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- Admiral Rickover 1957: Energy Resources & Our Future
- The Green New Deal is not a solution for the real problem: Overshoot
- A transition from fossil fuels to renewables could take a century – if it ever happens
- Electrifying freight trains in the U.S. is a bad idea
- Why Nuclear Power can’t replace fossil fuels
- Energy, Water, & Climate Change are interdependent
- Why fusion power is Forever Away
- Climate Change dominates news coverage at expense of other existential planetary boundaries
- Excerpt from “The Geopolitics of Resource Wars”
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- Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future
- Motherboards: too complicated to make after oil
- “More and More and More” one of the best books on energy ever written
Author Archives: energyskeptic
Termites, air pollution, and ozone depletion
Excerpts from the book below. Ozone depletion is also one of the 9 boundaries we must not cross. Klein, Hilary Dole, and Adrian M. Wenner 2001. Tiny Game Hunting: Environmentally Healthy Ways to Trap and Kill the Pests in Your … Continue reading
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Air Pollution effects on conifers in California
Below is an excerpt on how air pollution in California affects nearby forests from the book: Johnston, Verna R. 1994. California Forests and Woodlands: A Natural History. University of California Press. It was in the Mixed Conifer Forests of the … Continue reading
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Tagged air pollution, conifers, kings canyon national park, nitrogen oxides, ozone, ozone mottle, ponderosa pine, sequoia national park, yosemite
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Air Pollution in “Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution”
The fight against industrial chemicals is far from won. Chemical lobbyists spend tens of millions of dollars convincing legislators to not pass legislation that would protect you. For example, check out the Green Policy Institute at the University of California, … Continue reading
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Air pollution from wood stoves kills 2 million, affects health of 3 billion
13 Oct 2011. Inefficient Developing World Stoves Contribute to 2 Million Deaths a Year. ScienceDaily.com Smoke emitting stoves cause so much indoor air pollution that at least 2 million people die every year from them, and affects the health of … Continue reading
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Natural Gas pros and cons
Natural gas is the ideal electricity generating source: No sulfur or mercury like coal No particulates like diesel fuels Isn’t radioactive like uranium It’s always “on” unlike intermittent sources such as wind and solar Natural gas power plants are essential … Continue reading
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Flow Rate Posts
Interview of Richard G. Miller by Steve Andrews in Peak Oil Review. Feb 2014. Q: You refer to the widely used phrase—“it’s not so much the size of the tank as it is the size of the tap.” Care to comment … Continue reading
Depletion Rate Articles and Posts
Articles 2005. Matt Simmons. THE WORLD’S GIANT OILFIELDS How Many Exist? How Much Do They Produce? How Fast Are They Declining? Posts July 13, 2005. “Powerswitch” Clive Smith What seems to be happening…is that our new oil extraction technology, … Continue reading
Coal: why it can’t easily substitute for oil
In a major 2009, 737 page landmark study of our energy predicament, the National Academy of Sciences proposes that the only possible near-term solution to a substitute transportation fuel to replace gasoline is liquified coal. Liquified coal is the only … Continue reading
Oil
Since oil is so fabulous, why not just drill for more? Economists don’t believe that there is a finite amount of anything, all you have to do is drill a hole, pour money into it, and Voila! – black crude … Continue reading
Biofuels can be explosive
Oil and natural gas can be cheaply distributed by pipeline, but ethanol must move by very expensive truck or train. 6 Feb 2011. Ohio train derailment prompts evacuations. CNN. 7 Oct 2011. Freight Train Derailment in Illinois Prompts Evacuations. Associated … Continue reading
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