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 Topic: Russian President Predicts $150 Oil |
Sleepybag
Replies: 11
Views: 660
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 Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:17 am Subject: Re: Russian President Predicts $150 Oil |
Oil has already hit 145 dollars a barrel this morning.
I guess he predicted that oil would hit 150... today. |
| Topic: Why Your Electricity Meter Sucks |
Sleepybag
Replies: 17
Views: 1780
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:17 am Subject: Re: Why Your Electricity Meter Sucks |
| I don't know the situation in the States, but here in The Netherlands, a lot of people have an electricity meter with two clocks. On workdays, twice a day, a signal is send over the grid, which forces ... |
| Topic: Conventional oil production peaked ... in 2005 |
Sleepybag
Replies: 5
Views: 1047
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 1:39 pm Subject: Conventional oil production peaked ... in 2005 |
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According to the Dutch branche of the PeakOil network, the production peak of conventional oil is likely to be already behind us. Bac ... |
| Topic: Is this debunking PO? |
Sleepybag
Replies: 15
Views: 2288
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:36 am Subject: Re: Is this debunking PO? |
| He is trying to discredit Simmons by claiming he is 'controversial' and 'dubious'. This a a common technique in arguments. If you can't question the statement, then try questioning the one that made t ... |
| Topic: The incredibly shrinking forum |
Sleepybag
Replies: 13
Views: 3018
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Forum: Technical Support Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:12 am Subject: Re: The incredibly shrinking forum |
| The fact that only the most recent forum discussion topics are listed in the right hand column fosters the creation of new topics. This is obviously not a bad thing in itself, but the result is that a ... |
| Topic: Running Out of Oil |
Sleepybag
Replies: 13
Views: 1926
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:08 am Subject: Re: Running Out of Oil |
| According to the explanation on the website , it is logical for 'proven' reserves to grow over time, until you run out of 'probable' reserves to eat. As time goes by, engineers learn more about an oil ... |
| Topic: Global dimming vs Global warming |
Sleepybag
Replies: 22
Views: 2538
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Forum: Environment Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 6:35 am Subject: Re: Global dimming vs Global warming |
I'm very confident we'll cope economically with biofuels easily.
Eurostat calculated that the EU production of rapeseed will be 16.2 million tons this year. At the same time, the EU will consume a ... |
| Topic: IEA: 'Asia biggest consumer of oil in 2011' |
Sleepybag
Replies: 0
Views: 582
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:51 am Subject: IEA: 'Asia biggest consumer of oil in 2011' |
Asia biggest consumer of oil in 2011
In 2011, Asia will consume more oil than North America. This is the result of the strong growth of the economies in the region.
Expansion
This is stated in th ... |
| Topic: Saudi may boost heavy-oil reserves with steam |
Sleepybag
Replies: 24
Views: 2445
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:24 am Subject: Re: Saudi may boost heavy-oil reserves with steam |
What will the Eroei be? Steaming up the heavy oil must cost a lot of energy. So therefor, this technique will drop the ERoEI significantly.
How much will they be able to increase production? I mea ... |
| Topic: Chaotic Dubai builds up ... as oil dries up |
Sleepybag
Replies: 21
Views: 2723
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:21 pm Subject: Re: Chaotic Dubai builds up ... as oil dries up |
Dubai as the leading centre for commerce and tourism in the world
When there are no fossil fuels to spare in the world, I wonder how many tourists will go to a place like Dubai. |
| Topic: Oil Sands Cost Explosion |
Sleepybag
Replies: 8
Views: 1624
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:15 am Subject: Re: Oil Sands Cost Explosion |
Oil sands will be too expensive to develop having a ngative EROEI?
I guess you mean an EROEI between 0 and 1.
It is quite possible that oil companies will be interested in fuels that have an EROE ... |
| Topic: Kuwait opposition wants to halve oil exports |
Sleepybag
Replies: 2
Views: 885
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:38 am Subject: Kuwait opposition wants to halve oil exports |
| The Kuwait opposition, 33 out of 50 seats in parliament, wants to keep oil production at a maximum of about one percent of their reserves. However, the reserves themselves were inflated in the 1980's ... |
| Topic: The airlines admit to Peak Oil (!!) |
Sleepybag
Replies: 32
Views: 4086
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 3:27 pm Subject: Re: The airlines admit to Peak Oil (!!) |
Could this be the article?
Peak Oil: The Coming Global Crisis and the Decline of Aviation
By Drs. Alex Kuhlman
October 29, 2005
Although debated and denied frequently, a massive shortfall in oil ... |
| Topic: Beginning of the End for Big Auto? |
Sleepybag
Replies: 15
Views: 2268
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 5:21 am Subject: Re: Beginning of the End for Big Auto? |
DETROIT (Reuters) -- Detroit's Big Three automakers all posted dismal June sales on Monday, while Toyota saw gains.
General Motors (Charts), the world's largest automaker, said its U.S. sales fell ... |
| Topic: Good news from Dallas: democracy will liberate oil |
Sleepybag
Replies: 8
Views: 1238
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:07 am Subject: Re: Good news from Dallas: democracy will liberate oil |
| America just needs to occupy bring democracy to Venezuela, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Russia. Boy the inhabitants of those countries will be thrilled. America will have all the oil for its future ... |
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