Category Archives: Books

This websites spends a lot of time explaining why we cannot electrify the world with wind, solar and so on. That means going back to books, kicking and screaming, but ultimately the knowledge stored on the internet is going away. So start buying paperback books for your grandchildren to read, for fun, to preserve knowledge, put on theatrical plays and enrich their lives

Hirsch predicts Oil Shocks by 2017, panic, and stock market crash

Posted on July 13, 2012 by

I believe oil shocks could lead to a FAST CRASH Robert L. Hirsch was the author of the first US government report on peak oil in 2005, which recommended taking action to mitigate Peak Oil at least 20 years before … Continue reading →

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Energy Security experts count how many angels can dance on the head of a pin

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

Sovacool, Benjamin (editor). 2011. The Routledge Handbook of Energy Security.  Routledge. I’m feeling very insecure if the discussions and conclusions in this book at all represent the latest thinking of scholars on energy security. They remind me of the recent … Continue reading →

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How and Why Corporate Interests Attack Science. A Detailed Account of the Attack on the Hockey Stick graph

Posted on October 22, 2011 by

A Book review of: Bradley, Raymond. S.  2011.  Global Warming and Political Intimidation.  How Politicians Cracked Down on Scientists as the Earth Heated up.  University of Massachusetts Press. I would read Oreskes’ “Merchants of Doubt. How a Handful of Scientists … Continue reading →

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