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Tag Archives: Patzek
Shale “fracked” natural gas peak by 2020: Mason Inman’s “Natural gas, the fracking fallacy”
[ In 2005 the U.S. was making desperate plans to build dozens of Liquefied Natural Gas plants for importing gas. Fracked gas changed that for the past 10 years, indeed, now the U.S. is talking about exporting natural gas. But … Continue reading
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Patzek: CTL coal-to-liquids from FT Synthesis is NOT likely to happen
This is a liquid fuel crisis – diesel to be exact – to keep tractors, trucks, trains, and ships moving. There’s not enough coal or water to make even a small percent of the FT-CTL diesel fuel we need from … Continue reading