecaps melt of course!
Peak oil is not scary; global warming is, especially given the prospects for another Atlantis. All these decreases in energy production yet another good reason to get radical about cutting energy consumption.
Cough, splutter...
Prince Charles is one of the most prolifigate, wasteful and hypocritical subjects of Queen Elizabeth II. He has a household staff of around 80 - just to keep him comfortable. I mean, not even Lee F. Raymond, ExxonMobil's fabulously wealthy ex-CEO can match that.
Yes, I know that one of his houses, sorry palaces, is heated by wood-chips. However, there are few forests left in England and he happens to have one.
Please do not use Prince Charles, or Anthony Blair, as examples of what we should be striving for.