Comments on: Peak Oil May Solve the Climate Change Problem without Regulation http://www.aspousa.org/index.php/2009/07/peak-oil-may-solve-the-climate-change-problem-without-regulation/ Energy Action for a Healthy Economy and Clean Environment Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:54:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Paul Carmody http://www.aspousa.org/index.php/2009/07/peak-oil-may-solve-the-climate-change-problem-without-regulation/#comment-2739 Paul Carmody Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:18:46 +0000 http://www.aspousa.org/?p=1957#comment-2739 Many thanks for an outstanding article. This is both timely and important. It suggests strongly that policy makers need to concentrate on a post fossil fuel energy policy based not on a desire to legislatively limit fossil fuels, but on the recognition that fossil fuels will limit themselves. Man cannot take out that which nature did not put in. There is sufficient data currently available to realize that the peak upon us with oil and within a couple of decades for all fossil fuels. The economies of world will suffer for this deficiency but an honest assessment of the situation will allow for better responses to it. I especially appreciated the importance of CO2 as a gaseous fertilizer. Should we not consider exhausting CO2 across crops as a way to increase yields? This in itself might mitigate the tough economic times ahead. Many thanks for an outstanding article. This is both timely and important. It suggests strongly that policy makers need to concentrate on a post fossil fuel energy policy based not on a desire to legislatively limit fossil fuels, but on the recognition that fossil fuels will limit themselves. Man cannot take out that which nature did not put in. There is sufficient data currently available to realize that the peak upon us with oil and within a couple of decades for all fossil fuels.

The economies of world will suffer for this deficiency but an honest assessment of the situation will allow for better responses to it.

I especially appreciated the importance of CO2 as a gaseous fertilizer. Should we not consider exhausting CO2 across crops as a way to increase yields? This in itself might mitigate the tough economic times ahead.

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