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Noel Edmonds on how the Government is ignoring the energy crisis
Noel Edmonds, Mirror (UK)
Green energy is a failure, power cuts will hit us all and the Government is covering it up, says Noel Edmonds
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… We are facing a massive energy crisis and the politicians have been very successful in keeping quiet about it… and extremely foolish.
The Renewable Energy Foundation now has information gathered from across the globe and we are starting to get the power cuts we predicted.
Most people are unaware of this – and they need to be told.
… You don’t have to be a scientist or an academic to know that wind doesn’t blow all the time, so they are not reliable. In fact, if the wind blows too hard they have to be shut down.
Our current policy of encouraging wind farms is fatally flawed. The only people pro-wind are the energy companies – who make a fortune from every taxpayer because of subsidies – and politicians who are terrified of not being seen to be “green”.
… Things have got to start happening now. We have got to encourage everyone to get on to their local authority and MP and ask if they can guarantee security of supply.
If they say yes they are either stupid or lying.
We should be putting a huge investment into energy conservation.
We should be turning off unnecessary traffic lights, street lights, lights in offices at night and day.
… This is not an attack on Gordon Brown. The Tories don’t have a deliverable energy policy either.
(9 June 2008)
Contributor Douglas Low writes:
Noel Edmonds is a very famous TV/ radio personality in the UK. He has been hosting TV shows and a radio DJ since I was a teenager, about 30 years ago. He has written an excellent article on the coming energy crisis (black outs) in the UK. In the ‘Mirror’ as well, one of the so-called ‘popular’ newspapers.
Mines prof sees potential in energy crisis
Jerry Williams, YourHub – Evergreen (Colorado)
The current fuel and energy crisis is only going to get worse, but at the same time, it will produce job, career and business opportunities for those with the imagination to see them, a Colorado School of Mines professor says.
Dr. Roel Sneider, the W.M.Keck Distinguished Professor of Basic Exploration Science at the Golden university, made that assessment for members of the Evergreen Rotary Club at their June 13 meeting.
“Many foreign companies are taking advantage of these opportunities right now,” Sneider said, “and we are lagging behind them.”
Energy, Sneider said, “is the issue of our century and we need to be aware of the challenges and opportunities we face because challenges and opportunities go together. The whole issue of our energy supply and the whole issue of climate change and global warming are intricately related.”
Worldwide, Sneider said, energy use “is expected to grow about 70 percent in the coming 20 years.” And energy growth “is being driven by developing countries.”
Showing pictures of a burgeoning India and of a small car being developed there to sell for $2,500,Sneider said Indians “want to drive their cars like we do” and that price will put a lot of them on the road, he said. And the Indian car, he added, “will take a lot less energy than the cars we drive.”
The Chinese also “want to drive their cars like we do, so we have little moral authority to tell these people that they can’t drive their cars and use energy and live like we do.”
“They’re going to do this…this is going to happen,” he emphasized.
Sneider said production of petroleum is eventually going to peak and then start going down, though just when that might occur “is a contentious issue” in the industry. “It will certainly happen within a generation,” he said, “and many of us will live to see it happen.”
(25 June 2008)
Beyond CRM 2.0 (disruptive force of oil and a changing energy infrastructure)
Denis Pombriant, CRM Buyer
The price of oil and the disruptive force of a changing energy infrastructure is touching nearly every corner of the world’s economy, and that includes CRM. Get ready for fewer face-to-face meetings and even more reliance on technology and over-the-Web interactions.
EB editor: CRM = Customer relationship management
Customer relationship management (CRM) is a multifaceted process, mediated by a set of information technologies, that focuses on creating two-way exchanges with customers so that firms have an intimate knowledge of their needs, wants, and buying patterns.
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Last week, and for many other weeks, I discussed CRM 2.0, but today I am thinking more about the world beyond 2.0. Maybe it will be CRM 3.0, or maybe some wise guy like Paul Greenberg will change the numbering and call it “CRM 20xx,” who knows?
My reading and research tells me that there will be a need for something else, partly because the market won’t just evaporate, but more importantly, because the market is going to change again, and, I think, dramatically. The change will be caused by the cost and availability of fuels used in transportation. Here are some quick facts to ponder.
… Peak Oil and CRM
My biggest concern is that, unlike the 1980s, the shift this time will be more drastic and permanent. I am one of a growing number of people who think that the planet is at about the halfway point in the available petroleum supply. In other words, half of what we started with has already been used. Don’t take my word for it; the term of art is “peak oil,” and you can run a search on it and get almost five million hits in the blink of an eye.
Peak oil is a lot more than a bunch of Doomsday prognosticators running around the countryside, which you’ll see if you do that search. In a finite world, any sane person would have to expect that the supply of petroleum or any other commodity, no matter how large, is finite. So bear with me for a moment longer and consider some implications and their effect on CRM.
First of all, there’s no need for anyone to panic. There are lots of alternatives that can help preserve our way of life and traveling. However, we are at the beginning of a massive infrastructure Rackspace creates solutions built to fit your needs backed with our Fanatical Support. Click to learn more. change-over, which could take a generation, and the interim period is what we need to consider.
(25 June 2008)
