Adelaide Advertiser
4 January 2011, Page: 25
THE peak oil lobby has taken its views to Energy Minister Patrick Conlon, who says he will factor the finite nature of fossil fuels into planning. The head of the Global Energy Systems group at Uppsala University in Sweden, Kjell Aleklett, met Mr Conlon during a visit to Australia. Professor Aleklett warns that ongoing business-as-usual growth in oil usage will be impossible because of peak oil - the point at which global production reaches its all-time maximum and trends down.
Many forecasters predict the peak this decade. "Cities and businesses that prepare in advance for the probability of oil shortages will fare far better than those that believe the fairytales that oil production will keep increasing continuously", Prof Aleklett said. Mr Conlon said he met many energy experts, including Prof Aleklett.
"We have for a number of years kept under review the state's energy reserves and supplies and do not believe there is anything to be concerned about", Mr Conlon said. "Obviously in terms of fossil fuels, they aren't making any more, which is why this Government has been so active in implementing renewable and sustainable energy". Last year, the State Government announced a target of one third of energy produced in SA to be from renewable sources by 2020.
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