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Monthly Archives: June 2017
Minerals: Natural gas from Ugo Bardi’s “Extracted”
Preface. This is just a small sampling of what Bardi thinks might happen post fossil fuels, mostly shortened and reworded. Here are 7 other posts from this great book: Mining: Waste, Pollution, Destruction Ugo Bardi predictions of the future Minerals … Continue reading
Posted in EROEI Energy Returned on Energy Invested, Oil & Gas Fracked
Tagged EROEI, EROI, fracked gas, shale gas, shale oil, tight gas, tight oil
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Big Fight: 21 top scientists show why Jacobson and Delucchi’s renewable scheme is a delusional fantasy
[ Seldom have I seen such a vitriolic fight among scientists. As you’ll see below, I think all of them miss the main problems with trying to create a 100% renewable energy system, though I can only summarize and leave … Continue reading
Anyone who whines about airplanes should have to take the Oregon Trail
Source: Book cover of “Oregon Or Bust: True Short Stories from the Descendants of Oregon Trail Pioneers, Prospectors, Trappers, and Settlers in the Great Northwest Hardcover” by Gentry Ward Cutsforth (2012), XLibris. [ In addition, I recommend the Louis CK … Continue reading
Posted in Airplanes, Lithium-ion, Transportation
Tagged airplane, battery, transportation
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California hits the solar wall
[ What is a solar wall? Read part 1: California could hit the solar wall and then excerpts from the following article in the financial times, Britain’s Wall street journal. I’ve also reworded some of it. Renewables are rendering existing … Continue reading
Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) and other ways to bring down the electric grid
Preface. At some point of energy decline the electric grid will fail, and civilization will take a giant step downward (financial systems gone, knowledge stored gone, computers / phones inoperable) and so on. “Reliance on this most flexible and most … Continue reading
Plan B: How the rich are prepping for collapse
[ It’s not just individuals but nations that are seeking land to improve their security. As an example of what a house built by someone rich to last beyond the fossil fuel age is like, I have a description of … Continue reading