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Who Lives, Who dies in a never-ending energy crisis. Book review of Nothing to Envy. Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Who lives, Who Dies in a Never-Ending Energy Crisis a book review by Alice Friedemann of: Barbara Demick. 2010. “Nothing to Envy. Ordinary lives in North Korea”. North Korea and Cuba were the first countries to lose oil, the lifeblood … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, North Korea
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Catton’s “Bottleneck: Humanity’s Impending Impasse”
Book Review of Bottleneck: Humanity’s Impending Impasse, by William R. Catton, Jr. Reviewed by George Mobus Below are some excerpts (some paraphrased) from from this review: In Catton’s book, Bottleneck: Humanity’s Impending Impasse, Catton doesn’t mince words: we can’t evade … Continue reading
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Energy in Food System. March 2010. USDA
Energy Use in the U.S. Food System 2010. P. Canning et al. USDA. Economic Research Report Number 94 Another great review of this article is Beyond Food Miles by Michael Bomford, a research scientist and extension specialist at Kentucky State … Continue reading
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Matt Simmons “Twilight in the Desert” Saudi Arabia oil: how much left?
Once Ghawar and other large fields peak in Saudi Arabia, oil shocks will reverberate throughout the world [Below this article is an interview between Matt Simmons and Jim Puplava] Peter Maass The Breaking Point. August 21, 2005 The New York … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Flow Rate, How Much Left, Oil Shocks, Reserves Lower than stated
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Muscle Power
Steven Vogel Prime Mover: A Natural History of Muscle W. W. Norton Reviewed in June 2004. Natural History Magazine Today we have machines for making people move in place: run, walk uphill, push pedals back and forth or up and … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Muscle Power, What to do
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Book review of “Prime Movers of Globalization: the History & Impact of Diesel Engines & Gas Turbines”
Alice Friedemann’s book review of: Vaclav Smil. 2010. Prime Movers of Globalization. The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines. Smil makes the case that civilization is based on the billions of engines that make global trade, power … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Peak Oil, Railroads, Roads, Transportation, Where to Be
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Review of “The Bet: Paul Erlich, Julian Simon, and our Gamble over Earth’s Future”
Alice Friedemann book review of “The Bet: Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth’s Future” by Paul Sabin Kind of scary that Bill Gates recommends this book. But then again, to get really good at something, you don’t … Continue reading
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Book Review of “Wheel of Fortune. The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia”
Alice Friedemann’s review of “Wheel of Fortune. The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia”, by Thane Gustafson. 2012. Update July 2013: Former Soviet Union peak oil and gas has excellent graphs of Russian oil and gas production and where … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, Books, Energy, How Much Left
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Book review of “Too Hot to Touch: The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste”
A book review by Alice Friedemann of: Too Hot to Touch: The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste by William M. Alley & Rosemarie Alley. 2013. Cambridge University Press. Introduction to Nuclear Waste Disposal After Yucca Mountain was thrown out as … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, Nuclear, Nuclear Power
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Déjà vu – Lessons learned from the “Peak Oil” crises of 1973 & 1979
A book review by Alice Friedemann of: Howard Bucknell III. 1981. Energy and the National Defense. University of Kentucky Press. About the author: Bucknell was once the director of the energy and national security project at Ohio State University. At … Continue reading