Re: China plans rail link to Central Asia for oil
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There is more than oil that will move along these rail lines. Minerals and coal are also in abundance in these areas. This would set up quite a market both
Re: what about toilet paper?
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Dick, come to think of it, during the Y2K doom madness, no one was stocking up on TP either. They bought beans, flour, firewood and generators (but not the gas
Re: I may be incorrect, but did any see “CRUDE”
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Ford foundation used to sponser excellent documentaries of this quality. This is a throwback to preBush days when high caliber documentaries were routinely
D.S. and E.O. Wilson: Rethinking the Foundations of Sociobiology
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Here is a sophisticated treatment of individual v. group selection by two principal proponents of these contrasting positions. For years, D.S. Wilson argued
Re: Tugela ideal hydro-electric power source
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Folks, This is another crap article. Hydro-electric power is neither environmentally friendly nor sustainable. It has enormous negative environmental and
Re: China plans rail link to Central Asia for oil
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There is more than oil that will move along these rail lines. Minerals and coal are also in abundance in these areas. This would set up quite a market bothRead full story
Re: what about toilet paper?
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Dick, come to think of it, during the Y2K doom madness, no one was stocking up on TP either. They bought beans, flour, firewood and generators (but not the gasRead full story
Peak water in Saudi Arabia
Posted on January 29, 2008 | Filed Under Our Future | Leave a Comment
Saudi Arabian cultivated fields as visible using Google Earth. Each circle is an irrigated area of about 1 km diameter. The whole square is about 10 km side. The coordinates are 26 degs 51′ N and 49 degs 41′ E.
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Look at these irrigated fields in Saudi Arabia, just an example of the cultivations that dot […]
Powering Civilization to 2050
Posted on January 29, 2008 | Filed Under Our Future | Leave a Comment
Global marketed primary energy production 1970-2050. Expressed in thermal equivalent of millions of barrels/oil day (ie electricity streams such as hydro or photovoltaic are treated as if they had been converted from fuel at 38% efficiency). Source: BP for fossil fuel, hydro, and nuclear data, EIA and IEA for renewable data, and author’s […]
Shell executive on peak oil, oil prospects
Posted on January 28, 2008 | Filed Under Peak oil | Leave a Comment
Piet De Wit, Shell Venster. Excerpts from a long interview with Shell’s Jeroen van der Veer.
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