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Topic: THE Public Infrastructure Thread (merged) |
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Forum: Americas Discussion Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:33 am Subject: THE Public Infrastructure Thread (merged) |
The western world's public infrastructure is starting to crumble. It was built back in the 50's and 60's, huge capital outlays, that probably couldn't be done today.
What is happening isn't oil goin ... |
Topic: A question about record oil prices and Japan |
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:24 am Subject: A question about record oil prices and Japan |
Good point concerned. It seems a nation like Japan is managing a lot of manufacturing and business in China. And that obviously takes less energy.
I think we have to realize that economic growt ... |
Topic: Crude Oil Inches Toward $55-A-Barrel Mark |
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:45 am Subject: Crude Oil Inches Toward $55-A-Barrel Mark |
| Barbara utlimately the market is the way to deal with the problem. If people have no problem paying for gasoline at current price why should we switch? As it moves higher and higher people will chan ... |
Topic: peak oil leads to more egalitarian society |
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 5:49 am Subject: peak oil leads to more egalitarian society |
| I think this is 99% of the problem, is there seems to be a lot of humanity that hates humanity. They hate seeing the prosperity and happiness that free markets and freedom create. Because they see i ... |
Topic: Energy Policy: Bush vs Kerry |
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 5:42 am Subject: Energy Policy: Bush vs Kerry |
| Both candidates are big government philes. It was the idiot governments that banned nuclear power in the 70's that got us into this whole problem to begin with. Turning to them now to get us out.. i ... |
Topic: The China Thread (merged) |
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 5:38 am Subject: The China Thread (merged) |
| Ok when we were importing so much from China, people were saying they were going to ruin our economy by 'stealing' jobs. Now we are exporting so much to China they are raising the problems with that. ... |
Topic: [Nuclear 1] Nuclear Power |
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 7:56 am Subject: [Nuclear 1] Nuclear Power |
Mrpc. Interesting points. And oilburner as well I did not know the definitons.
What I was thinking was we would have all the ships nuclear powered, and all the trains. I was hoping for airlines ... |
Topic: Volkswagen switchs to Abu Dhabi! |
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:48 am Subject: Volkswagen switchs to Abu Dhabi! |
| gg3 excellent idea! If the people against us as a society using energy dont' like it, they can all move to a state and vote to stop any energy use. Good for them, and I will be laughing at their 13t ... |
Topic: [Nuclear 1] Nuclear Power |
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:33 am Subject: [Nuclear 1] Nuclear Power |
| gg3 I have been reading about China and nuclear plants for a while online. The Chinese have been purchasing plants from all over. In my opinion this was to get the technology from each country to se ... |
Topic: [Nuclear 1] Nuclear Power |
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:25 am Subject: [Nuclear 1] Nuclear Power |
We don't need to reticulate hydrogen anywhere. If hydrogen is available, it can be converted into methane in a straightforward piece of 19th century chemical engineering.
The reaction in question i ... |
Topic: Volkswagen switchs to Abu Dhabi! |
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:43 am Subject: Volkswagen switchs to Abu Dhabi! |
Wind is a net energy loss throughout its lifetime. At best you could maybe run a nigeria level economy on wind, and pray that the wind stayed on.
Radiation is not that dangerous, only at high leve ... |
Topic: [Nuclear 1] Nuclear Power |
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 5:08 am Subject: [Nuclear 1] Nuclear Power |
| Notacor: now ge and other major companies have nuke plants that will be much cheaper. Mass produced. And mark my words here. The chinese are coming out with a reactor in a couple years that will ch ... |
Topic: Volkswagen switchs to Abu Dhabi! |
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 5:02 am Subject: Volkswagen switchs to Abu Dhabi! |
| Wow big news there barbara thanks for posting it. I knew the germans would never shut off their nuke plants, that would literally be suicide. It is HUGE if they are saying to build more though!! Th ... |
Topic: NYMEX Futures |
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:36 pm Subject: NYMEX Futures |
Smiley: great way of showing how futures work. I didn't think of that before but it makes perfect sense!
Pops: Don't worry about selecting the wrong candidate by accident on the Diebold computer ... |
Topic: [Nuclear 1] Nuclear Power |
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:33 pm Subject: [Nuclear 1] Nuclear Power |
Whitecrab: Nuclear expertise is a big concern. Mainly because all of those people are getting older and retiring.
Luckily many asians are learning how to do it, but still they want to build plant ... |
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