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Topic: Airbus Betting Pond Scum Will Replace Petroleum |
ushoys
Replies: 9
Views: 1012
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:00 pm Subject: Re: Airbus Betting Pond Scum Will Replace Petroleum |
"with pond scum? Wedding invitation? RSVP and btw bring a rag? Bad Japanese sci-fi, if you ask me"
But nobody did ask you about this did they? Another valueless post from another one rated as 'Expe ... |
Topic: Biodiesel from Algae Article |
ushoys
Replies: 15
Views: 2492
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:51 pm Subject: Re: Biodiesel from Algae Article |
"Talk about multi-tasking. Can they make me a BLT and take away my gut?"
Are posts of this nature the way for the rest of us to get rated an "Expert" on these forums too? |
Topic: 20,000 Gallons of oil from one acre of land per year |
ushoys
Replies: 13
Views: 1376
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Forum: Energy Technology Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:00 pm Subject: Re: 20,000 Gallons of oil from one acre of land per year |
"You must remember people in this day and age ACTUALLY THINK that food grows out of nothing. They think dirt contains nothing valuable, that you just need to water it and "crap happens".
Algae wil ... |
Topic: Peakoil.com Forum - Stick to PO! |
ushoys
Replies: 35
Views: 1396
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Forum: Suggestion Box Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:44 pm Subject: Peakoil.com Forum - Stick to PO! |
| These boards are supposed to be about PEAK OIL AND RELATED SUBJECTS. While they are still an excellent source of relevant info and discussions, these forums and their postings have become too general ... |
Topic: Weekly US Petroleum and NG Supply Reports (Current) |
ushoys
Replies: 876
Views: 73052
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:13 pm Subject: Re: Weekly US Petroleum and NG Supply Reports (Current) |
| The US changes, while significant, do not seem to change the overall picture very much. How much has world crude production and consumption changed in the short time periods considered here? I'm guess ... |
Topic: CNN reports gas shortages in South East USA! |
ushoys
Replies: 75
Views: 5473
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:12 am Subject: Re: CNN reports gas shortages in South East USA! |
| Driving from Chattanooga to Charlotte on Sunday Oct 5th I found no gasoline at one I-85 exit at Gaffney, SC which is the only place I stopped. But most gas stations at both ends of the route seemed to ... |
Topic: North American Fuel Shortage Reports |
ushoys
Replies: 551
Views: 13078
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:13 pm Subject: Re: North American Fuel Shortage Reports |
Dantes Peak said:
"The DOE reports that all pipelines are back to normal, except the Centential - which runs from Texas to Illinois.
I had not seen any reports of Colonial shutting down again. ... |
Topic: Severe fuel shortage grips parts of US southeast |
ushoys
Replies: 10
Views: 715
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:34 pm Subject: Re: Severe fuel shortage grips parts of US southeast |
From Wikipedia:
"The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is exclusively a crude petroleum reserve, not a stockpile of refined petroleum fuels, such as gasoline, diesel and kerosene, nor vegoil or biofuels. ... |
Topic: Weekly US Petroleum and NG Supply Reports (Current) |
ushoys
Replies: 876
Views: 73052
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:29 am Subject: Re: Weekly US Petroleum and NG Supply Reports (Current) |
"George Bush and Greenspan have secured themselves and
unenviable place in the history books"
I don't suppose that worries them much. I wonder how many history books Bush has read. |
Topic: Weekly US Petroleum and NG Supply Reports (Current) |
ushoys
Replies: 876
Views: 73052
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:00 am Subject: Re: Weekly US Petroleum and NG Supply Reports (Current) |
Thanks Pup55. So your quoted ~8 mbpd value seems to be unleaded gasoline production nationwide.
Please could you (or anyone) also help me further understand these values. I'm new to this subject a ... |
Topic: The Best Video I have ever seen that fails to mention PO!!! |
ushoys
Replies: 28
Views: 3309
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Forum: Peak Oil Discussion Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:23 pm Subject: Re: The Best Video I have ever seen that fails to mention PO |
"any person voting in this way will be in the absurdly small minority"
I agree, but had briefly considered voting this way myself. This was on the basis that whoever wins the Presidential election ... |
Topic: North American Fuel Shortage Reports |
ushoys
Replies: 551
Views: 13078
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 5:31 pm Subject: Re: North American Fuel Shortage Reports |
"I noticed in another thread the mention of nashville being supplied by BARGES up the tenn river perhaps?
Nashville is on the Cumberland River. The Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers join together ne ... |
Topic: Weekly US Petroleum and NG Supply Reports (Current) |
ushoys
Replies: 876
Views: 73052
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 2:26 pm Subject: Re: Weekly US Petroleum and NG Supply Reports (Current) |
Pup55 said:"We could see production of about 8.0-8.2 mbpd"
Please can you explain where your value comes from and what geographical areas of refinery production it includes. The DOE reports seem to ... |
Topic: North American Fuel Shortage Reports |
ushoys
Replies: 551
Views: 13078
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 12:57 pm Subject: Re: North American Fuel Shortage Reports |
"All those wires. Now I understand why fourth largest city in the US can have 2 weeks without power after some wind. Geez, put those wires underground!"
Not just after some wind, but also after bit ... |
Topic: Refinery Outages and Pipeline Problems 2007 -08 |
ushoys
Replies: 504
Views: 67394
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:47 pm Subject: Re: Refinery Outages and Pipeline Problems 2007 -08 |
| I love this country !!! An 18"pipeline coming off of Shell's Ursa is down and out. They had a new valve flown in from Italy to repair the pipeline. (This thing is 15,000 lbs). Shipped it to my compan ... |
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