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http://www.theoildrum.com/frontpage - This is the fourth part of a four-part guest post by Dr. Michael Dittmar . Dr. Dittmar is a researcher with the Institute of Particle Physics of ETH Zurich, and he also works at CERN in&nbs
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The following is a guest post from George Mobus, who is an Associate Professor of Computing and Software Systems at the University of Washington Tacoma. Professor Mobus reviews William Catton's "Bottleneck", the sequel to his popular 1983 book, Overshoot . The review (and the book) cover some ...
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William Easterly
The Press and Journal (regional newspaper covering north Scotland and Aberdeen) had a headline story on carbon capture and storage (CCS) last week that inspired me to send a letter to the editor that was published today.
Striving to enhance oil recovery factors and prolong the life of the ...
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World oil production peaked in July 2008 at 74.74 million barrels/day (mbd) and now has fallen to about 72 mbd. It is expected that oil production will decline at about 2.2 mbd per year as shown below in the chart. The forecasts from the IEA WEO 2008 and 2009 are shown for comparison. The IEA ...
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Below the fold is a guest essay by John Michael Greer, author of The Long Descent , a book I have read and recommend. The post examines the importance and viability of relocalization from a historical perspective.
How Relocalization Worked
by John Michael Greer
(Original can be found here ...
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Michael Bloomberg
John Paulson
Investors must ask about shale gas cost
Mr Berman contends that shale gas wells’ production declines at a dramatically faster rate than the companies’ estimates. Reasonable people can dispute the accuracy of his projected decline curves. I have found Mr Berman open to debate and willing to ...
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This is a continuation of the tech talks , discussing technical topics, that I write on Sundays. For the past few weeks I have been writing about some of the techniques used in producing the gas from shales, and that will likely continue for another week or two. Because of the need to condense ...
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Below the fold is a guest post by John Michael Greer, author of The Long Descent , a book I recommend. The post examines the importance and viability of relocalization from a historical perspective.
How Relocalization Worked
by John Michael Greer
(Original can be found here .)
One of ...
Government
Michael Bloomberg
John Paulson
This is a guest post by WebHubbleTelescope .
Abstract ( please read this as a set of squished-together PowerPoint bullet points ):
People become afraid when you mention theory. Everyone talks about entropy without actually understanding it. Simplicity can come out of complexity. "Knowledge" ...
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Permafrost thaw threatens Russia oil and gas complex: study
MOSCOW (AFP) – Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.
According to the ...
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This is a guest post by WebHubbleTelescope .
Scientific theories get selected for advancement much like evolution promotes the strongest species to survive. New theories have to co-exist with current ones, battling with each other to prove their individual worth [ Ref 1 ]. That may partly ...
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Below is a summary of my presentation, The Renewables Gap, from the ASPO 2009 conference. The intent of my presentation was to highlight the political challenge of affecting a societal transition to renewable sources of energy. In particular, I focus on wind and solar, though it seems to me ...
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Below is a summary of my presentation, The Renewables Gap, from the ASPO 2009 conference. The intent of my presentation was to highlight the political challenge of affecting a societal transition to renewable sources of energy. In particular, I focus on wind and solar, though it seems to me ...
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Oil
Senator Christine Milne:
Australia needs to kick the oil addiction before peak oil kicks it for us by driving prices sky high.
"We must start planning now to bring on the sustainable alternatives of renewably-powered electric vehicles, both public and private, and tackle the ...
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Peak Oil Files: Why Is Saudi Aramco Building Supercomputers?
The biannual list of the world’s 500 fastest computers was released on Tuesday and Aramco had two new entries at No. 119 and No. 134. Both are Dell clusters, running Intel processors and both are very, very fast.
The oil industry ...
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Notice of motion
I move that the Senate:
a) Notes that:
i. Neither the former Howard government nor the Rudd government implemented the first recommendation of the 2007 Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee report into Australia’s future oil supply and ...
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The November 2009 edition of Oilwatch Monthly can be downloaded at this weblink (PDF, 1.24 MB, 33 pp).
Figure 1 - OECD Crude Oil & Product Stocks from January 2002 to September 2009
The Oilwatch Monthly is a newsletter that is available free of charge with the latest data on oil ...
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Energy chiefs warn crisis stifling investment
GENEVA — The economic crisis is jeopardising key energy industry investments that are needed to cope with future growth in demand and shifts to cleaner energy, executives and officials warned on Wednesday.
Executives from gas, oil and power ...
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The November 2009 edition of Oilwatch Monthly can be downloaded at this weblink (PDF, 1.24 MB, 33 pp).
Figure 1 - OECD Crude Oil & Product Stocks from January 2002 to September 2009
The Oilwatch Monthly is a newsletter that is available free of charge with the latest data on oil ...
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OPEC
This is a guest post from Robin Lovelace (email: www.lovelacerobin@yahoo.com), a PhD student in energy research at the University of Sheffield, UK. Robin has recently set up RobRod's Repairs, a mobile bike repair business.
1. Introduction
Many of the articles that discuss the causes and ...
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No Plan for Oil Shortages in North America
Munroe found numerous studies about peak oil by the GAO (U.S. Government Accountability Office), which were apparently dropped from any further consideration. As early as 1981 the GAO wrote: "It is questionable whether an adequate organizational ...
