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- The staggering cost of Net Zero in Britain
- Why the R/P Reserves to Production ratio does not show when oil will run out
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- Book Review of Grain Brain: Extraordinary claim not backed up by evidence
- Why did everyone stop talking about Population & Immigration?
- What would happen if trucks stopped running?
- How to survive a nuclear winter
- The insect apocalypse will kill billions more people than climate change
- The war on drugs. A book review of “Chasing the scream”
- Peak crude oil did not happen in 2018. But we are running out of time
- Sheriffs have too much power
- Book review “They poisoned the world: Life & death in the age of Forever Chemicals”
- John Howe on one child per woman: still too high to stay under limits to growth curves
- Ted Trainer: The radical implications of a zero growth economy
Author Archives: energyskeptic
Ward-Perkins “The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization”
[ This is a book review of Ward-Perkins “The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization“. What sparked my interest in reading several books on the decline of Rome was when James Howard Kunstler (KunstlerCast 278) interviewed me about … Continue reading
Posted in Collapse of Civilizations, Roman Empire, Supply Chains
Tagged civilization, collapse, decline and fall, roman empire
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EROI of Canadian Natural Gas. A peak was reached despite enormous investment
[ Although I’ve extracted much of this paper, it is not complete—there are missing equations, figures, tables, and text– so see the paper for details (it is available online). I’ve rearranged the order of the paper. The conclusion is just … Continue reading
Posted in EROEI Energy Returned on Energy Invested, Natural Gas, Peak Natural Gas
Tagged EROI, natural gas
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Drinking water and sewage treatment use a lot of energy
[ Water treatment (drinking and sewage) use tremendous amounts of energy. Some of the statistics from this document “Water & Wastewater Utility energy research roadmap” below are: In 2008 municipal wastewater treatment systems (WWTP) in the United States used approximately … Continue reading
Posted in Sewage treatment, Water Infrastructure
Tagged desalination, energy, utility, wastewater, water
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Nicole Foss: Negative interest rates and the war on cash
Nicole Foss, September 4-8, 2016, theautomaticearth.com Part 1 is here: Negative Interest Rates and the War on Cash (1) Part 2 is here: Negative Interest Rates and the War on Cash (2) Part 3 is here: Negative Interest Rates and … Continue reading
The effect of high energy prices on small business
Preface. This hearing is about how the unaffordable prices of energy are affecting ordinary people. Chairman Tipton at one point says that “I do not think that Americans truly realize the significant amount of energy that is necessary to be … Continue reading
Posted in Congressional Record U.S.
Tagged agriculture, energy, food
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Electric Cars and Biofuels switch dependence from foreign oil to domestic water and weather risks
Figure 1. Energy/Water Nexus Amy Hardberger, Matthew E. Mantell, Michael Webber, Carey W. King, Karl Fennessey [ This Senate hearing covers a lot of ground. I found the most interesting testimony to be the intersection of water and energy, … Continue reading
Posted in Drought, Energy Production, Hydropower, Transportation, Water Infrastructure
Tagged hydropower, peak oil, peak water, water dependence
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Current energy security challenges 2009 U.S. Senate hearing
[ Here are a few quotes from this 2009 Senate hearing on “Current energy security challenges”: Eric Schwartz, member, Energy Security Leadership Council: “Air transport, long-haul freight shipping, and heavy-duty trucks are not likely to be candidates for electrification…. Despite … Continue reading
Posted in U.S. Congress Energy Dependence, U.S. Congress Energy Policy
Tagged dependence on oil, energy crisis
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How Much Oil is Left?
The Power of Exponential Growth: Every 10 years we have burned more oil than all previous decades Preface. There is a lot of oil left. The problem is, most of the remaining oil is unconventional, which needs a lot more … Continue reading
Posted in How Much Left, Oil, Peak Oil
Tagged conventional, fracked oil, how much oil left, oil, peak oil, Russia, tar sands, tight oil, unconventional
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U.S. House meeting on terrorist threats to energy security
[ Even though this hearing was over a decade ago, the issues are still the same. Nothing has changed. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation, 2015, Springer] House 109-70. July 27, … Continue reading
Posted in Caused by Scarce Resources, Chokepoints, Middle East, Oil Shocks, Transportation
Tagged oil dependence, oil shock, Ras Tanura, saudi arabia, SPR, strategic petroleum reserve, terrorism
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The dangers and costs of importing Liquefied natural gas (LNG). U.S. Senate Hearing 2005.
[ Before fracked (tight) natural gas came along, natural gas prices spiked sky-high and the U.S. Congress began looking at how new LNG import terminal construction could be expedited, … Continue reading
Posted in LNG Liquified Natural Gas, U.S. Congress Energy Policy
Tagged import, LNG, natural gas
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