Green technology key to future
Jocelyn Watts | 26th August 2010 | Fraser Coast Chronicle
GREEN, clean industries are the way of the future but Fraser Coast people must act now if the region’s idyllic lifestyle is to be maintained, says Maggie John of Transition Towns.
“Oil has fuelled much of the massive population growth and the extraordinary achievements of the last 150 years. It is the lifeblood of industrial society,” Ms John said.
“According to a growing number of experts, soon the world will reach the ultimate peak in global oil production. After this point, production will begin its slow but terminal decline.
“Peak Oil represents an historical turning point, from an era of growth to an era of contraction. Peak Gas won’t be far behind.”
Ms John said alternative energy sources could not fill the entire gap that oil and gas left behind and as a result, massive social changes were certain.