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Category Archives: U.S. Congress Energy Policy
Once upon a time Congress knew an energy crisis was coming
Extracts from the 2005 Senate hearing “High Costs of Crude” [ In Mason Inman’s outstanding biography of M. King Hubbert, “The Oracle of Oil”, he shows five different models Hubbert used to predict the continental peak of U.S. production that … Continue reading
Posted in U.S. Congress Energy Dependence, U.S. Congress Energy Policy
Tagged crisis, dependence, energy policy, oil, senate
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The Hidden Costs of Oil. U.S. Senate hearing 2006.
[ This post has excerpts from the 2006 U.S. Senate hearing “The Hidden Cost of Oil”. It is a timely reminder, now that gasoline prices are low and peak oil off the radar, that we are nowhere near the American … Continue reading
Posted in Caused by Scarce Resources, Military, Peak Oil, U.S. Congress Energy Dependence, U.S. Congress Energy Policy
Tagged energy policy, oil dependence, peak oil, war
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Methane hydrates are still decades away. U.S. House hearing 2009.
[ The U.S. Department of Energy says: “At today’s gas prices, there are no economically recoverable deposits…and the commercialization of methane hydrates is likely to be several decades away….Although the size of the global methane hydrate resource is estimated to … Continue reading
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Tagged gas hydrate, methane hydrates
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Achieving U.S. energy independence with our “neighbors” oil
[ The main U.S. interest becoming more energy independent by getting oil from our “neighbors” Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and Canada, while at the same time minimizing growing Chinese and Russian attempts to get their oil and other natural resources. … Continue reading
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Tagged energy independence, energy security, oil
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Schlesinger predicts investments in 2006 will cause oil glut and denial of peak oil in future
Energy Security and Oil Dependence. Two Senate hearings from 2006. In these two 2006 hearings (excerpts below), there is a constant refrain of our dependence on oil, yet now, many congressional hearings are about our energy independence. Apparently congress has … Continue reading
Posted in Peak Oil, U.S. Congress Energy Dependence, U.S. Congress Energy Policy
Tagged biden, biofuels, copulos, dependence, energy, energy policy, ethanol, grumet, khosla, oil, peak oil, schlesinger, woolsey
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Why aren’t net energy and Energy Returned on Invested the basis of U.S. energy policy?
[ David Murphy doesn’t answer this question, but does give the history of EROI and more importantly, what this means for oil production and society. If we are going to spend money on fossil alternatives, wouldn’t it make sense to … Continue reading
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Tagged energy policy, EROEI, EROI, net energy
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House hearing 2014: Should the U.S. export oil and natural gas?
[Of course selling off our gas and oil is a crazy stupid idea as this excellent article Shale Euphoria: The Boom and Bust of Sub Prime Oil and Natural Gas explains. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com ] House 113–131. April 2, 2014. The … Continue reading
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Tagged energy independence, energy policy
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USA rail policy: goals, objectives, and responsibilities. House hearing 2013
House 113-28. June 27, 2013. National rail policy: Examining goals, objectives, and responsibilities. House of Representatives. [ Excerpts of the 211 page transcript of the hearing follow ] Edward R. Hamberger, President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of American Railroads … Continue reading
Posted in Railroads, U.S. Congress Energy Policy, U.S. Congress Transportation
Tagged freight, house hearing, passenger, rail
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U.S. Senate 2006 hearing on energy independence
[This is one of the most important hearings on U.S. Energy Policy I’ve read so far. The title should have been Energy Dependence though. Senator Lieberman has many important points to make, too long to excerpt in this introduction, and … Continue reading
Posted in Limits To Growth, U.S. Congress Energy Dependence, U.S. Congress Energy Policy
Tagged energy dependence, LNG, oil, peak oil, terrorism, war
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Geopolitics of Oil. United States Senate Hearing 110-6
Senate 110-6. January 10, 2007. Geopolitics of Oil. United States Senate Hearing. 90 pages. Excerpts: Senator Jeff Bingaman (New Mexico). The idea of this hearing is to try to look at the big picture, to begin the year with an … Continue reading
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Tagged cafe standards, energy crisis, peak oil, senate, transportation
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