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Monday June 18, 2007 10:07

by Caoimhín Ó Maolallaigh - Green Party/Comhaontas Glas

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Future Shock: End of the Oil Age 9:30pm tonight

In Future Shock: End of the Oil Age, RTÉ's Chief Economic Correspondent George Lee brings us to the heart of one of the biggest challenges that Ireland faces in the future - life after Peak Oil.

Peak Oil refers to a point in time when, with remaining reserves beginning to diminish, world oil production will reach its maximum point. The crossing of this simple threshold will be one of the biggest events in modern history: every day that passes after Peak Oil, there will be less oil available. The ensuing and inevitable rise in oil prices will be only the first of the continuing shocks for Ireland and the developed world.

In this, the second of RTÉ Television's Future Shock programmes, George Lee examines how close we are to the end of the oil age and how dramatically life may change in Ireland as the wells begin, finally, to dry up.

The Celtic Tiger thrived on a diet of cheap fuel. Indeed, the whole of Ireland's trading economy, from our labour supply to our civic structures, from our ever-expanding suburbs to our lifestyle and leisure patterns, are all based on cheap fuel and maximum mobility. Without this steady supply of cheap oil, many of the presumptions behind our very standard of living itself may require rapid re-evaluation.

After the oil crash, even Ireland's geographical position as an Atlantic island could become a defining, and isolating, factor in Ireland's future.

George Lee is Chief Economics Correspondent for RTÉ News and Current Affairs, reporting for both RTÉ Radio and RTÉ Television.

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Comments (37 of 37)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Dares Not Speak its Name	Panda	Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:56
2	Eh, he actually did put Green Party in his article...	Jimbob	Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:30
3	Panda specs	Panda	Mon Jun 18, 2007 13:03
4	Programme time	Anon	Mon Jun 18, 2007 14:28
5	Last Thurs Independent: A World Without Oil	Anon	Mon Jun 18, 2007 15:24
6	a good thing, no?	chevron	Mon Jun 18, 2007 18:07
7	please record and post IRE ONE peakoil show	peakoil portland oregon	Mon Jun 18, 2007 20:30
8	millions of vegetables can be grown right now in dublin.... become the change...	dunk	Mon Jun 18, 2007 21:04
9	gee, no mention of our own gas and oilfields. how surprising!	wageslave	Tue Jun 19, 2007 01:02
10	We're dooooomed I tell ya!	b	Tue Jun 19, 2007 09:39
11	Re: Peak Oil Documentary on RTÉ	Terence	Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:11
12	Doom & Gloom?	SteveO	Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:14
13	its worse than you think	bj	Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:32
14	More Coal !!	SteveO	Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:40
15	dull and simplistic	Balthasar	Tue Jun 19, 2007 13:34
16	Re: dull and simplistic	Terence	Tue Jun 19, 2007 13:49
17	Wind Power should be made a priority NOW	Mike	Tue Jun 19, 2007 15:22
18	Wind Power	Mike	Tue Jun 19, 2007 15:29
19	RE: dull and simplistic	Balthasar	Tue Jun 19, 2007 15:43
20	Public Broadcasting.	M B	Tue Jun 19, 2007 16:25
21	havent they already peaked?	plutocracy	Tue Jun 19, 2007 17:04
22	Wind Power	Mike	Tue Jun 19, 2007 17:29
23	The model for Ireland	Mike	Tue Jun 19, 2007 17:42
24	Something else to consider...	Mike	Tue Jun 19, 2007 17:45
25	Re: RE: dull and simplistic	Terence	Tue Jun 19, 2007 19:42
26	This one was much more fun and less politically correct!!	wageslave	Wed Jun 20, 2007 03:45
27	Video of RTE Peak Oil documentary available online	Terence	Wed Jun 20, 2007 18:08
28	Get informed!	Geologist	Sat Jun 23, 2007 17:58
29	RE Wind power	black man ray	Sat Jun 23, 2007 20:17
30	Here we go again..	Nuke power	Sun Jun 24, 2007 23:40
31	More letters	Dan Hayes	Mon Jun 25, 2007 20:43
32	Letters in the papers	Dan Hayes	Mon Jun 25, 2007 20:49
33	Gulf stream	Balthasar	Mon Jun 25, 2007 21:43
34	Good man The Dan	b	Mon Jun 25, 2007 21:47
35	stuff	Dan Hayes	Mon Jun 25, 2007 22:17
36	gulf stream	dan hayes	Mon Jun 25, 2007 22:21
37	Message to Dan Hayes	Recycletta	Fri Jul 20, 2007 14:41

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