Interesting that the pro-nuclear Brian Wilson is on the panel. The
nuclear industry is using the end of oil and the threat of climate
change to revive its fortunes.
Chris
Mandy & Andy Meikle wrote:
>Dear Crisis Forum readers
>I urge you to consider oil depletion along side climate change & come to
>this UK conference in Edinburgh if possible.
>in haste!
>Mandy Meikle
>
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>Peak Oil UK - Entering the Age of Oil Depletion
>A conference to discuss the impending peak then decline in global oil
>production and its implications for the UK.
>
>Venue: The Royal Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh
>Date: Monday 25 April 2005, 9:00am - 5:00pm
>
>Organised by Depletion Scotland (http://www.depletion-scotland.org.uk)
>with support from The Oil Depletion Analysis Centre
>(http://www.odac-info.org)
>
>Moderator: Mark Stephen, BBC Radio
>
>The Speakers:
>Colin Campbell - Founder and Chairman of The Association for the Study of
>Peak Oil (ASPO) and a trustee of The Oil Depletion Analysis Centre (ODAC),
>he is a retired oilman who started his career as a field geologist in South
>America and ended it as an Executive Vice President in Norway
>
>Jeremy Leggett - Chief Executive of solarcentury, he was an award-winning
>scientist, oil-industry consultant, and Greenpeace campaigner before setting
>up the UK's leading solar energy company.
>
>Matthew Simmons - Chairman of a major U.S. energy investment firm, Simmons &
>Company International. His energy research papers and presentations are
>regularly published, and he is now completing a book about the future of oil
>production in Saudi Arabia.
>
>Chris Skrebowski - Editor of Petroleum Review. He has written extensively on
>oil depletion. He is a founder member of ASPO and an ODAC trustee, and was
>formerly an oil market analyst and a BP planner.
>
>David Spaven - Chairman of TRANSform Scotland, which campaigns for
>sustainable transport, whose membership includes major bus and train
>operators. He spent 18 years in marketing management with British Rail, and
>since 1992 has been a transportation consultant.
>
>Brian Wilson MP - UK Energy Minister from 2001 to 2003, he has served as
>Labour MP for Cunninghame North (Scotland) since 1987. He is a former
>Foreign Office, Scottish Office, and Trade and Industry Minister.
>
>To Book:
>
>http://www.depletion-scotland.org.uk
>
>e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>http://www.odac-info.org
>
>Tel: 0207 424 0049
>
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>"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the
>leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being
>attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing
>the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
>- Hermann Goerring
>
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