Monthly Archives: August 2012

States should stockpile food like Alaksa

Posted on August 30, 2012 by

Bohrer, B. 29 Aug 2012. Remote Alaska to stockpile food, just in case. Business Week. JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska is known for pioneering, self-reliant residents who are accustomed to remote locations and harsh weather. Despite that, Gov. Sean Parnell … Continue reading →

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Summary of Hirsch & Bezdek 2005 DOE Peak Oil study

Posted on August 27, 2012 by

A summary of:  Hirsch, R. L., et al. February 2005. Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, mitigation, & risk management. Department of Energy. The peaking of world oil production presents the U.S. and the world with an unprecedented risk management … Continue reading →

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Nasty, toxic life-threatening nuclear waste will be left for future generations

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

[ Below is an excerpt from the 7 March 2012 NewScientist editorial Fukushima’s dirty inheritance. Since human population growth was enabled to grow from 1 to 7.5 billion because of fossil fuel production (highly correlated, their exponential growth curves match), … Continue reading →

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Germany National Academy of Sciences report: Don’t use biofuels

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

July 26, 2012.  Bioenergy — Chances and Limits. German National Academy of Science (Leopoldina Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften). Page 30-56 English Version. A major motivations for using bio-energy is to reduce climate change from carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by substituting … Continue reading →

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Maps of Hazardous Waste Sites, Pollution, Wildfire in USA

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

How safe from hazardous waste spills, pollution, and wildfire are you? As  energy shortages, poverty, and social unrest force increasing localization, with less energy and resources to maintain or clean up hazardous wastes, fight wildfires, go after polluters, and so … Continue reading →

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Solar Infrastructure: Materials, Land, and Energy required

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

To replace just one year of world oil use (1 cubic mile) you’d need to mine, fabricate, deliver, and build 91,250,000 Solar panels every year for 50 years (Goldstein). A PV plant that could produce 5.5 TWh of power (what … Continue reading →

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Oil Built Our Infrastructure Back When it was Cheap & Abundant

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

Most of our infrastructure was built many decades ago, when the energy returned on energy invested (EROEI) of oil was 100:1, and now it’s down to roughly 30:1 in the gulf, and much less elsewhere (at 10:1 civilization collapses). What … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Vulnerable Gulf area Supplies Over Half our oil, One-third of our Natural Gas

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

Energy infrastructure is very vulnerable to hurricanes in the gulf region, which: Produce or imports 60% of the country’s supply of crude oil Supplies a third of U.S. natural gas supplies Generates half of the United States refined products supplies … Continue reading →

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Ozone Loss from Storms Increases Skin Cancer, Crop Damage

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

James G. Anderson, et al. 26 Jul 2012. UV Dosage Levels in Summer: Increased Risk of Ozone Loss from Convectively Injected Water Vapor. Science. Climate change is increasing the number and severity of storms, which is depleting the ozone layer … Continue reading →

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Coal Ash is an unregulated toxic waste

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

Coal ash is what remains after coal is burned, and has arsenic, mercury, lead, selenium, chromium, and other heavy metals. This waste is 100 times more radioactive than nuclear waste from a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of … Continue reading →

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