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Category Archives: GOVERNMENT
Summary of German Armed Forces Peak Oil Study
[This is a summary I first published in 2011. It’s important, so I’ve re-posted it today. According to Der Spiegel this study was leaked and not meant for publication. The document concludes that the public must be made aware of … Continue reading
The effects of Middle East events on U.S. Energy markets
[ Of note from this U.S. House 2011 hearing: John Hofmeister, former President of Shell Oil. Matt Simmons, who passed away this past summer, used to speak of the Straits of Hormuz as, we live one day away from an … Continue reading
Posted in Chokepoints, Energy Policy, Threats to oil supply
Tagged oil chokepoint
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America’s energy future. U.S. House hearing 2011
[ It’s always good to look back in time to when our representatives were worried about our dependency on oil. Apparently they were desperate, since the proposed H.R. 909 bill included Coal-To-Liquids (CTL), much of it for the military. I … Continue reading
Posted in Coal to Liquids (CTL), Energy Dependence
Tagged coal-to-liquids, CTL
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Federal government subsidies, tax breaks, costs of renewable and fossil energy production GAO 2014
[ I’m far more interested in the energy returned on invested than money since that’s what really matters. So I often stopped taking notes, and didn’t organize them. But the tables and figures give you an idea of subsidies and … Continue reading
Posted in GAO Government Accountability Office, Subsidies
Tagged renewable energy, subsidy, tax
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Interdependencies of Energy Infrastructure, Water, and Climate Change GAO 2014
[ This report shows the interdependencies of Climate Change and the nation’s energy infrastructure, which is especially vulnerable because it’s so old and falling apart already. Another GAO report discusses the energy-water nexus. Interdependent systems are more vulnerable – climate … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Energy Production, GAO Government Accountability Office, Interdependencies
Tagged climate change, energy, infrastructure, interdependency
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U.S. GAO on mutually dependent water and energy
[ This post contains excerpts from a Government Accountability Office on the interdependency of water and energy. Mutual dependencies make the essential systems that keep us alive more fragile, since disruption in one can cause shortages or failures in related … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Production, GAO Government Accountability Office, Interdependencies
Tagged biofuel, climate change, oil, water
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Why can’t we have a global government?
MacKenzie, D. September 6, 2014. Imagine there’s no countries…it isn’t hard to do, sang John Lennon. Actually it is. Is there an alternative? NewScientist. Nation states cause some of our biggest problems, from civil war to climate inaction. Try, for … Continue reading
Posted in GOVERNMENT
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Should America Export Oil? Senate hearings 2014-2015
[ There are excerpts from two senate hearings on exporting crude oil below. Much of the testimony is either from industries that will make money off of exports, or industries that will lose money because they use (cheap) oil as … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Independence
Tagged congressional record, energy independence, export oil
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How are energy storage batteries coming along? U.S. House hearing 2015
[ My favorite quotes from this U.S. House of Representatives session: THOMAS MASSIE, KENTUCKY. I want to say this has been a very enlightening hearing, and it confirms my personal experience, which is batteries are not sexy. Buckets of acid … Continue reading
Posted in Batteries, Energy Policy, Energy Storage
Tagged battery, energy storage
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Energy as a weapon: Implications for U.S. policy U.S. House hearing 2006
[ My favorite quotes from this session: Mr. Lynch: E.F. Schumacher said in 1964: “There is no substitute for energy: the whole edifice of modern life is built upon it. Although energy can be bought and sold like any other … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Dependence
Tagged cafe standards, energy dependence, oil
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