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- Rare Earth updates: recent research on why complex & intelligent life are rare in the Universe
- Book review of “Chip War” and the Fragility of microchips
- The tremendous material and energy toll of the digital economy
- Nuclear attack on U.S. could kill 90% of Americans
- What percent of Americans are rational?
- Book review of Lights Out. A Cyberattack. A Nation Unprepared. Surviving the Aftermath
- Off-Road vehicles & equipment need diesel fuel
- Book review of “Prime Movers of Globalization: the History & Impact of Diesel Engines & Gas Turbines”
- Mental Health. Coping with the future: notes from Jackson & Jensen’s “An Inconvenient Apocalypse”
- Tesla Semi trucks hauling corn chips
- What is the plan for an electric grid outage that lasts for months?
- Where to be? Links to Superfund, hazardous waste and other toxic sites in U.S.
- Why methanol cannot replace petroleum in shipping
- Why is everyone afraid of AI taking over? It makes stuff up!
- Do you want to eat, drink, or fly?
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Electric Grid Energy Storage
Storing electricity Electricity can’t be stored. It has to be converted to something else. Nearly all of the electric grid storage (95%) comes from pumping water up to a reservoir so the water can fall again and generate electricity. But … Continue reading
Posted in Batteries, Electric Grid
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Technology Won’t Save Us
Too many science fiction books, movies, comic books, Landing on the Moon, the Manhattan Project, and Happy Endings have created an unspoken certainty that a hero will arrive before aliens can destroy the Earth and that alternative energy will allow … Continue reading
Posted in 3) Fast Crash
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Drowning in digits: National, Unfunded Liabilities, State, and Derivative Debt
Just about everyone I know believes in the permanence of the Dollar, the Eternal Supremacy of the United States, and the propaganda to constantly grow their money by taking risks. So they dutifully feed hard-earned wages into the voracious slot … Continue reading
Posted in Crash Coming Soon, Debt, Money, No Reforms, Ponzi Schemes
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Tom Whipple on how the energy crisis might unfold
The Peak Oil Crisis: An Announcement June 1, 2011. FNPC.com There are far too many people in nearly every country of the world that are dependent on a very complex supply chain to bring them the necessities of modern life … Continue reading
Posted in By People
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Oil Crunch 2015: UK Industry Task force on Peak Oil & Energy Security (ITPOES)
Ahmed, N. 28 Mar 2014. Ex govt adviser: “global market shock” from “oil crash” could hit in 2015. The Guardian. Former oil geologist Dr. Jeremy Leggett, identified 5 “global systemic risks (oil depletion, carbon emissions, carbon assets, shale gas, and … Continue reading
Posted in Flow Rate, Oil, Oil Shocks, Peak Oil
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Peak oil 2005. Peak coal 2025. U.S. Peak conventional natural gas 2001.
Preface. This appeared in Nature magazine in 2012, which ties Science magazine for most prestigious place to publish. Some of the points made: Global conventional oil peaked in 2005 and is declining at rates of about 4.5% to 6.7% per … Continue reading
Posted in Oil, Peak Coal, Peak Natural Gas, Peak Oil
Tagged peak coal, peak natural gas, peak oil
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Peak Oil in the news
Economic vulnerability to Peak Oil Christian Kerschner Global Environmental Change Volume 23, Issue 6, December 2013, Pages 1424–1433 Key points from a review of this article at Green Energy This study shows which sectors could put the entire U.S. economy … Continue reading
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Investing – random advice that may be great or awful
Be sure to read Nicole Foss and Gail Tverberg to understand the deflationary situation we’re in since investing for deflation is different from inflation. You Gotta Eat Fertilizer stocks. MOS, etc. They’re the most volatile Viterra (VT:tsx) and Alliance Grain … Continue reading
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Tagged cash, energy stocks, gold, silver
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How Money is Created: 3 articles
Also see: Money as Debt (45 minute video) Can Banks Create Money out of Nothing? – Richard Werner Money Creation in the Modern Economy –Bank of England David Graeber. March 18, 2014. The Truth Is Out: Money Is Just An IOU, … Continue reading
Electric Grid Overview
[ Our energy, transportation, electric, water and other infrastructures are all heavily dependent on each other, making the U.S. one of the most vulnerable nations on earth. Although transportation is the most essential of all, especially trucks, which make the … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Grid, Electric Grid & Fast Collapse, Energy
Tagged alternative energy, blackout, cyber attack, electric grid, overview, stability
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