Category Archives: Walter Youngquist

“Geodestinies: The Inevitable Control of Earth Resources over Nations and Individuals (1997) is one of the best overview of energy and natural resources ever written. These posts have sections of this books unpublished 2nd edition. Walter died in 2018 at 96 before he could finish it.

Walter Youngquist: Geodestinies dams and hydropower

Posted on April 8, 2021 by

Preface. I was fortunate enough to know Walter for 15 years. He became a friend and mentor, helping me learn to become a better science writer, and sending me material I might be interested in, and delightful pictures of him … Continue reading →

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Walter Youngquist: Geodestinies Coal

Posted on April 5, 2021 by

Preface. Before the excerpt from Geodestinies, I thought an introduction to how coal is formed would be worthwhile, especially since I still thought it was the “once-popular explanation” below (Cottier 2021 How Ancient Forests Formed Coal and Fueled Life as … Continue reading →

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Youngquist: the extraordinary geodestiny of Saudi Arabia and other gulf nations

Posted on April 2, 2021 by

Preface. I was fortunate enough to know Walter for 15 years. He became a friend and mentor, helping me learn to become a better science writer, and sending me material I might be interested in, and delightful pictures of him … Continue reading →

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Youngquist on Oil, natural gas, heavy oil, tar sands, GTL, GTO, oil shale

Posted on March 29, 2021 by

Preface. I was fortunate enough to know Walter for 15 years. He became a friend and mentor, helping me learn to become a better science writer, and sending me material I might be interested in, and delightful pictures of him … Continue reading →

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Walter Youngquist: Geodestinies Exponential growth

Posted on March 26, 2021 by

Preface. I was fortunate enough to know Walter for 15 years. He became a friend and mentor, helping me learn to become a better science writer, and sending me material I might be interested in, and delightful pictures of him … Continue reading →

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Walter Youngquist: Geodestinies Minerals

Posted on March 23, 2021 by

Preface. I was fortunate enough to know Walter for 15 years. He became a friend and mentor, helping me learn to become a better science writer, and sending me material I might be interested in, and delightful pictures of him … Continue reading →

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Walter Youngquist: Geodestinies Metals

Posted on March 20, 2021 by

Preface. I was fortunate enough to know Walter for 15 years. He became a friend and mentor, helping me learn to become a better science writer, and sending me material I might be interested in, and delightful pictures of him … Continue reading →

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Youngquist: Geodestinies Population

Posted on March 18, 2021 by

Preface. Youngquist emphasized overpopulation in everything he wrote, since this is the root of all our problems — pollution, climate change, soil erosion, fresh water depletion, extinction, biodiversity loss — can you think of a single problem that wouldn’t be … Continue reading →

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Walter Youngquist: Geodestinies

Posted on March 14, 2021 by

Preface. I was fortunate enough to know Walter for 15 years. He became a friend and mentor, helping me learn to become a better science writer, and sending me material I might be interested in, and delightful pictures of him … Continue reading →

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