September 03, 2010
Below the fold is the 3rd in a series of follow up posts providing analysis on the difficulties of maintaining our current energy paradigm with renewable energy ...
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September 03, 2010
Once again I am indebted to MoonofA, who is giving a more detailed hour by hour report, of some of the incidents that I miss. Fairly rapidly ...
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September 03, 2010
We need a better understanding of the 'environmentalist's paradox' We hear lots of concerned chatter these days – not least, here on this site - about peak oil, peak ...
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September 02, 2010
After debuting the world's first hybrid tugboat in 2009, the Port of Long Beach is partnering again with Foss Maritime Company to retrofit an existing tugboat with hybrid ...
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September 02, 2010
This week a study on peak oil by a German military think tank was leaked on the Internet. The document shows that the German government is closely studying ...
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September 02, 2010
This thread is being closed. Please comment on Update, 6:00pm Thursday: The cap was removed from the well late Thursday afternoon. The next step will be removing the ...
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September 02, 2010
John Michael Greer - Green Wizardry: A response to Rob Hopkins Rob Hopkins is a smart guy, and even though he’s garbled a fair number of the details, his ...
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September 01, 2010
It sounds like a good idea: Use electricity to compress air, stuff it in a tank and use the power expelled by the air's release to power a ...
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September 01, 2010
Researchers at the University of Michigan have created a color filter that could boost the efficiency of LCDs, the power hog of all your gadgets, by more than ...
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September 01, 2010
It looks like supply and demand is working out in the consumers' favor when it comes to lithium-ion batteries. Production has been ramping up for the batteries as ...
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September 01, 2010
Additional work near the Deepwater Horizon well site continues to be delayed by high waves. Once the current weather pattern clears, work can commence again. We understand that today, ...
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September 01, 2010
Iowa - The Saudi Arabia of Ethanol Iowa is to corn ethanol what Saudi Arabia is to oil. At present Iowa has the capacity to produce 3.5 billion gallons ...
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September 01, 2010
The Peak Oil Crisis: Prospects for China The key question in all this is how much longer China's economic miracle can continue before the realities of finite mineral ...
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September 01, 2010
September 3, 20108:00 amto9:00 amFriday! Friday! Friday! Ok, still a bit early to be celebrating the weekend, but IT IS A BIG WEEKEND! We will kick it off ...
August 31, 2010
The U.S. Coast Guard has set a goal of a net zero carbon footprint for housing at their Southwest Harbor Base in Maine. The base is using solar ...
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August 31, 2010
Dr. Adam Brandt of Stanford University's Department of Energy Resources Engineering sent us a copy of a paper he wrote called Review of mathematical models of future oil ...
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August 31, 2010
The weather is currently holding up the proceedings at the Deepwater Horizon well site. The seas are some six to eight feet, which is apparently the height ...
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August 31, 2010
Interview with Michael Smith (Part 2 of 2) I feel the peak/plateau period is much delayed because of the recession. Currently I am looking at around 2020 - perhaps ...
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August 30, 2010
The US Environmental Protection Agency has released its new vehicle fuel economy labels which are proposed to replace the current vehicle labels starting with the 2012 model year. ...
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August 30, 2010
The Inter-Academy Council report on the processes and governance of the IPCC is now available. It appears mostly sensible and has a lot of useful things to say ...
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