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Author Archives: energyskeptic
Why neoclassical economics is wrong about energy (and just about everything else)
The Need to Reintegrate the Natural Sciences with Economics Neoclassical economics, the dominant form of economics today, has at least 3 fundamental flaws from the perspective of the natural sciences, but it is possible to develop a different, biophysical basis … Continue reading
Posted in Charles A. S. Hall
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Wind & Solar need thousands of tons of steel, aluminum, cement, concrete, copper but produce little energy
Summary of Sergio Pacca and Darpa Horvath 2002 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Building and Operating Electric Power Plants in the Upper Colorado River Basin ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY / VOL. 36, NO. 14 pp. 3194-3200 As you can see, Wind … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Photovoltaic Solar, Wind
Tagged alternative energy, coal, natural gas, plants, solar PV, wind
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The Future of Humanity: a Lecture by Isaac Asimov
The Future of Humanity: a Lecture by Isaac Asimov Newark College of Engineering, November 8, 1974 http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/future_of_humanity.html [I’ve truncated most of this very long article] We wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in [if people weren’t stupid, illustrated with humorous … Continue reading
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How can you buy a farm when you’re competing with private equity?
Looks like it will be hard to buy a farm unless you’re wealth. But in the crisis phase you don’t want to own a large farm anyhow… Half of U.S. Farmland Being Eyed by Private Equity February 19th, 2014. By … Continue reading
Posted in Farming & Ranching, Where to Be or Not to Be
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Mass Destruction from Derivatives HuffingtonPost
The Armageddon Looting Machine: The Looming Mass Destruction From Derivatives Sep 18, 2013. Ellen Brown. Increased regulation and low interest rates are driving lending from the regulated commercial banking system into the unregulated shadow banking system. The shadow banks, although … Continue reading
Why cash is better than gold
Why people buy gold To protect against inflation That’s a good reason, but the next crash will be deflationary like the 2008 crash, when stocks, homes, oil, gold, and everything else plummeted in value. Trillions of dollars vanished overnight. The … Continue reading
Posted in Gold & Silver, Inflation or Deflation, Money, Ponzi Schemes
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Book review of Murderers in Mausoleums. Riding the back roads of empire between Moscow and Beijing
Book review of Murderers in Mausoleums. Riding the back roads of empire between Moscow and Beijing. Jeffrey Tayler. 2009. This was a very timely book to read while the crisis is unfolding now in the Ukraine. One of the reasons … Continue reading
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Bloomberg: Dream of U.S. Oil Independence Slams Against Shale Costs
Dream of U.S. Oil Independence Slams Against Shale Costs By Asjylyn Loder – Feb 26, 2014 The path toward U.S. energy independence, made possible by a boom in shale oil, will be much harder than it seems. Just a few of the roadblocks: Independent producers will spend … Continue reading
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Wall Street Journal FDIC Faces Balancing Act in Replenishing Its Coffers
FDIC Faces Balancing Act in Replenishing Its Coffers August 21, 2008. Wall Street Journal. As financial institutions continue to fail, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is under pressure to decide how to replenish the fund that insures consumer deposits. The … Continue reading
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Your Money is not Safe in an FDIC Insured Bank Account
Below are 3 articles about why the FDIC can’t actually protect your money at banks Ellen Brown. July 5, 2013 Think Your Money is Safe in an Insured Bank Account? Think Again. A trend to shift responsibility for bank losses … Continue reading
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