Brown Oil
But, as we manage this transition to a low-carbon economy, we must also do more to help the oil market operate more efficiently. Globally, producers and consumers share common interests in market stability. So instead of Opec going its own way, there should be an enhanced dialogue between producers and consumers about the advance of nuclear, coal and renewables and about greater energy efficiency - as well as about future oil reserves. guardian
Fatuous twaddle and, if you follow the link, lots more where that comes from.
Brown is not an idiot; he must know that “enhanced dialogue” between producers and consumers will result in nothing.
The basis of dialogue is power and until the West weans itself from oil - which is going to take a while - the reality is that money talks and bullshit walks. Jumpers all round in the increasingly colder England.
Written by jay on May 28th, 2008 with
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#1. May 28th, 2008, at 11:02 PM.
Isn’t every purchase I make a ‘dialogue between producer and consumer’?
The producer creates the product and sets a price, I either accept his proposition, decline it, or negotiate a better price.
If oil becomes too expensive then I’ll switch to natural gas to heat my home, if gasoline becomes too expensive then I’ll trade my car in for a hybrid. That’s all the dialogue thats needed.