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Category Archives: Energy
Renewable subsidies in Spain, Germany, Italy, and the UK
HRG. 113-623. 2014-7-22. U.S. Security implications of international energy and climate policies and issues. U.S. Senate 113th congress MARY HUTZLER, Distinguished senior fellow, Institute for Energy Research, Berlin, MD RENEWABLE SUBSIDIES IN EUROPE Spain (Also see Spain’s Photovoltaic Revolution) In … Continue reading
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Drinking the Kool-Aid. The U.S. Senate believes we are energy independent.
Preface. Some of the interesting parts of this session are $95 billion dollars of new manufacturing, transport, & utilities that are growing to take advantage of the cheap NG here, which will exponentially increase the use of energy. Even if … Continue reading
Posted in Congressional Record U.S., Natural Gas
Tagged energy independence, fracking, natural gas, NRDC, Wilderness Society
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Implications of declining EROI on oil production 2013 by David J. Murphy
[ To “see” declining EROI and the end of cheap energy, check out these photos of The Tallest structure ever moved by Mankind, a Norwegian natural gas offshore platform ] Murphy, David J. December 2, 2013. The implications of the … Continue reading
The electric grid, critical interdependencies, vulnerabilities: U.S. House hearing 2003
Preface. Of course, this website explains why the grid can’t stay up without fossil fuels, so by 2050 the grid will only be up in a few places, perhaps China, the Middle East, and Russia if war hasn’t brought on … Continue reading
Posted in Blackouts, Cascading Failure, Congressional Record U.S., CyberAttacks, Interdependencies
Tagged blackout, electric grid, electromagnetic pulse, EMP, interdependency, terrorism
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Biofuel distribution wastes valuable diesel fuel
Biofuels can’t use the existing refined petroleum distribution pipeline system, by far the cheapest way to move fuel — 17.5 times cheaper than truck, 5 times less than rail, 2.25 times less than barge, on average (Curley), so delivery of … Continue reading
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Tagged biofuel, distribution, pipeline
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Oil Infrastructure – pipelines, refineries, terminals
Sider, A. and Friedman, N. November 2, 2016. More than half of U.S. Pipelines are at least 46 years old. Building new systems has become harder amid opposition from landowners and environmental groups. Wall Street Journal. More than 60% of … Continue reading
Posted in Oil, Oil & Gas, Pipeline
Tagged crude oil, miles of pipeline, pipeline, refined product, service station
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The difference between depletion and decline rate in oil fields
Notes from 26 page: Höök, M., Davidsson, S., Johansson, S., Tang, X. 2014. Decline and depletion rates of oil production: a comprehensive investigation. Philosophical Transactions. Series A: Mathematical, physical, and engineering science, 372 Depletion rate is the rate that the … Continue reading
Energy generation water consumption
[ Notice how much water biofuels use, especially soybeans for biodiesel Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation”, 2015, Springer] Notes from “Working Document of the NPC Future Transportation Fuels Study. Topic … Continue reading
Posted in Biofuels, Energy Production
Tagged biodiesel, biofuels, consumption, corn stover, E85, energy, water, water use
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Coal-to-liquids (CTL) can not compensate for declining oil & natural gas production
Notes from 23 page: Höök, M. & Aleklett, K. 2010. A review on coal-to-liquid fuels & its coal consumption. International journal of energy research Vol. 34 10:848-864 Annual decline in existing crude oil production is around 4-8%, equivalent to an … Continue reading
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Critique of LCA & EROI Wind research
[This paper criticizes LCA and EROI wind studies] Notes from 22 page: Davidsson, S., Höök, M., Wall, G. 2012. A review of life cycle assessments on wind energy systems. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. … Continue reading
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