Category Archives: Experts

experts in energy, ecology, collapse, carrying capacity, biophysical and neoclassical economics, etc.

Drinking the Kool-Aid. The U.S. Senate believes we are energy independent.

Posted on June 23, 2015 by

[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 we … Continue reading →

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Implications of declining EROI on oil production 2013 by David J. Murphy

Posted on June 20, 2015 by

[ 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 →

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The electric grid, critical interdependencies, vulnerabilities: U.S. House hearing 2003

Posted on June 20, 2015 by

[ Related articles: Russian hackers suspected in attack that blacked out parts of Ukraine How the weapon works (pdf): CRASHOVERRIDE Analyzing the Threat to Electric Grid Operations The EMP Commission estimates a nationwide blackout lasting one year could kill up … Continue reading →

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Admiral Rickover 1957: Energy Resources & Our Future

Posted on June 16, 2015 by

Preface. I’ve shortened and reworded this speech. All of Admiral Rickover’s speech is prescient and important, a few paragraphs: “We live in what historians may some day call the Fossil Fuel Age. Today coal, oil, and natural gas supply 93% … Continue reading →

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Peak oil in the Congressional record 2013

Posted on June 11, 2015 by

Peak oil in the Congressional record 2013 Also see: Peak Oil in the Congressional record: Overview Scorecard from 7 documents: 6 denials, 2 affirmations of peak oil Denials United States Secretary of Energy Moniz House of Representatives David Schweikert, Texas … Continue reading →

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Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz in the Congressional Record

Posted on June 11, 2015 by

As I was researching “peak oil” in the congressional record, I ran across this testimony from current Secretary of Energy Moniz, as well as some of his other points of view on different energy matters, of which I’ve extracted just … Continue reading →

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Peak oil in the Congressional record 2015

Posted on June 11, 2015 by

[ I’ve meant to post more but haven’t gotten around to it, but there are quite a few other summaries of house and senate hearings on energy in category Experts/GOVERNMENT/Congressional Record U.S. Also see: Peak Oil in the Congressional record: … Continue reading →

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Peak oil in the Congressional record 2014: 7 denials, 1 affirmation

Posted on June 11, 2015 by

Peak oil in the Congressional record 2014 from the U.S. Government Publishing Office by Alice Friedemann, www.energyskeptic.com 7 government documents 7 Denials, 4 from House of representatives David Schweikert of Arizona 1 affirmation of conventional oil peak from James Hansen … Continue reading →

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Hirsch, R.L. Mitigation of maximum world oil production: shortage scenarios

Posted on June 6, 2015 by

Notes from: Hirsch, R.L., 2008. Mitigation of maximum world oil production: Shortage scenarios. Energy Policy, 36(2): 881–889.  World GDP Growth & World Oil Production Growth Have Tracked For Decades:   A 1% change in current world oil production equates to … Continue reading →

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A transition from fossil fuels to renewables could take a century – if it ever happens

Posted on June 3, 2015 by

Preface. Vaclav Smil explains why energy transitions take 50 to 100 years in the article below.  Hirsch wrote a report  for the Department of Energy in 2005, and also explained why you’d want to prepare at least 10 to 20 … Continue reading →

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