Ash, thanks again for that link re: the “Oil Endgame”.
Some insight, in case you’re interested. My family’s involved in the oil industry in a fairly significant way, two generations. I’m not nearly as knowledgable as my father, as I work in a different field altogether. My Dad’s something of a ‘Big Deal’ on the exploration side.
In any case, I passed this along and he had very positive things to say about the Rocky Mountain Institute and the report, knows the people involved and speaks well of them.
My Dad’s been concerned about supplies and the pace of research, exploration and development in O&G. His view, should we fail to develop next generation energy resources and technologies, the impact on the economy would be grave and would lead to WWIII.
Up until about a year ago, we weren’t doing the things we needed to be doing. Investment at the major companies fell off a cliff about ten years ago, with very little new in the way of research, exploration and development. He sees things starting to move forward again.
An aside, he thinks an Obama presidency will have a greater impact on advances in the energy industry and on our country’s ability to ‘power’ our future. Thought you might care for an “Insider’s Perspective”.
