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 Topic: Another Record ($143.67) |
Schadenfreude
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 Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:51 pm Subject: Re: Another Record ($140.39) |
| The market has been acting like it was encountering a lot of resistance. Traders must have a whole shitload of sell orders right at the $140 level. |
| Topic: Worlds Largest Wind Turbine |
Schadenfreude
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Views: 3286
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:36 pm Subject: Re: Worlds Largerst Wind Turbine |
I wonder how big the largest wind turbine could be on a cost-effective basis?
Seems like the higher you go and longer your turbine blades, the more efficient your generation will be... but then, t ... |
| Topic: NASA Chief Scientist, Dennis M Bushnell, on Peak Oil |
Schadenfreude
Replies: 9
Views: 1667
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:10 am Subject: Re: NASA Chief Scientist, Dennis M Bushnell, on Peak Oil |
Oh God, now he's talking about The Singularity! 
Honest to god I had no idea... |
| Topic: NASA Chief Scientist, Dennis M Bushnell, on Peak Oil |
Schadenfreude
Replies: 9
Views: 1667
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:39 am Subject: NASA Chief Scientist, Dennis M Bushnell, on Peak Oil |
| Yours Truly contacted NASA Chief Scientist Dennis M Bushnell and hooked him up with KMO at the C-Realm Podcast for an interview and KMO gave me credit for it just before he began the interview. Thanks ... |
| Topic: Why Technology Will Solve Peak Oil in the End |
Schadenfreude
Replies: 746
Views: 25283
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 2:01 am Subject: Re: Why Technology Will Solve Peak Oil in the End |
... I'm sorry, kool aid is the only beverage served on the peak oil express.
Exactly.
And Klare, Deffeyes and Simmons would be labeled "trolls" or "denialists" here if they logged on anonymousl ... |
| Topic: Why Technology Will Solve Peak Oil in the End |
Schadenfreude
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Views: 25283
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:04 am Subject: Re: Why Technology Will Solve Peak Oil in the End |
From the NanoSolar thread:
Nanosolar brag that their printer can print 1GW of capacity per year (but don't state whether they get that by running the printers at the conservative 100 feet per minut ... |
| Topic: THE Energy, Computing and the Internet (merged) |
Schadenfreude
Replies: 490
Views: 9692
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Forum: Conservation & Efficiency Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:42 pm Subject: Re: Supercomputing Power Hits the Desktop, Minus the Softwar |
Each one of those 280gtx cards has four core GPU and the desktop with three of these cards means 12 processing cores just for the graphics.
Don't forget! You can chain 3 of those bad boys together. ... |
| Topic: THE Energy, Computing and the Internet (merged) |
Schadenfreude
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Views: 9692
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Forum: Conservation & Efficiency Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:41 pm Subject: Re: Supercomputing Power Hits the Desktop, Minus the Softwar |
I want one of those.
I have a 5 year old Pentium 4 system :
You promised to stay away from the 5 year olds! |
| Topic: Why Technology Will Solve Peak Oil in the End |
Schadenfreude
Replies: 746
Views: 25283
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:39 pm Subject: Re: Why Technology Will Solve Peak Oil in the End |
I read that book a few years ago.
Oh my, that isn't a book, that is a thread of mine on this site. You bitch at me and you didn't even click on it.
Maybe you just keep overlooking the solution ... |
| Topic: I Need Perspective Without Judgment |
Schadenfreude
Replies: 14
Views: 1225
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Forum: Psychology Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:58 pm Subject: Re: I Need Perspective Without Judgment |
The donkey sh-t eaters are catching on, no doubt about it.
Matthew Simmons believes we are in for a tough time but if we do the right things "we can get through this thing".
Matthew Simmons is ... |
| Topic: THE Energy, Computing and the Internet (merged) |
Schadenfreude
Replies: 490
Views: 9692
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Forum: Conservation & Efficiency Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 12:49 pm Subject: Supercomputing Power Hits the Desktop, Minus the Software |
| ...As Peddie observes, it was only 11 years ago that the U.S. government spent approximately $33 million to build ASCI Red, one of the first supercomputers to achieve 1 teraflop. The new graphics chip ... |
| Topic: NanoSolar by Google: THE Energy SOLUTION |
Schadenfreude
Replies: 45
Views: 8326
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:48 am Subject: Re: NanoSolar by Google: THE Energy SOLUTION |
Otherwise methinks the future looks very sunny indeed.
It really does.
The energy crisis is still very threatening because the entire world has pretty much been designed to operate on fossil fu ... |
| Topic: Hirsch on CNBC |
Schadenfreude
Replies: 30
Views: 1915
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:13 am Subject: Re: Hircsh on CNBC Again |
You know what this country needs?
A good uber-Doomerish Simpsons episode devoted to Peak Oil.
ASPO, Hirsch, Heinberg... now even CNBC... all these folks are trying to get the word out. But I t ... |
| Topic: Most prepared PO country? |
Schadenfreude
Replies: 27
Views: 2552
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:49 pm Subject: Re: Most prepared PO country? |
| I did some searching and couldn't find a thread about this. Direct me if I missed something. I am wondering what country is most prepared for peak oil? My guesses would be a smaller country that has t ... |
| Topic: NanoSolar by Google: THE Energy SOLUTION |
Schadenfreude
Replies: 45
Views: 8326
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:43 pm Subject: Re: NanoSolar by Google: THE Energy SOLUTION |
The Future seems Bright - Google invest in NanoSolar!
http://www.nanosolar.com/
Nanosolar has developed proprietary technology that makes it possible to simply roll-print solar cells that req ... |
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