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Monthly Archives: November 2016
Book review of “Spiral: Trapped in the forever war”
[ I understand why anyone who might be believed about the energy crisis keeps their mouth shut about peak oil, it would be like shouting “fire” in a crowded theater and could bring down stock markets world-wide. Why? Because there … Continue reading
Posted in Caused by Scarce Resources, Social Disorder, Terrorism, War
Tagged mark danner, oil, torture, war
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2006 Senate hearing on oil and gas, geothermal, and hydrogen fuel cells
Senate 109-503. June 27, July 11, July 17, 2006. Implementation of the provisions of the energy policy act of 2005. Enhancing oil and gas production; geothermal energy and other renewables; and hydrogen and fuel cell research and development. U.S. Senate … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Policy, Geothermal
Tagged energy policy, geothermal
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U.S. House looks at how to improve the nation’s highway freight network
[ Like all books and articles I read on transportation for my book, this session assumes endless growth and worries about future congestion, which will not be a problem on the other side of peak oil, which is coming soon. … Continue reading
Posted in Transportation, Trucks
Tagged freight, transportation, trucks
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Water as a geopolitical threat. U.S. House of Representatives 2014
[ Water scarcity is causing unrest and could led to war in Asia and the Middle East. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation”, 2015, Springer and “Crunch! Whole Grain Artisan Chips … Continue reading
Posted in Caused by Scarce Resources, Congressional Record U.S., Water, Water
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Largest Mass Extinction caused by Mega-Eruptions in Siberia
Kerr, R.A. December 20, 2013. Mega-Eruptions Drove the Mother of Mass Extinctions. Science Vol. 342:1424 [Excerpts] After 20 years of trying, researchers have finally convicted massive volcanic eruptions in Siberia as the culprit in the greatest of all mass extinctions, … Continue reading
How burning biomass made us human
[ This is a book review of Wrangham’s “Catching Fire: How cooking made us human”. Fire enabled us to have larger brains from the increased calories in cooked food, held carnivores at bay, killed bacteria, and gave us many other … Continue reading
North American freshwater mussels are going extinct
Stokstad, E. 2012. Nearly Buried, Mussels Get a Helping Hand. Science Vol. 338, Issue 6109, pp. 876-878 [excerpts] Freshwater mussels are in trouble. They are the most endangered group of organisms in the United States, with most of their river … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity Loss
Tagged freshwater, mussels
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Corruption and economic instability in the news
[ I can’t keep up with the flood of news about corruption, fraud and economic instability, so below are just a few of the stories I’ve run across. I’m including “money” as part of a “Fast Crash” collapse because financial … Continue reading
Posted in ! About Corruption, Decline, Other Experts
Tagged bubble, corruption, debt, financial crash, index
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Millions of Americans have tropical diseases they’re unaware of
MacKenzie, D. December 14, 2013. America’s hidden epidemic. NewScientist. Increasing climate change and poverty are likely to increase the numbers of people with these diseases. An estimated 330,000 US citizens, and possibly as many as a million, carry the parasite … Continue reading
Germany’s “Energiewende” may need to be rescued with nonrenewable coal power
[ Below is my summary of The Energiewende is Running Up Against Its Limits (October 24, 2016) by Jeffrey Michel at the Energy Collective. Wealthy, well-educated Germany has tried harder and longer than most nations to make a transition to renewables. … Continue reading
Posted in National Super Grid, Renewable Integration
Tagged coal, electric grid, Energiewende, germany, transmission
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