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By: Book Review – Blackout

Book Review – Blackout — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:06:33 +0000

[...] Author Richard Heinberg writes in Blackout: Coal, Climate and the Last Energy Crisis, “In short: two of the defining trends of the emerging century–the development of the Asian economies and climate change–both center on coal. But coal is finite non-renewable resource. Thus, a discussion of the future of coal must also intersect with a third great trend of the new century: resource depletion.” Read the rest of the review… [...]

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‘Clean Coal’ for Energy? Not So Fast DOE. : Gas 2.0 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:55:13 +0000

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By: Study: Cars Running Corn-Based E85 Outperform Telsa

Study: Cars Running Corn-Based E85 Outperform Telsa — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:01:27 +0000

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By: Zachary

Zachary — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:37:55 +0000

Peak oil, peak gas, peak coal… what about uranium? In “The Party’s Over” Heinberg says that the fuel supply for nuclear power is “virtually limitless” using fast breeder reactors. A new book by Tom Blees, “Prescription for the Planet,” talks about a proliferations and meltdown proof breeder called the Integral Fast Reactor. It was cancelled by Clinton in 1994, 2 years before completion. Thanks, Clinton. We could have solved our energy problems if not for you!

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The Great Electric Vehicle Race - Domestic Fuel — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:52:05 +0000

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By: okalokee

okalokee — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:12:47 +0000

@’kum Dollison’

The corn fueling your truck may have been produced in the US, but how was it cultivated, refined and shipped to your community? Oil-powered tractors, oil-powered combines, (probably natural gas-powered refinery equipment,) oil-powered tanker trucks. It all comes back to oil.

David Fridley of Lawrence Berkeley National Labs has done a lot of work on this issue; here’s one video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeVT7jMYZlo

So, unfortunately, many people have indeed died for your (and my) fuel.

Also, your Chevy likely is not truly “Made in America”:

http://www.carbuyer.com.sg/2008/11/06/cb-analysis-the-globalisation-of-automobile-manufacturing/

Not trying to be snarky or anything, just pointing out that things aren’t quite as simple as the big ag companies and car companies might want us to believe.

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By: Jim Newcomer

Jim Newcomer — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:29:16 +0000

Ironic that two days after you publish this review, the Oxfam report on the effects of climate change on food production has appeared with (thank God) great fanfare. So between Heinberg’s conclusions about peak energy (and everything) and Oxfam’s considered predictions of food shortages, the only barrier to taking rapid action is the political decisions needed to turn things around worldwide.

But that’s the biggest barrier of all. Politics is confusing, it’s crazy, it depends on local issues and local money (as well as corporate funding), and it often requires office-holders to vote against their principles for compelling and conflicting reasons. Jared Diamond’s description of Montana in Collapse renders a good idea of how messy things are in the political arena. And we have to play it on both the world stage (G8 summit) and the local (e.g., state and city governments).

So now the hard work begins… all of us who know these things converting our knowledge to effective action – education of our neighbors, organizing local communities for resilience thru’ Transition Towns or an alternative movement, and participating in political campaigns to get our representatives to focus on preserving life more than on cutting taxes.

Are we up to it? Do we believe that humans have the capacity to face enormous changes in our lives in anticipation of threats that a few of us are predicting but most people don’t understand? That’s the adventure before us.

By: kum Dollison

kum Dollison — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:46:16 +0000

INDEPENDENCE DAY!

I will fill my Flexfuel Chevy with E85, Today.

Made in America.

No Troops Died for MY Fuel.