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Australian Senate hearings on Peak Oil & Transportation 2006
Preface. This post has a summary of two of the nine senate hearings on Peak Oil in Australia in 2006. Someday historians may want to know which politicians knew about the energy crisis and when they knew it, probably to … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Policy & Politicians, GOVERNMENT, Transportation
Tagged Australia, biofuel, government, hydrogen, LNG, peak oil
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Australian government was Peak Oil Aware in 2006
Preface. This post is excerpts from Bakhtiari’s testimony about Peak Oil before the Australian Senate Committee in 2006. I’ve excerpted what I found of interest, so if it seems disjointed, that’s my fault. And it isn’t just the Australian Senate … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Policy & Politicians, GOVERNMENT, Other Experts
Tagged Australia, Bakhtiari, government, peak oil
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We’ve wiped out two-thirds of wildlife in just 50 years
Last updated 2022-4-28 Preface. Human over-consumption is driving extinction far more than climate change. Humans began reducing biodiversity 4 million years ago, when large carnivores in Africa began disappearing (Faurby, S., et al. 2020. Brain expansion in early hominins predicts … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Extinction, Food production, Scientists Warnings to Humanity
Tagged biodiversity, climate change, extinction
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Slavery in the Roman Empire
Preface. After fossils decline, we go back to wood as our main thermal source of energy for cooking, heating, smelting metals, ceramics, bricks, glass and other products that need the high heat of wood charcoal. Sadly, another source of energy … Continue reading
Walter Youngquist: Geodestinies dams and hydropower
Preface. I was fortunate enough to know Walter for 15 years. He became a friend and mentor, helping me learn to become a better science writer, and sending me material I might be interested in, and delightful pictures of him … Continue reading
Posted in Hydropower, Walter Youngquist
Tagged dams, hydropower, Youngquist
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Walter Youngquist: Geodestinies Coal
Preface. Before the excerpt from Geodestinies, I thought an introduction to how coal is formed would be worthwhile, especially since I still thought it was the “once-popular explanation” below (Cottier 2021 How Ancient Forests Formed Coal and Fueled Life as … Continue reading
Posted in Coal, Walter Youngquist
Tagged Geodestinies
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Book review of “Bright Green Lies”
This is a book review of “Bright Green Lies. How the Environmental Movement Lost its Way and What We can Do About It” by Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith, and Max Wilbert. This is a timely book. The Biden administration is … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Books, Mining
Tagged bright green lies, derrick jensen, Lierre Keith, Max Wilbert, mining, solar
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Youngquist: the extraordinary geodestiny of Saudi Arabia and other gulf nations
Preface. I was fortunate enough to know Walter for 15 years. He became a friend and mentor, helping me learn to become a better science writer, and sending me material I might be interested in, and delightful pictures of him … Continue reading
Posted in Oil, Walter Youngquist
Tagged Geodestinies, oil, saudi arabia, Youngquist
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Youngquist on Oil, natural gas, heavy oil, tar sands, GTL, GTO, oil shale
Preface. I was fortunate enough to know Walter for 15 years. He became a friend and mentor, helping me learn to become a better science writer, and sending me material I might be interested in, and delightful pictures of him … Continue reading
Posted in Peak Oil, Walter Youngquist
Tagged Geodestinies, LNG, natural gas, oil, oil shale, tar sands
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Table of Contents for Life After Fossil Fuels: A Reality Check on Alternative Energy
Preface. Most of what is in “Life After Fossil Fuels” is also posted here at energyskeptic (especially Peak Soil). And also in my other book “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation“. The advantage of books over … Continue reading
Posted in Life After Fossil Fuels
Tagged biofuel, biomass, electric grid, hydrogen, Life After Fossil Fuels, steam engine
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