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Topic: Question for Devil - recommended reading list ? |
gonin02
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 2:10 pm Subject: Question for Devil - recommended reading list ? |
Devil,
I have a layman's understanding of energy technologies and peak oil / global warming... (not part of the 42% in your survey)
To reduce redundant posts and "magic bullet solution ... |
Topic: THE Solar Thread (merged) |
gonin02
Replies: 147
Views: 5512
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 9:59 pm Subject: doh ! |
my apologies... i did a search for 'solar' before.. honest ! i must have missed it..
anyhow, i wanted to know devil's thoughts on this latest miracle, and he's replied to the original thre ... |
Topic: THE Solar Thread (merged) |
gonin02
Replies: 147
Views: 5512
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:46 pm Subject: THE Solar Thread |
Anyone hear about this? [url=http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/01/10/thin-solar-panel050110.html]Thin Solar Panel
TORONTO - A new material created at the University of Toronto could lead ... |
Topic: Very interesting Iraqi resistance video |
gonin02
Replies: 41
Views: 8224
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Forum: Geopolitics Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 4:15 pm Subject: Very interesting Iraqi resistance video |
| I think this (well made) video was produced by someone sympathetic to the resistance, living in a western country, maybe the US or UK. Something about the choice of words and phrasing that makes me t ... |
Topic: Best of "Devil" thread ? |
gonin02
Replies: 1
Views: 1100
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Forum: Suggestion Box Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:41 pm Subject: Best of "Devil" thread ? |
| Is it possible to collect the postings of "Devil" from this site and place them in the ask the experts category, or perhaps create a new forum? Like others on this site, I value his thoughts on PO an ... |
Topic: What do you know about GoldMoney.com |
gonin02
Replies: 17
Views: 3905
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 9:25 pm Subject: What do you know about GoldMoney.com |
| True, but when India and China encourage its citizens to own gold I'm not totally convinced that North America will ban it... even then you can't stop ownership.. when gold was banned from ownership ... |
Topic: [Finance] Debt or No? |
gonin02
Replies: 186
Views: 45873
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:54 pm Subject: Re: Why get out of debt? |
it will be easy to pay off, provided you have a job that keeps up with the inflation... i dunno if i can lock that down, so i'm not going to take my chances, although its a good point..
Why shou ... |
Topic: What do you know about GoldMoney.com |
gonin02
Replies: 17
Views: 3905
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:23 am Subject: What do you know about GoldMoney.com |
| I think goldmoney is more like a service you can use to keep your savings in 'electronic gold' instead of USD or other paper assets. You're able to make payments and send small amounts to other ppl/g ... |
Topic: Alcohol stoves |
gonin02
Replies: 4
Views: 2107
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 10:36 pm Subject: Alcohol stoves |
| Has anyone considered using alcohol stoves? I've seen a few threads on methanol as a potential fuel source.... The camping alcohol stoves are quite simple (no moving parts), so in post PO world they ... |
Topic: Diesel article from NY Times |
gonin02
Replies: 29
Views: 7843
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 1:41 am Subject: Diesel article from NY Times |
yeah, the Lupo has been for sale in Europe for a few years now... great mileage and creature comforts to boot... probably cheaper than the Smar t car too..
Governor Wilson was known as "Sneaky Pe ... |
Topic: Why the price of oil is so high.... Aljazerra article |
gonin02
Replies: 4
Views: 1925
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:18 pm Subject: Why the price of oil is so high.... Aljazerra article |
A few quotes I'm not sure about here... can anyone comment ?
"There is undoubtedly as much oil in Africa undiscovered as there has been produced in the history of the world oil industry."
"It ... |
Topic: Toyota ES3 concept car.. 2.7/100km ? |
gonin02
Replies: 11
Views: 2937
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 12:45 am Subject: Toyota ES3 concept car.. 2.7/100km ? |
| sadly, I think we have to have a crisis before any real changes appear in North America... Can anyone who lived in the 70's relate? Toyota and Honda did not start shipping out their econo cars unti ... |
Topic: Oil prices dropped 10% plus, anyone? |
gonin02
Replies: 28
Views: 5065
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 12:39 am Subject: Oil prices dropped 10% plus, anyone? |
| True, crude futures went down that day by abit, but nothing can keep going up and up without coming down. Volatility is to be expected. The trend is still strongly upward and sharp corrections are t ... |
Topic: Diesel article from NY Times |
gonin02
Replies: 29
Views: 7843
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:19 pm Subject: Diesel article from NY Times |
| This is an article that was in the NY Times a few years back... I showed it to people when it first came out, but everyone just shrugged their shoulders...looks like they still are. BTW, anyone fr ... |
Topic: Investing in Euros??... |
gonin02
Replies: 13
Views: 2190
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 1:07 am Subject: Re: Investing in Euros |
I'm not sure about the Swiss Franc being backed by the gold standard ..I believe they changed their constitution in 1999 to remove that gold requirement, which was a 40% backing on gold...
The wa ... |
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