The only possible answer is no trucks but criss x cross electric rail connections, and large transport rail centers. Everyone living near these rail centers. Solar electric light weight cars for commuting and distributing.

Mhaze,
What are you even talking about now? It's a standard industry term - even though the industry hasn't quite defined all of its meaning.
"Unconventional oil is petroleum produced or extracted using techniques other than the conventional method (oil well). Industry and governments across the globe are investing in unconventional oil sources due to the increasing scarcity of conventional oil reserves. Unconventional oil and gas have already made a dent in international energy linkages by reducing US energy import dependency."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconventional_oil
The term was in use *before* the predicted peak of 2005.
This is what the IEA wrote in 2001.
"Further reductions are expected in the cost of producing unconventional oil, such as synthetic crude from oil sands and gas-toliquids conversion. Unconventional oil may well exceed current projections and account for a much greater share of total oil resources and supply by 2020. Enormous volumes of unconventional oil lie in oil sands in Canada and in heavy and extra-heavy oil deposits in Venezuela"
https://web.archive.org/web/20120710124700/http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/media/weowebsite/2008-1994/weo2001.pdf
Now there are the Malthusian types that went on about how this was the end of the world and the dirtier shale oils and tar sands and fracking were *never* going to scale. There were oil insiders that had some idea how it might work. Then there were the rest of us asking how on earth we could afford to produce it from a climate point of view when every barrel of oil now costs 2 or 3 times as much CO2 to extract as normal oil?
The thing I never heard anyone say - except for the abiogenic oil madmen - was that unconventional oil would never peak and decline!

I just listened to a debate on the human causes of Climate Change. The bottom line is "THE HUMAN RACE FACES EXTENCTION" is the fear factor, so any idea that reduces CO2 or methane is the answer. They claim to be highlighting the problem not answering the problem - others are to blame. It has become an obsessive religious cult. Reduce human population growth, do not use coal, or gas or eat meat as they emit CO2 and Methane. I wonder if they excrete waste or mow their lawns or compost as they also emit methane, and CO2.

Hi Max,

I think you are not aware of why places like this are enjoyable and beneficial.

You dismiss AC for supporting Russia, yet how does that make you different from the commentators on Russian television? People can look at the same information as you and come to different conclusions. That doesn't make them good or bad. You should be grateful that people are taking the time to share their opinions with you, and more so those who disagree with you. Vlad Putin never has anyone disagree with him, and look at where that path has taken him.

OLO can be as enjoyable as you want to make it.

Electric trucks are certainly coming, but the rollout will be gradual. It'll probably start with drayage in Sydney; long distance rural routes are likely to be last (after even the remote routes).

Meanwhile dual fuel vehicles will take over from diesels. In many cases this will involve converting the engine rather than replacing it.
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Armchair,

>Same could be said for renewable subsidies
To a small extent, but renewable subsidies do have tangible benefits: they get us off fossil fuels faster, which results in better air quality (among other things). And they accelerate the development of the renewables industry, resulting in lower costs. But ultimately they're only a temporary measure.

>I don't support liberal interventions
So why do you support despotic interventions?

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mhaze,
The problem was that the predictors are generally not the doomsayers, but because of the doomsayers, people heap scorn and ridicule on those who make predictions that are 100% correct!

The original peak oil prediction was for the USA. It was right, and the USA had to make up the shortfall with imports (as unconventional oil didn't start to play a big role until decades later).

Hi Aidan,

You believe that renewable energy will deliver, but without a working model how can you know? The business world is full of companies making all manner of claims about new technologies. Very rarely are the predictions accurate. Many times the companies go to the wall and sometimes the directors are jailed for making fraudulent claims.

I don't think it prudent to throw a country headlong into any unproven venture, not least on the motivation of a long range weather forecast.

People don't always get things right Aidan. Sometimes they aren't even truthful.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63685131