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Oil: Author Michael Klare discusses relationship between peak oil and national security (05/09/2006)
http://www.eande.tv/main/?date=050906
In conjunction with this video, I think Heinberg summerized the ultimate outcome of the "Last man standing strategy" about 2 year ago...
There is no need to belabor the point: the people of this world whose opinions count the most — the people with the power to command armies, economics, and governments — have already made up their minds. The cards are dealt and the bets are on the table. For them, the coming decades will constitute a fatal game of Last One Standing, a brutal contest for the world’s remaining resources.
To the interested observer, this may seem patently insane. Even the nation that ‘wins’ the game will be utterly devastated. In the end, oil, natural gas, and even coal will run out, and not even the wealthy will be able to maintain their current way of life. And in the meantime, hundreds of millions — perhaps billions — will have violently perished. Why would anyone choose this path?
— Richard Heinberg, Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World, 2004
I agree with Klare and Heinberg, and I would go so far as to say we need a new political party in the US with a foundation based on the challenges of Peak Oil. We need political candidates at the local, state and national level who advocate peaceful policies towards Peak Oil.
FWIW, I gave a speech last month at a PO conference in NY where Dr. Klare was speaking, and I noted the desperate need for a Peak Oil Peace Party , or perhaps Peak Oil Progressive Party (as opposed to the Peak Oil War Party wing of the GOP - with the neocons leading the disasterous charge - while the despondant Democrats timidly stand by in the back ground...)
I hope others find this video worthwhile...I HIGHLY recommend it.
