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Author Archives: energyskeptic
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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China’s growing energy use and effect on U.S. jobs and prices
[ China’s huge appetite for energy creates a risk of war over the remaining oil resources. But we are unlikely to take them on directly in the South Sea because they are so much better prepared to launch a cyberattack … Continue reading
Posted in China and War, Congressional Record U.S.
Tagged china, energy, oil
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Outsmarting smart growth. Population Growth Key Reason for Sprawl
OUTSMARTING SMART GROWTH – Population Growth Key Reason for Sprawl WASHINGTON (August 26, 2003) — In recent years, many local governments, states, and non-profit groups have adopted initiatives to save rural land from sprawl. Most anti-sprawl efforts have focused on … Continue reading
Posted in Overpopulation
Tagged immigration, overpopulation
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When Life Nearly Died. The greatest mass extinction of all time
[ Benton shows why it was probably lava flows, not impact from meteors that caused the Permian extinction. I don’t know why everyone isn’t reading whatever they can find on the greatest mass murder of all time — the Permian … Continue reading
Posted in But not from climate change: Peak Fossil Fuels, Extinction Books
Tagged extinction, gas hydrate, methane hydrate, peak coal, peak natural gas, peak oil, permian
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How to improve railroad fuel efficiency
[ Below are excerpts from this 70 page report. It is hard to find documents on reducing oil consumption through energy efficiency, most papers concentrate on greenhouse gas emissions, which usually lowers energy efficiency, or how to grow roads, rail … Continue reading
Posted in Railroads
Tagged energy efficiency, engine, fuel cell, locomotive, turbine
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Microgrids not yet possible with today’s technology
Preface. This article says that renewables do increase grid fluctuations, but that power trading fluctuations were even larger, and that with current technology, microgrids are not possible yet. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the … Continue reading
Posted in Grid instability
Tagged electric grid, fluctuation, microgrid, power trading
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