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- Wood, the fuel of preindustrial societies, is half of EU renewable energy
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- 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”
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Category Archives: Investment
IEA 2018 World Energy Outlook: Peak oil is here, oil crunch by 2023
Preface. Excerpts from the cleantechnica article below make it clear why there is likely to be a supply crunch as soon as the early 2020s, and the investment implications. Here’s what I’ve gleaned from other summaries of the report. Although … Continue reading
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Tagged decline rate, IEA 2018, oil discoveries, peak oil
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Steven Kopits – peak 2014-2016
29 April 2013. ASPO-USA Peak Oil Review. Commentary: Interview with Steven Kopits by Steve Andrews My summary/edited down version (the full version is below): Oil companies are cancelling projects because their costs are going up, yet the price of oil … Continue reading
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Bakken Shale and U.S. Oil Production
Roger Blanchard. 26 Dec 2011. ASPO-USA peak oil newsletter On Sept. 25, 2011 National Public Radio’s All Things Considered program had a segment consisting of what I considered highly questionable information concerning oil production in the Bakken Shale region of … Continue reading
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