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Category Archives: Infrastructure
Benefits of promoting soil health in agriculture U.S. House hearing 2014
[ At last, 10 years after I first published “Peak soil: Why biofuels destroy ecosystems and civilizations“, Congress had a hearing that educated house members on why preserving topsoil is … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Biomass, Infrastructure, Pesticides, Soil, Soil, Water
Tagged agriculture, cover crop, erosion, no-till, peak soil, soil health, U.S. House of representatives
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Earthquakes in California could cost over $200 billion dollars
The figures below don’t do justice to the harm an earthquake would do. There is $1.9 trillion dollars of property at risk from earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Area, where a catastrophic earthquake on the Hayward Fault would almost … Continue reading
The EMP Commission estimates a nationwide blackout lasting one year could kill up to 9 of 10 Americans through starvation, disease, and societal collapse
[ Several times Dr. Pry recommends that “States should harden their electric grids against nuclear EMP attack because there is a clear and present danger, protecting against nuclear EMP will mitigate all lesser threats, and both the federal government in … Continue reading
Posted in Blackouts, Congressional Record U.S., Electricity, EMP Electromagnetic Pulse, Energy Policy, Extreme Weather, Infrastructure, Nuclear, Nuclear Power
Tagged cyber attack, electromagnetic pulse, EMP, nuclear, spent fuel pool, war
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U.S. Senate hearing on our aging water infrastructure
[ Even though conventional oil production has been on a plateau since 2005, there is no sense of alarm or urgency to try to fix infrastructure before oil is rationed and not enough exists to replace or repair it. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Water
Tagged congressional record, dams, energy, infrastructure, reservoirs, water
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Implications of Refinery closures for Homeland Security and Critical infrastructure safety
House 112-76. March 19, 2012. The Implications of Refinery Closures for U.S. Homeland security and Critical Infrastructure safety. House of Representatives. [Excerpts from the 54 page testimony] Our country relies on a complex and modern infrastructure system to distribute … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Oil & Gas
Tagged infrastructure, pipeline, refinery
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Why the Grid is getting less reliable. House Hearing 2013.
House 113-40. May 9, 2013. Grid reliability challenges in a shifting energy resource landscape. U.S. House of Representatives. 176 pages. Mr. Jonathan A. Lesser, President Continental Economics, Inc. [This is a really good introduction to how the grid works and … Continue reading
Posted in Grid instability, Infrastructure, Renewable Integration
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Electromagnetic pulse threat to infrastructure: U.S. House hearings 2012 & 2014
Related articles: Russian hackers suspected in attack that blacked out parts of Ukraine How the weapon works (pdf): CRASHOVERRIDE Analyzing the Threat to Electric Grid Operations The EMP Commission estimates a nationwide blackout lasting one year could kill up to … Continue reading
Posted in Congressional Record U.S., Electric Grid, EMP Electromagnetic Pulse, Energy Dependence, Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Interdependencies, War
Tagged electromagnetic pulse, EMP, end of civilizatoni, nuclear war
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Cyber Attacks an unprecedented threat to U.S. National Security
[ This post contains extracts from a 75 page House of representatives session: March 21, 2013 Cyber attacks: An unprecedented threat to U.S. National security Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation”, … Continue reading
Posted in China, Cyber, CyberAttacks, Government Reports, Infrastructure
Tagged china, cyber war, cyberattack, united states
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