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Category Archives: Infrastructure & Fast Crash
Will the Navy go out with a whimper instead of a bang?
Preface. This house hearing is about the continuing decline of the Navy There are fewer and fewer ships. The remaining ships are overused, some past their normal lifespan, and under-maintained. As the U.S. descends into fascist plutocracy enabled by the … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure & Fast Crash, Transportation Infrastructure
Tagged fantasyland, house hearing, infrastructure, navy, ships
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What would happen if trucks stopped running?
Preface. In “Why You Should Love Trucks” I showed that essential supply chains depend on trucks nearly completely. Because of little inventory and dependence on just-in-time deliveries, our civilization would almost immediately feel the repercussions of trucks stopping. In fact, … Continue reading
Posted in Cascading Failure, Dependence on Oil, Electric & Hydrogen trucks impossible, Infrastructure & Fast Crash, Oil Shocks, Transportation Infrastructure, Transportation Supply chain, Trucks, When Trucks Stop Running
Tagged civilization, electric trucks, life without lorries, trucks, trucks stop running
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Transportation: How long can we adapt before we fall off the Net Energy Cliff?
Preface. There are too many factors besides geological depletion to predict a future timeline of collapse. Plus each region will be more or less affected by each factor, sooner or later as well. This is a unique crash – there … Continue reading
Why is Detroit falling apart so fast?
Using Google street view history, www.goobingdetroit.com records the decay of homes in Detroit. Above shows homes September 2009, September 2011, and September 2013 I’ve been fascinated with the decline of Detroit since a guy in my dormitory told me back … Continue reading
Posted in Crash Coming Soon, Infrastructure & Collapse, Infrastructure & Fast Crash, Poverty
Tagged collapse, Detroit, infrastructure, nuclear waste
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A transition from fossil fuels to renewables could take a century – if it ever happens
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
Posted in An Overview, Infrastructure & Fast Crash, Vaclav Smil
Tagged diesel engine, energy transition, vaclav smil
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Expressways & Interstates are only designed to last for 20 years
Preface. I make the case that civilization would end in a week if trucks stopped running in my first book, and though I had in mind that they would be running low on diesel fuel on the downside of world … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure & Fast Crash, Roads, Trucks
Tagged energy efficiency, infrastructure, railroad, roads, train, truck
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