the Oil Age is not over yet

The above picture quoted from the following article. I recall in one of my class I asked how many people believe that oil stock will be depleted and how fast. Due to global warming and environmental issue (only some given answer through staggering oil price), a lot of class member somehow believe that oil stock will be depleted very soon. In other words, many people believe that oil will be gone very soon. My answer was the stock of oil will be not depleted very soon, in fact there are more of them for sure but it requires new technology and/or new approach to reach their sources beneath the earth.

The article above indicates such possibilities. I am not sure how delicate your opinion will be influence by such ideas, regarding efficient energy consumption vis-a-vis global warming and/or environmental issue. But, I believe we need to firm our effort to reduce our indulgent for oil and looking for other alternatives.

Another good lesson from Scandinavian

My admiration to Scandinavian has not yet over. In fact, it keep coming on due recent economic crisis where we see how the world, including most of developed as well as superpower countries, facing the global economic downturn. The article titled "Why Scandinavia can teach us a thing or two about surviving a recession" definitely could hinted us few things on how they respond to the crisis. The way Scandinavia respond to economic situation is not only due to the crisis, but also during their "happy" moment.

One good lesson regarding natural resources richness management - as I assumed that Indonesia to some extent also having this kind of advantage - could be cited from Norway

Norway shines especially brightly: unlike Britain, it is saving its North Sea oil and gas revenue into a sovereign wealth fund, not worth 2.384 trillion kroner (£228bn), or 1.4 times its GDP. Only 4% of the fund goes into the national budget, the rest is saved for future generations. So when Norway needed to find money to stimulate the economy, it was able to find it without having to cut public budgets or increase taxes, as Britain is set to do.

The bottom line of this strategy is to keep the economic transformation go on in sustainable pace and put the point of view in longer term by doing saving today for future better endowments. With a lot of natural resources that Indonesia have, this kind of strategy worth to be consider and to apply as it will definitely prevent the worse of another possible shocks as well as serve our future generations with sufficient wealth.
Let's change our perspective first and save for the better future...

bukan hanya harga tapi juga permintaan

Aku yakin bahwa kenaikan harga minyak bumi saat ini bukan hanya karena aspek spekulasi seperti yang sering digembar-gemborkan oleh para pakar dan komentator politik di Indonesia. Salah satu faktor yang kerap kita tak sadari adalah bahwa permintaan terhadap minyak bumi juga meningkat tajam. Jangan lupa, Indonesia adalah negara dengan penduduk terbesar nomor 4 di dunia. Hal tersebut pasti akan berdampak pada potensi meningkatnya permintaan tersebut. Akhirnya, harga minyak bumi atau BBM di Indonesia masih akan kemungkinan meningkat tajam di masa depan.

Selama belum ada alternatif energi yang bisa mengganti (substitusi) energi fosil seperti BBM, maka sudah pasti kita akan terus menghadapi kenaikan harga BBM. Oleh sebab itu, tidak bisa tidak untuk terus mencari cara mengkonsumsi BBM yang efisien dan mendukung siapa pun yang mampu memberikan energi alternatif yang ramah lingkungan dan terbaharukan (renewable).

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