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Category Archives: Ships and Barges
Battery powered container ships
Preface. You’d need 100,000 metric tons of batteries taking 40% of cargo space to go from Asia to Europe in 31 days on an 18,000 TEU container ship, and it is hard to imagine how or how long it would … Continue reading →
Quartermaster Meigs was essential to winning the Civil War
Preface. This is a book review of Robert O’Harrow’s 2016 book “The Quartermaster.Montgomery C. Meigs. Lincolns general, master builder of the Union army”. I can’t believe I never heard of him, but he is as much responsible for the North … Continue reading →
Posted in Railroads, Ships and Barges, War
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Tagged railroads, ships, supply chains, war
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The coming crash in 2020 from high diesel prices for cleaner emission of oceangoing ships
Preface. Ships made globalization possible, and play an essential role in our high standard of living, carrying 90% of global goods traded. But the need for a new, cleaner fuel may cause the next economic crisis. Currently ships can burn … Continue reading →
Posted in By People, Crash Coming Soon, Peak Oil, Ships and Barges
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Tagged 2020, financial crash, ocean ships, peak diesel
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How climate change will affect energy production and transportation
[ Climate change and extreme weather will harm oil and gas exploration and production, fuel transport, thermoelectric power generation (coal, natural gas, nuclear, geothermal, solar concentrated power), hydropower, biofuels, wind, solar PV, the electric grid, and increase energy demand from … Continue reading →
Posted in Blackouts, Cascading Failure, Climate Change, Electric Grid, Electric Grid, Energy Production, Hydropower, Ships and Barges, Water
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Tagged barge, drought, extreme storms, flood, heat, peak water, sea level rise, wildfire
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The Dark side of Cruise ships. Garbage. Sewage. And more.
[ I detest cruise ships which destroy the ambiance of small towns in Alaska and everywhere else they go. While cruise ships disgorged their sewage and garbage in Alaska’s Skagway harbor, passengers disgorged into shops owned by the cruise ships … Continue reading →
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Tagged cruise ships, pollution, rape, tourism
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Sex, crime, and death on the high seas. A U.S. Senate investigation of the cruise ship industry
Senate 113–642. July 24, 2013. Cruise Industry Oversight: recent incidents show need for stronger focus on consumer protection. U.S. Senate hearing. 169 pages. Since 2011, cruise lines voluntarily reported 959 alleged crimes to the FBI, and 130 crimes that must … Continue reading →
Posted in Congressional Record U.S., Ships and Barges
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Tagged cruise ships, senate hearing
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When Trucks Stop Running, So Does Civilization. Energy and the Future of Transportation.
When Trucks Stop Running. Energy and the Future of Transportation. Available at Springer, Amazon, Google Play, Barnes & Noble, Alibris Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation”, 2015, Springer and “Crunch! Whole … Continue reading →
Posted in Electric Grid, Electric trucks impossible, Electrification, Energy, Oil Shocks, Railroads, Ships and Barges, Transportation, Transportation, Trucks, When Trucks Stop Running
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Tagged battery, electric car, electric grid, electric truck, government policy, peak oil, politics, rail, renewable energy, ship, transportation, truck
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NRC study on transporting ocean containers inland
[I was interested in this research because if trucks can’t be electrified, civilization ends (see “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the future of Civilization” (Springer 2015)). This paper doesn’t have a solution to getting containers from ports to inland … Continue reading →
Posted in Ships and Barges, Trucks
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Tagged battery, fixed-guideway, linear induction motor, linear synchronous motor, maglev, truck
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Congressional hearings on why the Inland water way system is falling apart
[There are extracts from 2 hearings below. Alice Friedemann. www.energyskeptic.com] U.S. SENATE. Jan 31, 2013. Harbor maintenance trust fund & the need to invest in the nation’s ports. S. HRG. 113-578. Hearing before the Committee on Environment & public works. … Continue reading →
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Barges are more energy efficient than rail and truck
[After reading two congressional hearings, one in 2008, and another in 2013, about how the inland waterway system was falling apart, and had been for 30 years, I was curious to know why such an important asset would be … Continue reading →