tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post5245266447776899271..comments2024-03-26T11:32:37.965-07:00Comments on From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog: Mining industry warns of another energy price spikeJenna Orkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05812985825726850202noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-85339879966538312462010-02-17T05:54:57.258-08:002010-02-17T05:54:57.258-08:00Hello all, this is my first posting to this blog a...Hello all, this is my first posting to this blog although I've been following Mike's work for years now, have read Rubicon, Twilight in the Desert, watched Collapse, etc etc. <br /><br />I'm very cynical by nature. It bothered me for a long time - even before the exposure of the corruption within the IPCC - that the rallying against Climate Change was actually the only way to get the populus to do anything to mitigate Peak Oil. Here we have an article telling us that the twin spectres of Peak Oil and Climate Change must now be fought together.<br /><br />If our leaders stood up and actually said, "your way of life is coming to an end because we're running out of hydrocarbon resources," there would be mass panic, not to mention furious backlash against the feckless idiots who should have seen this coming decades ago and done something while we still had the resources to make it happen. Or they'd be laughed at like Carter was decades ago. <br /><br />To make things worse, data on Climate Change - assuming here that it's not falsified - is a lot more readily available than accurate data on recoverable oil reserves. We know from Matt Simmons and many others that a lot of publicly-available figures on reserves are wildly inaccurate. <br /><br />Stating "YOUR lifestyle is harming the planet, so you have to 'do your bit' to fight climate change" is a lot less threatening and puts the blame squarely on the consumer. It gives people hope that as long as we all do something, our way of life can continue more or less unabated. It's kind of like TARP for Peak Oil.<br /><br />Best to all<br />NeilNeilCraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13110858939344829823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-56586584482360973152010-02-16T10:55:09.012-08:002010-02-16T10:55:09.012-08:00I was also looking for info on the amount of water...I was also looking for info on the amount of water needed to make this operation work so please post any info you can. thank you.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04826487578057761314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-79367612703990564192010-02-16T10:36:22.154-08:002010-02-16T10:36:22.154-08:00Gamedog, I share your questions and am asking them...Gamedog, I share your questions and am asking them; will post answers if I find them.OregonSurvivorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17640765528086153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-10850458471028870022010-02-16T01:58:53.073-08:002010-02-16T01:58:53.073-08:00OregonSurvivor: When I first read about this techn...OregonSurvivor: When I first read about this technology there were question marks over the amount of water used in the process, have you any figures on EROEI and water use?gamedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366724220594141999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-67945775026490555072010-02-15T17:41:41.762-08:002010-02-15T17:41:41.762-08:00just got done checking into the web site and every...just got done checking into the web site and everything is checking out to be good news so now lets see if someone can come up with a way to fix GREED!!Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04826487578057761314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-49068323141664324052010-02-15T12:46:38.977-08:002010-02-15T12:46:38.977-08:00I have been watching the algae to fuel technology....I have been watching the algae to fuel technology. Green Cell Technologies in Australia has developed a system using a GNUL, (lung backwards), that takes in CO2 and gives off oxygen and various types of oils. Here is a link to their site: <a href="http://www.greencell.biz" rel="nofollow">GreenCell Limited</a><br />Disclosure: I am an investor in this company.OregonSurvivorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17640765528086153569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22903415.post-22846760260687725872010-02-15T10:24:05.973-08:002010-02-15T10:24:05.973-08:00http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/13/...http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/13/algae-solve-pentagon-fuel-problem<br /><br />Algae to solve the Pentagon's jet fuel problem? has anyone been on top of this research as i'm just learning about it.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04826487578057761314noreply@blogger.com