Transition Penwith

 Transition Penwith in Partership with:

 
ENERGY BEYOND OIL

Monday 27 October 2008
Delivered by Paul Mobbs
(Mobbs Environmental Investigations)
7.00 – 9.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm)
To be held at: Committee Room 1, Penwith District Council, St Clare, Penzance, TR18 3QW
£3.00 Donation

Directions:- Just past the entrance to Penwith District Council (if your heading into Penzance), turn right (Leisure Centre), drive slowly over a few speed bumps and instead of going into the car park for the leisure centre veer right and park.  The Committee Rooms are signposted.

Paul Mobbs is an independent consultant, researcher and writer on energy, environment and low impact technology.  The 'Energy Beyond Oil' presentation is a basic, beginner's guide to the issues of energy consumption in the UK, climate change, peak oil and resource depletion.  This is a visual presentation and discussion as the event outlines the scale and complexity of the issues we face, globally as well as within the UK, as the human species reaches the limits of the Earth's environmental capacity.

The Energy Beyond Oil presentation is a 'beginners' guide to energy in the UK. It covers:
o The global flow of energy, both natural and human.
o The global perspective.
o The historical and current energy consumption in the UK to understand not only the scale of different energy sources (oil, gas, coal, nuclear and renewable), but how that energy is used by different parts of society (power generation, homes, industry, etc.).
o The issue of peak oil and gas.
o Renewable energy sources.
o Will look at the “average” house to show that cuts in consumption are not unrealistic if we re-design how we live.
o There will then be a time for discussion/questions and answer session.