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Rising oil prices and dependence on hostile regimes — the urgent case for Canadian oil

Posted on July 7, 2015 by

[Sullivan has an interesting overview of the instability in the Middle East, which could lead to an oil shock quickly along with the economic and sky-high prices that entails. He also mentions “peak oil” and its implications, a term rarely … Continue reading →

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Peak oil sands, low EROI, high debt, limited pipeline and refinery capacity

Posted on June 22, 2015 by

Peak tar sands, a.k.a. oil sands Techno-opmtimists claim that technology will enable nasty, sour, gunky, expensive, difficult unconventional oil to fill in the gap of declining conventional oil. Conventional oil is declining too quickly for unconventional to match But that’s … 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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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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Coal-to-liquids (CTL) can not compensate for declining oil & natural gas production

Posted on June 6, 2015 by

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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How different nations have coped with oil shortages

Posted on June 5, 2015 by

Preface. In this article, Friedrichs shows how differently Cuba, North Korea, and Japan coped after a sudden loss of most of their oil.  I first became aware of how essential oil was for nations when I read Daniel Yergin’s 1991 … Continue reading →

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Peak fossil fuels limits climate change to low-to-medium outcomes in IPCC report

Posted on June 4, 2015 by

Excerpts from 24 page:  Höök, M., Tang, X. 2013. Depletion of fossil fuels and anthropogenic climate change: a review. Energy Policy, 52: 797-809 Conclusion of paper: Fossil fuel constraints will limit anthropogenic climate impact towards the low-medium outcomes presented by … Continue reading →

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David Hughes: Peak oil sands in 2018

Posted on May 14, 2015 by

[ Tar sand production is peaking now in 2016 due to low oil prices, but even when oil prices go back up again, tar sands are one of the most expensive unconventional oil reserves to produce, and perhaps last in … Continue reading →

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