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May 9 2008 ~"overall there is little sign that policy-makers have grasped the enormity of what has happened."

As Magnus Linklater pointed out in the Times very recently,
"...just at a time when we should be considering how best to increase our production of grain, we in Britain are switching off one main source of it. ...
It is clear that the Government has yet to react to the dimensions of the looming world food crisis. It needs to begin a debate with the EU on the whole direction of Europe's agricultural strategy and rethink it from scratch, devising a strategy for sustainable production, then begin to educate the public about the realities ahead. It will mean a change in culture that is a million miles from the Tesco-driven consumerism we have grown lazily used to over the past 20 years. " Read in full
On the question of government complacency and inaction, warmwell readers are strongly urged to ask their MPs to support John Hemming MP, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil and Gas (APPGOPO) , who has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM 1453) urgently calling on the government to review its prediction as to when peak oil will occur, in light of rising energy and food prices. You can, of course, find out who your MP is and email them through www.writetothem.com (new window) And see also the peak oil pages, now running on warmwell since early 2004.

Example letter

Dear [MP's Name],

I would be grateful if you could sign EDM 1453 - 'Energy and Food Prices and Peak Oil', which has been tabled by John Hemming MP (Chair of the Peak Oil APPG) and seconded by Colin Challen MP (Chair of the Climate Change APPG). I think this is a very important issue which the government is not addressing adequately.

Here is the text of the EDM:

EDM 1453

ENERGY AND FOOD PRICES AND PEAK OIL That this House notes that current movements in energy and food prices are in conformance with the predictions as to what would happen as oil production peaks; and calls for the Government urgently to review its predictions as to when peak oil occurs with a view to determining whether or not urgent policy adjustments are called for

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If you do not want to sign this EDM, I would be most grateful if you could explain why.

Yours sincerely,

[Your Name]

[Your Address]

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