2008 The bungle of politics by inaction
The oil price increased January in a very short time to $100. The inaction of the politicians is saddening, because it's goes about our standard of living.
| Fossil energy means recession
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The decrease of the oil price in the last days proofs: fossil energy means recession. A growth of the world economy is only with renewable energy possible.
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| Civilization and the ability to store
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The ability to store valuable products to balance times of overabundance and times of under-supply is a basic of civilization.
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| Banking crisis
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The production facilities are all intact, only the finance system is groggy. This is a big chance for the politic to do with the production something reasonable.
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| Oil production becomes a roulette game
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The extrem fast declining oil price damages the oil industry much more, than $180 oil price. Investments in costly explorations became extrem risky.
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| Stock market crisis
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There are political streams believing that the stock market will solve all problems of mankind. But how can a stable full of disturbed chickens cause something positive?
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| Oil price and economic growth
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Do we want recession? The dedicing question is not how high the oil price is in a recession, but at 2% economic growth.
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| 2008 The begin of the end of the oil age
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Many indicators show a clear result: In the history books will be the year 2008 chained to the begin of the end of the oil age.
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| Ostrich policy
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The oil price jumps in a few month from $70 to $100, the Energy Watch Group dates peak oil to 2006 and our irresponsible politicians put the head in the sand.
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| CO2 tax determination
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2 complete different ideas for the determination of a CO2 tax, replacement of social security costs and the costs to for the removal of CO2 in the atmosphere have the same range.
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| G8 want to reduce CO2 emission by 50% until 2050
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In Kobe, the environment ministers of the G8 agreed to lower the carbon dioxide emissions until 2050 to the half. A very unrealistic target.
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| The quarrel about the imperator's beard
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France and Germany support the target of the EU commission to reduce the emission of Carbon Dioxide until 2012 to 120 g CO2/km at cars.
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| Subventions against increasing oil price
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Subventions to decrease the demand for crude oil can be highly profitable for the industrial countries by damping the increase of the oil price.
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| High oil price pays the exit from crude oil
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When 1 million barrel a day less demand reduces the oil price by $20, this can be used as the base for a rentability caclulation for the exit from oil.
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| Oil conference: oil price reaches $140
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What would You think, when a junkie promisses his mother to get away from the oildope and 5 minutes later, he whines pitifully at a dealer?
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| ECB prime rate increase counter productively
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The inflation is caused nearly only by the high oil price. The escape from oil needs investitions in new technology, aggravated by the higher prime rate.
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| When will be electric power from natural gas twice as expensive as solar
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Solar electric power is cheaper than Diesel, but look on the streets, what is driving there? It can be only called a complete failure of politics and economy.
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