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Scenario: News
Newspaper for 1st June 2015

Scenario Update - November 2007

When we started developing the scenarios 3 years ago, it seemed most likely that we would follow some version of the Business as Usual scenario. Now times have changed and the future is less clear. On the one hand it seems likely that oil is peaking (or plateauing as the oil industry seems to prefer!) but on the other, the mindset is still very much Business as Usual but with windmills, on a grand scale, and maybe some nuclear as well. The threat from climate change also seems more real and immediate than it did 3 years ago, and while we may be able to significantly reduce our energy consumption by simply not wasting it, avoiding climate change may not be so easy.

On my optimistic days I believe we will wake up in time to solve our energy problems, albeit with some pain. Cap and Share is gaining interest, energy related businesses are springing up everywhere, companies are competing to show their green credentials. On my pessimistic days I think about how we denied that there could possibly be an end to the property boom until it was happening, and believe we will cling onto our current way of life until we have few choices left and face a period of real hardship. Or the climate might change everything…

Posted by on 11/24 at 07:03 AM