Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:34 am
On the Lord Of The Rings theme, I like Strider.
Or Max, in honor of Mad Max/Road Warrior/etc.
Or Max, in honor of Mad Max/Road Warrior/etc.
In a 2006 newspaper commentary on peak oil, James McCausland wrote the following in relation to Mad Max:
"In 1973, the Arab oil-producing nations convulsed most of the world by tightening the spigots on their wells and sharply reducing production. Corporations, and nations including Japan, went into crisis mode and many started to think of ways to lessen their reliance on petroleum products.
As the after-shock waves began to subside and black gold started to flow again, most enterprises kicked petroleum replacement well down the agenda.
Yet there were further signs of the desperate measures individuals would take to ensure mobility. A couple of oil strikes that hit many pumps revealed the ferocity with which Australians would defend their right to fill a tank. Long queues formed at the stations with petrol – and anyone who tried to sneak ahead in the queue met raw violence."
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George and I wrote the script based on the thesis that people would do almost anything to keep vehicles moving and the assumption that nations would not consider the huge costs of providing infrastructure for alternative energy until it was too late.