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FUTURE ENERGIES
The 10 Commandments – Guidelines to Surviving in a Post Peak Oil World
The transformation to a lower-energy lifestyle is essential and complex in the face of peak-oil. Here are a few suggestions of some of the more immediate matters.
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In order to address the shortfall in REEs for vital renewable energy projects caused by China's restriction of them onto the world markets for its own use, the European Union is set to stockpile...
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Dr Richard Pike, former CEO of the Royal Society of Chemistry, has died of cancer. He had worked for B.P. and in his opinion there was maybe twice as much crude oil in reserve than is normally considered...
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From a thermodynamic analysis, it is estimated that the amount of energy available in the Earth system to be extracted by wind-turbines is limited at 18 - 64 TW, and far less than previous engineering-based...
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Newly accessible natural gas from deep shale deposits around the world has been touted as a solution to everything from oil dependence to climate change. But our actual experience with shale gas extraction...
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FUTURE ENERGIES
Fracking Does Contaminate Groundwater With Methane, But Jury Still Out On Process Overall
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A study by Duke University has shown unsafe levels of methane gas in water taken from wells closer than 1000 m to gas-shale hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") operations. Results from ongoing studies by...
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Even if we could make enough electric cars fast enough to curb our oil consumption significantly, the provision of green electricity for them remains a probably insurmountable obstacle. If governments...
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Nuclear researchers knew long ago that reactor designs now in wide use had already been bested in safety by another design. Why did the industry turn its back on that design?
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Thorium is present in the ores of rare earth elements rendering the processing-waste radioactive. Rather than burying it underground in concrete thorium could be bred into a nuclear fuel and most simply...
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To make an impact, small-scale renewable energy systems must fit social expectations and cultural norms.
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Demand for rare earth elements (REEs) is projected to exceed current supply, 97% of which comes from China. Since neodymium and dysprosium are needed for wind-turbines and hybrid cars, the future of green...
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Many automobile enthusiasts believe that the electric car is the wave of the future that will help save the environment while expanding the availability of private transport to the world's growing middle...
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Despite the opening of the new Thanet wind-farm in the English Channel, the present rate of development of wind-power indicates that Britain will struggle to meet its target of providing 15% of its total...
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In a world desperate for new oil supplies, Venezuela beckons. But will its fumbling management of oil production lead to foreign intervention, covert or otherwise, in a effort to raise Venezuelan output...
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- David B. Benson commented on Natural Limits to World Wind Energy?: I rarely visit here since, as I've mentioned before, I use Firefox as my browser with the bookmark sidebar displayed. This means that the ...
- Chris Rhodes commented on Natural Limits to World Wind Energy?: The issue appears controversial. See "Response to M. Z. Jacobson & C. L. Archer on "Comment on 'Estimating maximum global land surface wind power ...
- Chris Rhodes commented on Natural Limits to World Wind Energy?: Hi Rod, thanks for this, which I shall read in detail. I can imagine this debate will "run and run". On a practical level, to generate 17 TW of wind energy ...
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