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Monthly Archives: July 2011
2011 David Hughes: Will Natural Gas fuel America in the 21st century?
Hughes, David J. May 2011. Will Natural Gas fuel America in the 21st century? PostCarbon. 66 pages Excerpts: Without shale gas, U.S. domestic gas production is projected to fall by 20% through 2035. Shale gas is characterized by high-cost, rapidly … Continue reading
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Tagged fracked, natural gas
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Solar Power Overview
Solar generation is about .06 percent — six hundredths of 1 percent (.0006) — of renewable energy consumption in the United States. EIA. June 2006. Renewable Energy Annual. It will be hard to scale solar up to anything meaningful in … Continue reading
Natural Gas pros and cons
Natural gas is the ideal electricity generating source: No sulfur or mercury like coal No particulates like diesel fuels Isn’t radioactive like uranium It’s always “on” unlike intermittent sources such as wind and solar Natural gas power plants are essential … Continue reading
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Shale oil
Articles about shale oil This is the best overview of shale “oil“: Oct 3, 2005. Randy Udall. The Illusive Bonanza: Oil Shale in Colorado “Pulling the Sword from the Stone”. Cleveland, Cutler, J., et al. June 2010. An Assessment of … Continue reading
Why Oilsands (a.k.a. tarsands) can’t replace oil
Tar sand excavation images: trucks landscape tarsand refineries overhead video: Beautiful Destruction – Alberta Tar Sands Aerial Photographs The problems with oilsands (tarsands) are: 1) In the tar sands open-pit mines, to produce one barrel of synthetic crude it takes … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Hazardous Waste, Oil (Tar) Sands, Pollution
Tagged energy, hazardous waste, oilsand, oilsands, pollution, problems with oilsands, problems with tarsands, tarsand, tarsands
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Flow Rate Posts
Interview of Richard G. Miller by Steve Andrews in Peak Oil Review. Feb 2014. Q: You refer to the widely used phrase—“it’s not so much the size of the tank as it is the size of the tap.” Care to comment … Continue reading
Depletion Rate Articles and Posts
Articles 2005. Matt Simmons. THE WORLD’S GIANT OILFIELDS How Many Exist? How Much Do They Produce? How Fast Are They Declining? Posts July 13, 2005. “Powerswitch” Clive Smith What seems to be happening…is that our new oil extraction technology, … Continue reading
Coal: why it can’t easily substitute for oil
In a major 2009, 737 page landmark study of our energy predicament, the National Academy of Sciences proposes that the only possible near-term solution to a substitute transportation fuel to replace gasoline is liquified coal. Liquified coal is the only … Continue reading
Oil
Since oil is so fabulous, why not just drill for more? Economists don’t believe that there is a finite amount of anything, all you have to do is drill a hole, pour money into it, and Voila! – black crude … Continue reading