X-Message-Number: 25887 From: "Mark Plus" <> Subject: The IEA's short-term plan Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 07:26:08 -0800 You can read the International Energy Agency's actual proposal. Apparently it doesn't mention jet fuel, but no doubt air travel will have to be severely restricted during the coming oil shortage emergencies : Saving Oil in a Hurry: Measures for Rapid Demand Restraint in Transport http://www.iea.org/textbase/work/2005/oil_demand/background.pdf Also refer to, http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/655B03B0-32C2-4BF7-A3E8-F7EFD8144333.htm Energy body wants brakes on fuel consumption By Adam Porter in Perpignan, France Thursday 24 March 2005, 18:09 Makka Time, 15:09 GMT The International Energy Agency is to propose drastic cutbacks in car use to halt continuing oil-supply problems. Those cutbacks include anything from car-pooling to outright police-enforced driving bans for citizens. Fuel "emergency supply disruptions and price shocks" - in other words, shortages - could be met by governments. Not only can governments save fuel by implementing some of the measures suggested, but in doing so they can also shortcut market economics. An advance briefing of the report, titled Saving Oil in a Hurry: Measures for Rapid Demand Restraint in Transport, states this succinctly. "Why should governments intervene to cut oil demand during a supply disruption or price surge? One obvious reason is to conserve fuel that might be in short supply. "But perhaps more importantly, a rapid demand response (especially if coordinated across IEA countries) can send a strong market signal." The report goes on to suggest a whole series of measures that could be used to cut back on fuel consumption. They are cutting public-transport costs by a certain amount to increase its usage while simultaneously dissuading car use. Sweeping proposals Then more radically the idea of going further and cutting public-transport costs by 100%, making them free to use. Car-pooling, telecommuting and even corrections to tyre pressures are also suggested. But the most hardline emergency proposals come in the form of drastic speed restrictions and compulsory driving bans. Bans could be one day in every 10 (10%) or more stringently on cars with odd or even number plates. They would be banned from the roads on corresponding odd or even days of the month (50%). ________________________________________ Manage your risk, not your terror. Mark Plus Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=25887