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Topic: Has The Goldman Sachs "Super Spike" Happened? |
newbonic
Replies: 31
Views: 1346
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:33 am Subject: Re: Has The Goldman Sachs "Super Spike" Happened? |
Well...maybe the price didn't hit $250 or $200/barrel but it sure looks like a SuperSpike in hindsight.
It's an interesting graph, but what would it look like if the values were adjusted for infl ... |
Topic: Synthetic oil: what is IT ? |
newbonic
Replies: 10
Views: 581
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:50 pm Subject: Re: synthetic oil what is |
Also, the Germans during WWII were making oil from coal. As with many potential fixes out there it's not a technical issue...it's a financial issue.
Embargoed South Africa also went down the coal t ... |
Topic: Oil Sands Feasibility |
newbonic
Replies: 6
Views: 438
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 2:03 pm Subject: Re: Oil Sands Feasibility |
One of Canada's “Top 3 Analysts” Larry Berman talks about the future of oil and oil sands plays. (video)
I've just posted this article on another thread, but Total say their tar sand projects are ... |
Topic: Where Have All the Peak Oil Believers Gone? |
newbonic
Replies: 55
Views: 2621
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 1:51 pm Subject: Re: Where Have All the Peak Oil Believers Gone? |
Apparently, tar sands oil extraction cost can reach
According to Total anything less than $90 a barrel makes their Canadian tar sands projects at Surmont and Joslyn non viable. BP are also shelvin ... |
Topic: Hydrogen Electrolyser co CEO slates wind turbines... |
newbonic
Replies: 13
Views: 824
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:33 am Subject: Re: Hydrogen Electrolyser co CEO slates wind turbines... |
I found the full article on the ITM website, so if you want to read 'from the horses mouth' then its [url=http://www.itm-power.com/news/69.pdf]ITM press release (warning 320k PDF!).
My own view is ... |
Topic: Wow, Brazil's population to decline from 2035 onwards |
newbonic
Replies: 23
Views: 950
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:33 pm Subject: Re: Wow, Brazil's population to decline from 2035 onwards |
A fat report from Brazil, just out, shows that even this country - a rather typical developing country known for high fertility rates - will see its population decline from 2035 onwards already. So ... |
Topic: UK national newspaper predicts '$30 a barrel' by next year! |
newbonic
Replies: 25
Views: 1231
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:48 pm Subject: UK national newspaper predicts '$30 a barrel' by next year! |
| I must admit that I did a double take as I passed the newstand at a supermarket here in the UK. A national newspaper with a readership of millions, the Daily Express, had the banner headline SAVED - A ... |
Topic: Hydrogen Electrolyser co CEO slates wind turbines... |
newbonic
Replies: 13
Views: 824
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:28 pm Subject: Re: Hydrogen Electrolyser co CEO slates wind turbines... |
Well the molecular weight of CH4 is certainly higher than H2, but I think his point is that the H2 could be burnt the next day at peak times, e.g. generate H2 between 1-6am when the demand is low ... |
Topic: Hydrogen Electrolyser co CEO slates wind turbines... |
newbonic
Replies: 13
Views: 824
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:47 pm Subject: Hydrogen Electrolyser co CEO slates wind turbines... |
| Renewable energy without storage offers no energy security solution and little in the way of CO2 reduction. There’s no point in building 20 new wind farms if you have to simultaneously run back-up pow ... |
Topic: A message from the UK to the USA |
newbonic
Replies: 30
Views: 2180
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:35 pm Subject: Re: A message from the UK to the USA |
Ahem, yes... well...
4. The British film industry will no longer portray all Americans as cowboys, rednecks, trailer trash or Beverly Hills billionaires. Hollywood will continue to use "Mockney" an ... |
Topic: Contrived Shortages & the New Reality |
newbonic
Replies: 25
Views: 2276
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:15 pm Subject: Re: Contrived Shortages & the New Reality |
newbonic I don't like it either as a Strong Agnostic but he is essentially correct. Pol Pot and PRC both professed atheist nations, both wiped out vast swathes of their own population.
You misse ... |
Topic: China pushing hydrogen technology |
newbonic
Replies: 8
Views: 880
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:54 pm Subject: Re: China pushing hydrogen technology |
No doubt they will be using their filthy coal burning power plants to produce the electricity needed to make the hydrogen.
If they were truly environmentally aware they would stick with petrol.
Or ... |
Topic: What car to look at when shopping? |
newbonic
Replies: 25
Views: 2906
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Forum: Conservation & Efficiency Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:37 pm Subject: Re: What car to look at when shopping? |
Last fill I got 32.7 mpg. I am happy with it. The only thing better would be if it were a manual tranny. I like it so well that I am going to keep my eye out for a 2005-6-7 Focus Wagon. Unfortunat ... |
Topic: Contrived Shortages & the New Reality |
newbonic
Replies: 25
Views: 2276
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:42 am Subject: Re: Contrived Shortages & the New Reality |
....but atheist run countries have a policy of extermination and ethnic cleansing rather than applying charity. So taking god out on the gov also can be bad.
Atheists like to claim religion killed s ... |
Topic: Brew your own hydrogen |
newbonic
Replies: 13
Views: 1275
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:09 pm Subject: Re: Brew your own hydrogen |
| One use case postulated by ITM is of someone with solar Pv or a wind turbine, or such like (i.e. micro generating renewables). The electrolyser will store unused output as compressed H2, which can be ... |
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