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Author Archives: energyskeptic
21 scientists explain why Jacobson’s renewable schemes are a delusional fantasy
Preface. Seldom have I seen such a vitriolic fight among scientists. Though I think Clack and the other 20 scientists (2017) miss the main problems with trying to create a 100% renewable energy system(Friedemann 2015c). Many authors have been writing … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy
Tagged 100 percent renewables, Delucchi, Jacobson, PNAS criticism
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Anyone who whines about airplanes should have to take the Oregon Trail
Source: Book cover of “Oregon Or Bust: True Short Stories from the Descendants of Oregon Trail Pioneers, Prospectors, Trappers, and Settlers in the Great Northwest Hardcover” by Gentry Ward Cutsforth (2012), XLibris. Preface. Also listen to the Louis CK rant … Continue reading
Posted in Airplanes, Lithium-ion, Transportation What To Do
Tagged airplane, battery, oregon trail, transportation
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California hits the solar wall
[ What is a solar wall? Read part 1: California could hit the solar wall and then excerpts from the following article in the financial times, Britain’s Wall street journal. I’ve also reworded some of it. Renewables are rendering existing … Continue reading
Electromagnetic Pulse weapons & cyberattacks can bring down the electric grid
Preface. At some point of energy decline the electric grid will fail, and civilization will take a giant step downward (financial systems gone, knowledge stored gone, computers / phones inoperable) and so on. Vaclav Smil (2015) in his book Energy … Continue reading
Plan B: How the rich are prepping for collapse
[ It’s not just individuals but nations that are seeking land to improve their security. As an example of what a house built by someone rich to last beyond the fossil fuel age is like, I have a description of … Continue reading
America’s energy future. U.S. House hearing 2011
[ It’s always good to look back in time to when our representatives were worried about our dependency on oil. Apparently they were desperate, since the proposed H.R. 909 bill included Coal-To-Liquids (CTL), much of it for the military. I … Continue reading
Posted in Coal to Liquids (CTL), U.S. Congress Energy Dependence
Tagged coal-to-liquids, CTL
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Why Civilizations Fail by William Ophuls
[ These are my notes from the book, not a proper book review, and since the notes are disjointed, you’d be wise to buy the book– it’s excellent! Plus then it’s on your shelf for future generations to understand what … Continue reading