Skip to main content

Peak oil

Gareth Hughes MP
Gareth Hughes MP
gareth [dot] hughes [at] parliament [dot] govt [dot] nz (Email)

See also

Peak oil is not the end of oil, but the end of cheap oil. From 2000 prices were steadily increasing, but in 2008 we saw them skyrocket. This had a serious impact on the world economy.

By the end of 2010, prices were climbing over US$100 a barrel again, threatening the global economic recovery. We can expect a future of volatile but increasing oil prices, and as the chief economist of the IEA has said, for the future of our economy and society “we need to leave oil before oil leaves us”.

Peak oil and climate change are two sides of the same coin. Long term solutions to both will be the foundation of a smart, green economy that works for all of us well into the future.

Read our energy policy

Recent news about Peak Oil

Government should stop tax breaks to rich oil companies

05 Jun 2013 | Press Release | Gareth Hughes MP

The Government should stop its multimillion dollar tax breaks to the oil and gas industry and use the money saved to support the transition to clean energy, says Green Party energy spokesperson Gareth Hughes. More

Greens welcome Pure Advantage commitment to a smart green economy

15 Nov 2012 | Press Release | Russel Norman MP

The Green Party today welcomed Pure Advantage's commitment to an ambitious economic strategy that strengthens the economy and the environment. More

Promotion of petroleum is not a smart way to run the economy

08 Nov 2012 | Press Release | Gareth Hughes MP

The National Government is gambling with New Zealand's economy by proposing the sale of further petroleum exploration permits in deep water, the Green Party said today. More

Russel Norman questions the Prime Minister on the undue risk deep sea drilling places on the environment

24 Oct 2012 | Oral Question

Does he stand by his statement, "We're not environmental bandits. If we don't believe drilling can take place in a way that is environmentally sustainable and wouldn't put at undue risk the environment, we wouldn't go with it."; if so, why? More

Russel Norman questions the Prime Minister about dangerous deep sea oil drilling

23 Oct 2012 | Oral Question | Russel Norman MP

At his meeting with the boss of American oil giant Anadarko in November 2011, was the issue of making deep sea oil drilling a permitted activity under the EEZ legislation raised? More

Smith needs to correct wrong fracking facts

20 Aug 2012 | Press Release | Gareth Hughes MP

"National MP Nick Smith is doing a disservice to the national debate on fracking," said Gareth Hughes Green Party energy spokesperson. More

Public don’t want dangerous deep sea drilling

24 Jul 2012 | Press Release | Gareth Hughes MP

The government has got the economics and politics of dangerous deep sea oil drilling wrong, said Green Party energy spokesperson Gareth Hughes today. More

EPA rubber stamps dead duck motorway

22 Jun 2012 | Press Release | Julie Anne Genter MP

Today's Environmental Protection Authority's (EPA) decision to rubber stamp the Transmission Gully motorway project is a poor decision that will see over a billion dollars of tax payers' money wasted, says the Green Party More

Government must face up to transport budget blow-out

18 Apr 2012 | Press Release | Julie Anne Genter MP

The Government must act responsibly and cancel wasteful spending on low-value highway projects following official warnings that the transport budget will blow-out in the coming decade, Green Party transport spokesperson Julie Anne Genter said today.

More

Julie Anne Genter to the Minister of Transport on the Government's funding shortfall for new motorways

04 Apr 2012 | Oral Question | Julie Anne Genter MP
See video

JULIE ANNE GENTER (Green) to the Minister of Transport: Has the Government reviewed its highway building programme in light of the warning in More

No Drill No Spill Protest Kaikoura

Event | Gareth Hughes MP, Steffan Browning MP

Protest against off shore drilling and the potential impact it will have on tourism in Kaikoura.

Electrify Wellington: have your say

15 Mar 2012 | Video
See video

Have your say!

The Greater Wellington Regional Council is consulting on big changes proposed for bus transport in the Wellington region. More

Julie Anne Genter's maiden speech to the House

15 Feb 2012 | Speech | Julie Anne Genter MP

It is with the greatest respect that I address this House for the second time.

It is with gratitude and humility that I stand here. Gratitude to those who have gone before, gratitude to all those who have taught me on my journey so far. More

Question for Oral Answer: Climate Change and Fossil Fuel Subsidies

30 Sep 2011 | Oral Question | Kennedy Graham MP

Dr KENNEDY GRAHAM to the Minister responsible for International Climate Change Negotiations: Does he stand by his statement that "it is completely incoherent for the world to be now tentatively coordinating actions to put a price on carbon on the one hand, while simultaneously massively subsiding consumption of carbon"? More

Tauranga is Riding for the Planet

Event

Come and help celebrate sustainable transport on September 24th More

More
^ Back to Top