OPEC’s Win Is Our Fate

All-time high! Crude Oil futures went past US$145 a barrel and there is no end in sight. With everyone counting down, a.k.a. “it is only a matter of time, (“inevitable,” is the word you were thinking) when we will see US$200 a barrel of oil“, it is high time we accelerate serious alternative sources of energy and we can start reducing our own need for oil. Don’t look to government to spearhead that initiative, not that I blame them— they’re more clueless than the rest of us. 

Like a druggie, we’re fraking oil dependent but we’re slowly unable to afford the substance. The world’s changing and changing rapidly. (If you’re interested in Energy thoughts, you can check out The Oil Drum’s Peak Oil Overview and a database of oil supplies worldwide).

Throw out all those things like opposition to transport rake hike. Market Forces will be dictating that everything is going to go up. Inevitable. 

Carpooling, scheduling activities in the same area to avoid traffic— are age old pebble throwing at the rushing truck solutions but I think, they do add up if everyone does it, which is great and all. Of course it is no different for Government dole-out plans, which I think is an even bad example of a pebble being thrown at a rushing truck. Symbolic as hell, but is it effective?

Those who can afford, might I suggest we invest in alternative power sources— solar, wind, etc whatever works for you and your business. If by adopting these technologies, we can drive the cost for others lower, wouldn’t that be great? If the Tesla was available here, wouldn’t that be great too?  

There are other ways we can reduce our oil dependence, or other great ideas to going eco-friendly or other power sources we can avail. We’re going to need high tech, ecocities. Perhaps, we can have high tech bio villages and barangays first like this initiative from Ecobuilders. Treehuggers say we need to go green because of Climate Change. It may be so, but a greater incentive I think is that, it is time to go green because, it makes great economic sense. That, and because OPEC’s win is our fate.

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