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Topic: GM-bankruptcy rumors |
Curmudgicus
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Views: 5567
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:00 pm Subject: Re: GM-bankruptcy rumors |
To the extent that it applies to GM, United Airlines used its Chapter 11 bankruptcy back to get court permission in '05 to nullify all of the union contracts and to back out o ... |
Topic: Cars the next generation |
Curmudgicus
Replies: 29
Views: 2453
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:08 am Subject: Re: Cars the next generation |
Check this out.
http://www.afstrinity.com/
AFS in WA, along with the PML mini-cooper (at www.pmlflightlink.com), each use a battery bank along with a capacitive bank for ... |
Topic: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
Curmudgicus
Replies: 86
Views: 4460
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:19 pm Subject: Re: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
The folks that are thinking jet fuel and/or diesel right now are taking algae seriously. The following was in "Popular Mechanics," of all things, but the references do check o ... |
Topic: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
Curmudgicus
Replies: 86
Views: 4460
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:17 am Subject: Re: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
Chevron is backing an algae producer to develop biofuel. Check it out.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/chevron_backs_solazyme.php |
Topic: The Mother of all Biofuels Debates (large scale) |
Curmudgicus
Replies: 856
Views: 96765
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:11 am Subject: Re: The Mother of all Biofuels Debates (large scale) |
Check this out.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/02/chevron_backs_solazyme.php |
Topic: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
Curmudgicus
Replies: 86
Views: 4460
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:56 pm Subject: Re: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
Mr. Bill,
I howled reading your political angles, and I have clipped it out and sent it to a number of friends. Thanks for a sense of humor.
The weeds choking the channe ... |
Topic: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
Curmudgicus
Replies: 86
Views: 4460
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:49 pm Subject: Re: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
The thread continues to talk about an energy "Manhattan Project" in terms of taxes to pay for it.
WW2 (and WW1) wasn't financed with taxes as much as by bonds. We were jus ... |
Topic: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
Curmudgicus
Replies: 86
Views: 4460
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:07 am Subject: Re: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
Thank you Mr. Bill for the thoroughly reasoned post.
The economics of oil's replacement also has a local/regional component.
The Brasilians are able to use sugar-cane et ... |
Topic: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
Curmudgicus
Replies: 86
Views: 4460
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:08 pm Subject: Re: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
Here's a piece that CNN did on Valcent a little while back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hioZ7C6HLs&feature=related |
Topic: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
Curmudgicus
Replies: 86
Views: 4460
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:57 am Subject: Re: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
I'll take the viewpoint that I have not been flamed, as that's reserved for elsewhere on the site.
Dunewalker has raised the point that this subject is fully covered elsewh ... |
Topic: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
Curmudgicus
Replies: 86
Views: 4460
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:40 am Subject: Re: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
I asked for input , and do very much appreciate it.
MattS - thanks for that link. I think that a great deal of what Mr. Clark has to say is spot on. I've lived in Germany, ... |
Topic: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
Curmudgicus
Replies: 86
Views: 4460
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:47 pm Subject: Re: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
achievable, though. Not a single other alternative that I've seen yields the requisite amount of energy to entirely replace oil at price we could pay.
Once we've eliminated the impossible what rem ... |
Topic: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
Curmudgicus
Replies: 86
Views: 4460
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:11 pm Subject: Re: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
Right away - Correction. I used 20 M bbls per DAY, not annual.
Sorry. |
Topic: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
Curmudgicus
Replies: 86
Views: 4460
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 3:09 pm Subject: The Price of Oil's Replacement |
I could use some input.
I've been running numbers on the cost of alternative energy sources, assuming that our annual oil use of 20 M Bbls is the equivalent of:
12,673,6 ... |
Topic: Nuclear Fusion |
Curmudgicus
Replies: 44
Views: 10802
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:09 pm Subject: Re: Nuclear Fusion |
I'd like Montequest to expand upon the "fusion is the last thing we need" theme, just so I know his complete premise.
If solving an energy squeeze caused by peak oil is t ... |
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