Post by miokalia on Jul 17, 2006 18:49:22 GMT -5
Miokalian representative, Yaro Fourier addresses the council.
"The price of oil is a burden on our economies. Even for countries which do not import oil, such my own. Oil speculation effects all of us and when (not if) peak oil hits, that speculation will crush even the strongest of economies. Driving business operating costs so high nothing can get done.
If we don't do something to insulate the federation from this inevitable truth, we will be dealing with a whole new kind of wide-spread poverty and scarcity of resources.
And there is no longer any question as to 'if' peak oil will happen.
It's a matter of when. And that 'when' creeps ever closer every passing day that a step isn't taken to address this issue.
And steps must be taken if we are to deal with this before it's too late. Real steps: measurable progress.
Deriving 10% of your energy production from wind and solar power is but a token used to temporarily satisfy the environmentalists.
10% is a timid experiment. 10% is only 10% of what is necessary to avert the peak oil crisis from affecting the Federation.
This resolution proposes that a minimum of 25% of Federation energy production come from renewable sources. That's a minimum of 25% per nation.
25% in a year is steep. But if you consider the rate at which the price of oil is increasing, I'm sure you would find it quite reasonable.
25% in a year isn't all that hard to do really. Considering that such advancments as plug-in hybrid vehicles make progress towards this goal. Since that counts as oil not spent.
25% in a year means bringing all those solar plants and windmills put up in the 70's back up to operable condition and using them.
25% in a year is a start toward taking this problem seriously and really striving to make progress on solving it.
Our nation is, of course, poised to provide assistance in this matter, as we have been stockpiling 2/3rds of our total Hydrogen and Ammonium fuel production for quite some time now. In anticipation of an energy crisis."
R118: Alternative Energy Conversion
Whereas: There are now plenty of practical alternatives to oil, petroleum-based energy and natural gas.
Whereas: These alternatives are becoming more economically feasible than the future of petroleum and
natural gas: which are limited resources that are becoming more expensive every day
Whereas: Wind energy has become extremely inexpensive to maintain, has almost no environmental impact
and can be built in a lot of places. Despite this, it hasn't been implemented as widely as it should.
Whereas: Large-scale renewable energy from tidal-resovoir hydroelectric and artficial geothermal wells
has the potential to completely replace petroleum, natural gas and coal as a source of energy.
Whereas: Nuclear energy from uranium is *not* a renewable energy source and is less cost effective per
kilowatt hour than other low-to-zero emmissions energy sources.
Whereas: Without the current enviornmental and economic subsidies, petroleum is one of the most costly forms
of energy today. A reduction in reliance on oil means a reduction in the cost (on the government's part)
of money spent on maintaining oil interests, aging oil infrastructure and environmental ailments due to the
effects of oil consumption.
Be It Resolved: That all industrialized Federation nations require that at least 25% of their energy come
from renewable energy sources that produce low-to-zero carbon emissions or be on the way to this goal within the year.
And also require their petroleum and automotive fuel distributors to begin the sale of ammonium or hydrogen electrolytic fuels derived from these renewable energy processes.
In Addendum: The governments may step in to enforce this if necessary, although the implementation of
this measure is predicted to be enforced by market forces themselves.
In Addendum: Developing, or otherwise distressed nations unable to meet these guidelines for renewable energy
due to sociopolitical unrest, reconstruction or widespread poverty are encouraged to utilize the lower-cost
sources of renewable energy rather than utilizing the actually more expensive coal or petroleum resources.
However, compliance with this particular resolution will not be expected of them due to their situation.
"The price of oil is a burden on our economies. Even for countries which do not import oil, such my own. Oil speculation effects all of us and when (not if) peak oil hits, that speculation will crush even the strongest of economies. Driving business operating costs so high nothing can get done.
If we don't do something to insulate the federation from this inevitable truth, we will be dealing with a whole new kind of wide-spread poverty and scarcity of resources.
And there is no longer any question as to 'if' peak oil will happen.
It's a matter of when. And that 'when' creeps ever closer every passing day that a step isn't taken to address this issue.
And steps must be taken if we are to deal with this before it's too late. Real steps: measurable progress.
Deriving 10% of your energy production from wind and solar power is but a token used to temporarily satisfy the environmentalists.
10% is a timid experiment. 10% is only 10% of what is necessary to avert the peak oil crisis from affecting the Federation.
This resolution proposes that a minimum of 25% of Federation energy production come from renewable sources. That's a minimum of 25% per nation.
25% in a year is steep. But if you consider the rate at which the price of oil is increasing, I'm sure you would find it quite reasonable.
25% in a year isn't all that hard to do really. Considering that such advancments as plug-in hybrid vehicles make progress towards this goal. Since that counts as oil not spent.
25% in a year means bringing all those solar plants and windmills put up in the 70's back up to operable condition and using them.
25% in a year is a start toward taking this problem seriously and really striving to make progress on solving it.
Our nation is, of course, poised to provide assistance in this matter, as we have been stockpiling 2/3rds of our total Hydrogen and Ammonium fuel production for quite some time now. In anticipation of an energy crisis."
R118: Alternative Energy Conversion
Whereas: There are now plenty of practical alternatives to oil, petroleum-based energy and natural gas.
Whereas: These alternatives are becoming more economically feasible than the future of petroleum and
natural gas: which are limited resources that are becoming more expensive every day
Whereas: Wind energy has become extremely inexpensive to maintain, has almost no environmental impact
and can be built in a lot of places. Despite this, it hasn't been implemented as widely as it should.
Whereas: Large-scale renewable energy from tidal-resovoir hydroelectric and artficial geothermal wells
has the potential to completely replace petroleum, natural gas and coal as a source of energy.
Whereas: Nuclear energy from uranium is *not* a renewable energy source and is less cost effective per
kilowatt hour than other low-to-zero emmissions energy sources.
Whereas: Without the current enviornmental and economic subsidies, petroleum is one of the most costly forms
of energy today. A reduction in reliance on oil means a reduction in the cost (on the government's part)
of money spent on maintaining oil interests, aging oil infrastructure and environmental ailments due to the
effects of oil consumption.
Be It Resolved: That all industrialized Federation nations require that at least 25% of their energy come
from renewable energy sources that produce low-to-zero carbon emissions or be on the way to this goal within the year.
And also require their petroleum and automotive fuel distributors to begin the sale of ammonium or hydrogen electrolytic fuels derived from these renewable energy processes.
In Addendum: The governments may step in to enforce this if necessary, although the implementation of
this measure is predicted to be enforced by market forces themselves.
In Addendum: Developing, or otherwise distressed nations unable to meet these guidelines for renewable energy
due to sociopolitical unrest, reconstruction or widespread poverty are encouraged to utilize the lower-cost
sources of renewable energy rather than utilizing the actually more expensive coal or petroleum resources.
However, compliance with this particular resolution will not be expected of them due to their situation.