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As long as an economy can afford to outbid others, and get the oil it wants, then that economy shouldn't suffer from declines, only from the cost. But as soon as an economy can no longer get hold of t ...

As long as people aren't personally involved in managing their own woodlots or unless we have very high enforceable standards, I think we may have troubles. A lot of commercial loggers typically want ...

The US has also been more productive with its fossil fuel usage, just not as good as Europe and Japan who set the benchmark in my mind (2-3X better).

It seems that a common assumption in a lot of t ...

"There is no "waste" that isn't somebody's livelyhood.

Cut the waste; you cut jobs, "

So what are you guys saying?

Monte's quote above states the obvious: so what? This is how our entire eco ...

I lost track of who was saying what long ago on this thread.

All I know is that after CAFE was first implemented in the '70's that domestic oil consumption dropped for the next decade or so. This ...

Actually it's "we bring good things to life", not "light".

GE will have absolutely no problem making the best business decisions when the time comes. They've closed-down or sold many legacy busine ...

Factor in the cost of health care (or non-health care) here in the US and Europeans are getting a lot more value! They're a lifetime ahead of us in social programs (some here would argue that this is ...

'Bodman said economic troubles because of high prices would only hurt oil producers.

"It's not good for producing nations to see the U.S. struggling economically. They depend on us to be a signific ...

Smaller-scale farming can be done using electric tractors and lithium batteries will help with this. (There's several small conversions around but I think they can only plow for about an hour at a ti ...

Al Gore's role has been to publicize something that he (and virtually every single credible scientist in the world) thinks is serious and needs more attention. I tend to agree with him.

Cashmere: ...

Hydro-Quebec are also large supporters of PHEV's. Good strategy...

I drive a Toyota pickup conversion with 120 VDC of Trojan T-125 lead-acid batteries. I use an electric heater which provides adequate heat. It only draws about 10A which is maybe 10% of average cons ...

The EIA is still predicting $67 oil in two years, so how could the government possibly be wrong?

I've been waiting for GE's contra-rotating engine to be reintroduced. This offered something like 30% reduction in fuel consumption IIRC. I"d bet dollars to donuts that we'll hear something on it so ...

Are EV cars viable? (redundancy involved in the question BTW)...

How can they not be viable? If you suspect that a liquid fuels crisis will impact the world and our lifestyles, you must realize t ...