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- ‘The oil we eat’. Following the food chain back to iraq
- Vanishing open spaces: population growth and sprawl in America
- Admiral Rickover 1957: Energy Resources & Our Future
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Author Archives: energyskeptic
Trump eliminates birth control abroad
Preface. This article points out that unmanaged population growth tends to lead to instability, poverty, and migration to Europe and the U.S. But does not address the other overshoot factors human overpopulation are causing such as biodiversity loss, and deforestation … Continue reading
Posted in Birth Control, Feminism, Overpopulation
Tagged birth control, population, women
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In a world without people, how long would NYC last?
Preface. The best book I have read on this topic of how fast the world would recover is Alan Weisman’s “World Without Us.” But this article from Popular Science is a god summary of what to expect. And since NYC … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure & Collapse
Tagged cities, collapse, infrastructure
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Network States to replace democratic governments with billionaire Silicon Valley CEO dictators & Republicans
Introduction This is a book review of part of Gil Duran’s “Network States and the Rise of Cryptocurrency to end democratic governments.” Which is mainly about Peter Thiel, who has had the greatest effect, more even than Elon Musk, in … Continue reading
Posted in Political Books, Where are the rich going
Tagged Balaji Srinivasan, bunker, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel
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Why the kerogen in oil shale will never fill up your tank
Source: Oil Shale vs. Shale Oil: What’s the difference? USGS Preface. The basic reason oil shale was never developed was because it was not cooked enough. Turning it into oil requires so much “cooking energy” that the energy return is … Continue reading
‘The oil we eat’. Following the food chain back to iraq
Source: The Oil We Eat – How Our Food System Depends On Oil and How Fragile It Makes Our Food Security Preface. Even though this article was published in 2004, it is still true today, only worse. This article will … Continue reading
Posted in Overpopulation, Peak Food, Peak Topsoil
Tagged overpopulation, peak food, peak soil
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Vanishing open spaces: population growth and sprawl in America
Preface. Before the fossil fuel age began, up to 90% were farmers. The end of the brief blip of oil production will send us back to that time (if we aren’t so far into overshoot we go back to … Continue reading
Posted in Overpopulation, Peak Food, Soil
Tagged agriculture, peak food, population, sprawl
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Admiral Rickover 1957: Energy Resources & Our Future
Preface. I’ve shortened and reworded this prescient speech. You can see all of it at “Energy resources and our future” – remarks by Admiral Hyman Rickover delivered in 1957″ archived at http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2011/ph240/klein1/docs/rickover.pdf and resilience.org has a speech by Congressman Roscoe … Continue reading
The Green New Deal is not a solution for the real problem: Overshoot
Preface. Seibert & Rees’ paper is important and well-written, without unintelligible scientific jargon. It explains overshoot in just 13 pages, and covers the most important issues we face and real solutions. It explains why the Green New Deal is a … Continue reading
Posted in Limits To Growth, Overshoot
Tagged biocapacity, climate change, ecological limits, energy transition, overshoot, renewable energy, social justice, sustainability
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A transition from fossil fuels to renewables could take a century – if it ever happens
In 2024 and the previous 60 years, primary energy consumption was 80% or more fossil fuels. An energy transition is not happening, fossil fuel growth exceeds renewable growth, reliability requires fossil fuel electricity generating plants to remain, they are not … Continue reading
Posted in An Overview, Infrastructure & Fast Crash, Vaclav Smil
Tagged diesel engine, energy transition, vaclav smil
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