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Posted on July 10, 2011 by

Perpetual Motion. Robert Park. 28 Jun 2002. “Free Energy, APS speaks out on Perpetual Motion”. http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/WN02/wn062802.html Playground. Mike Wendland. 3 Mar 3, 2003. Kiddie Power. Detroit Free Press. Soap. Michael Steen. 16 Sep 2002. A squeaky clean future for the … Continue reading →

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Wave and Tidal Energy: limited, intermittent, destroyed by storms

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Wave Energy Around thirty wave energy ventures have failed in recent years. The Denmark “Wave Dragon” wasn’t rugged enough. The UK “Salter Duck”, Netherlands “Archimedes Wave Swing”, The Sea Clam, the Tapchan, and the Pendulor have all gone belly up. … Continue reading →

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Geothermal – can it make up for peak fossil fuels?

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Only a few urban areas are near potential sources such as volcanoes, hot springs, and geysers. Geothermal plants often emit hydrogen sulfide, CO2, and toxic sludge containing arsenic, mercury, sulfur, and silica  compounds. Extra land may be needed to dispose … Continue reading →

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Fusion not likely to ever work out — be thankful for that

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Fusion is not likely to work out, yet it is the only possible energy source that could replace fossil fuels (Science). Robert L. Hirsch, author of the Department of Energy 2005 Peak Oil study, writes in his book “The Impending … Continue reading →

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Wind power will not save us

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SCALE.  Too many windmills need to be built to replace oil. Worldwide, 32,850 wind turbines with 70 to 100 meter blades generating 1.65 MW built every year for the next 50 years, or 1,642,000 total would be needed to replace … Continue reading →

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Solar Power Overview

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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 →

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Dozens of reasons why Algae will never replace oil

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Algae The best use for algae is not biofuels but as a way to store the carbon dioxide from coal power plants, as described in Benemann’s 2003 “Biofixation of CO2 and Greenhouse gas abatement with microalgae – Technology Roadmap. This … Continue reading →

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Peak Soil: Why Cellulosic and other Biofuels are Not Sustainable and a Threat to America’s National Security

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Alice Friedemann.  2007.   Last updated 2013 November 4 “The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself”, President Franklin D. Roosevelt There’s growing public attention from the people, all the way on down to the President, about biomass potential for energy.  … Continue reading →

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Hydrogen

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2008. Alice Friedemann. “The Hydrogen Economy. Savior of Humanity or an Economic Black Hole?” Skeptic Vol 14 No 1, 48-51. Skeptics scoff at perpetual motion, free energy, and cold fusion, but what about energy from hydrogen? Before we invest trillions … Continue reading →

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Hydropower is temporary. Dams silt up, there are limited rivers, and they do harm

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1) Ultimately dams silt up, usually within 25 to 200 years, so hydro-power is not a renewable source of power. 2) We’ve already dammed up the best rivers. There are now more than 45,000 dams around the world, affecting more … Continue reading →

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