Comments on: Hurricane Katrina just a breeze in the perfect storm http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2005/08/31/hurricane-katrina-just-a-breeze-in-the-perfect-storm/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2005/08/31/hurricane-katrina-just-a-breeze-in-the-perfect-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Anonymous Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:53:00 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2005/08/31/hurricane-katrina-just-a-breeze-in-the-perfect-storm/#comment-49 I was bike riding with a friend a couple weeks ago, and said "gas prices seem set for a perfect storm" ... and his answer was just "yup." Now, we might just be a couple anal, small-car-driving, engineers ... but I agree that the reality was that we were strectched tight before this particular (real and not metaphorical) storm. That said, I think this hurricane might be counterproductive in terms of getting the word out about long term oil supplies (whether you call that "peak oil" or not). The problem is that most people will see this as clearly a once-in-a-lifetime event, and (forgetting that oil prices were almost $70 weeks ago) will take "peak oil" as crazy talk. They can <b>see</b> the hurricane, and they'll say that's all it is. I was bike riding with a friend a couple weeks ago, and said “gas prices seem set for a perfect storm” … and his answer was just “yup.” Now, we might just be a couple anal, small-car-driving, engineers … but I agree that the reality was that we were strectched tight before this particular (real and not metaphorical) storm.

That said, I think this hurricane might be counterproductive in terms of getting the word out about long term oil supplies (whether you call that “peak oil” or not).

The problem is that most people will see this as clearly a once-in-a-lifetime event, and (forgetting that oil prices were almost $70 weeks ago) will take “peak oil” as crazy talk.

They can see the hurricane, and they’ll say that’s all it is.

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