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[chelidon]

This is an informative, well-produced Peak Oil program released for RTE (Ireland mainstream broadcast TV). It deals frankly with the coming impacts of Peak Oil, which will likely be even more pronounced in Ireland due to their almost complete dependence on imported oil, a shift away from a local, low-intensity agricultural economy towards rapid industrialization and increasing emulation of an American-style model (heavy car use, suburban sprawl, etc). In other words, sprawl and a car-based culture is not only environmentally destructive, it's also incredibly fragile...

http://www.rte.ie/tv/futureshock/av_20070618.html