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Yearly Archives: 2017
Why is nearly all solar power built where subsidies are the highest?
If solar net energy return is as high as some solar advocates claim, why does solar need any subsidies? And not just U.S. subsidies, it’s subsidies on top of subsidies when you add in that we’re buying Chinese government subsidized … Continue reading
House hearing on Venezuela’s collapse March 2017
“The economy of Venezuela is largely based on the petroleum sector and manufacturing. Revenue from petroleum exports accounts for more than 50% of the country’s GDP and roughly 95% of total exports” (wiki). Preface. Venezuela supposedly has 18.2% of the … Continue reading
Posted in Mass migrations, U.S. Congress Energy Dependence, Venezuela
Tagged collapse, house hearing, refugees, Venezuela
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What would happen if trucks stopped running?
Preface. In “Why You Should Love Trucks” I showed that essential supply chains depend on trucks nearly completely. Because of little inventory and dependence on just-in-time deliveries, our civilization would almost immediately feel the repercussions of trucks stopping. In fact, … Continue reading
Posted in Cascading Failure, Dependence on Oil, Electric & Hydrogen trucks impossible, Infrastructure & Fast Crash, Oil Shocks, Transportation Infrastructure, Transportation Supply chain, Trucks, When Trucks Stop Running
Tagged civilization, electric trucks, life without lorries, trucks, trucks stop running
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How long will the marriage of fracked oil and tar sands last?
[ Below is a post by Art Berman which I found interesting because I’m concerned about whether enough diesel can be made in the future to keep trucks running. Light tight “fracked” oil is better at making plastics and gasoline … Continue reading
Posted in Oil & Gas Fracked, Tar Sands (Oil Sands)
Tagged fracked oil, light tight oil, oil sands, tar sands
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Underground pumped hydro storage is the only technology capable of massive storage for renewable electricity
[ Picard concludes that “None of the candidate technologies for massive-scale renewable and sustainable generation of ‘‘green’’ electricity deliver it in a form suitable for high-efficiency storage. None of the prospectively-massive storage modes for transformed electricity is at present well … Continue reading
Nate Hagens “Peak Oil” – Why Smart Folks Disagree – Part II
[ There’s a great deal of interest in the Hill’s Group report, but Nate Hagens came up with similar results back in 2007 and he explains his ideas far more eloquently. Although much production of U.S. oil and gas may … Continue reading
Kurt Cobb: Peak oil production has been hidden by the EIA by including condensate and other non-transportation fuels
[ The Energy Information Administration has done what they can to hide peak oil production by adding in everything but the kitchen sink to overall oil production numbers, such as ethanol and natural gas liquids, which are not true transportation … Continue reading
Posted in How Much Left, Kurt Cobb, Peak Oil
Tagged API, how much oil left, kurt cobb, lease condensate, peak oil
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House hearing: no solutions for North Korea in sight
[ This is a summary of the March 2017 house hearing titled “Pressuring North Korea–evaluating options”. First are some of the reasons why nothing is going to change –in my own wording–followed by congressional testimony. Then Chairman Yoho gives a … Continue reading
Posted in North Korea, Oil shock collapse, U.S. Congress Energy Policy
Tagged collapse, North Korea
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Pentagon video warns of unavoidable dystopian future for world’s biggest cities
Preface. A few excerpts: Megacities are, by definition, urban areas with a population of 10 million or more, and they have been a recent source of worry and research for the U.S. military. A 2014 Army report, titled “Megacities and … Continue reading