... wrote: (snip) ... (snip) ... Michael, A nice, bright, scenario. But, while California awaits technological energy solutions, the population of the state...
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David Delaney
ddelaney@...
Aug 1, 2001 1:26 pm
... Michael DeWolf referred me to Wind Power Note No. 16, December 1997, "The energy balance of modern wind turbines", available at ...
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Michael DeWolf
oiledleather@...
Aug 1, 2001 1:26 pm
The ... my ... I saw it. It doesn't change the fact that mining silicon is a very toxic process. Michael Dewolf...
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Michael DeWolf
oiledleather@...
Aug 1, 2001 1:27 pm
... I totally agree. I don't find the approach he's taking with Michael Lynch much better. Michael Dewolf In fact, in my opinion, such belligerence and ... ...
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Michael DeWolf
oiledleather@...
Aug 1, 2001 1:28 pm
... Don't mistake EROEI for the economic Rate of Return. With oil and gas, you get a EROEI of 5 ??, almost instantly. With wind it takes twenty years to get...
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David Delaney
ddelaney@...
Aug 1, 2001 1:28 pm
... Murray, you appear to ignore dynamic EROEI. When people ask about the dynamics, you point to the "end-of-chain EROEI" of PV -- to the overall EROEI ...
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mwgreg140@...
Aug 1, 2001 1:47 pm
In a message dated 7/31/01 9:25:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Korpela.1@... writes: << Marvin Last week I bought "The New Economy of Oil" by John Mitchell, ...
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David Delaney
ddelaney@...
Aug 1, 2001 1:48 pm
... Well, no that's not the point. ... Not on the point at issue. I pointed out that your letter had a meaningless paragraph that weakened your argument, and...
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Gene Tyner
gtyner@...
Aug 1, 2001 1:49 pm
Michaael Dewolf wrote: Look at www.metallicpower.com (I think). Metallic Power is developing a fuel cell with 40-60 % electricity to electricity efficiency....
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GALL,NEIL (A-Scotland...
neil_gall@...
Aug 1, 2001 1:50 pm
... While I'm not sure about the proposed solution I like the thinking and the analysis of the problem. I was struck by the claim that recessions follow...
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Andrew Rudin
andrewrudin@...
Aug 1, 2001 1:51 pm
Electric utilities understand the difference between conservation and improved efficiency. Their efficiency programs are fairly complicated. If they follow...
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Tom Robertson
t1r@...
Aug 1, 2001 5:37 pm
Folks: We have some work to do. This is indicated by two recent posts. One said "there *are* a virtually limitless number of sources of virtually limitless...
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Jay Hanson
jay@...
Aug 1, 2001 5:37 pm
... In terms of world production and the impact on price, no, I can't think of any economists' formal forecast in the past 25 years which predicted declining...
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Tom Robertson
t1r@...
Aug 1, 2001 5:37 pm
Folks: In a recent post, there was the following comment, mainly reflecting economic thinking: "Namely, factors that cannot be predicted in advance change the ...
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John.Hemming@...
Aug 1, 2001 5:42 pm
... lowers ... I think the key is that Colin Campbell's arguments are not ones that argue for a simplistic "Hubbert Style" curve, but ones that accept that...
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Michael DeWolf
oiledleather@...
Aug 1, 2001 5:43 pm
The reason why there needs to be two separate words for conservation, as in conservation of resources, and conservation, as in doing less with less, is exactly...
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Michael DeWolf
oiledleather@...
Aug 1, 2001 5:44 pm
~~~~~~~ EnergyResources Moderator Comment ~~~~~~~~ In the following, claims are made about a zinc/air fuel cell. Till it shows up in the market, "caveat...
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Jay Hanson
jay@...
Aug 1, 2001 5:44 pm
... Inasmuch as OPEC is much less resource-constrained than non-OPEC, it seems odd that you would dismiss looking at non-OPEC as a warning sign. Obviously, ...
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Michael DeWolf
oiledleather@...
Aug 1, 2001 5:45 pm
... turn ... Natural ... the ... is ... resonable ... falls ... from ... technological ... plants ... for ... of ... I don't know enough to say yes or no to...
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Jay Hanson
jay@...
Aug 1, 2001 11:36 pm
... We will use the highest-quality resources first, then move on to lower resources like whale oil. The "dieoff" scenario occured everywhere H. sapiens went....
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John.Hemming@...
Aug 1, 2001 11:37 pm
Crude Oil Watch August 1, 2001 Energy Information Administration Office of Oil & Gas ! Crude oil stocks fell 1.1 million barrels (MMB) to end the week at 315.1...
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szoraster@...
Aug 1, 2001 11:38 pm
... I understand that "stranded gas", gas for which there is no current market based on difficulty of access or transportation, is generally estimated at 5,000...
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Mike Morin
mmorin@...
Aug 1, 2001 11:38 pm
Why not call conservation, conservation...and call energy efficiency, energy efficiency ? Both are aspects of demand-side management. But there is a third and...
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Jay Hanson
jay@...
Aug 1, 2001 11:38 pm
... (e.g) ... Yes. The longer our resources last, the more people will die. See Chronic Famine and the Immorality of Food Aid: A Bow to Garrett Hardin by...
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pcjohns_98@...
Aug 1, 2001 11:40 pm
Mike argues that Technology will enable us to find more oil at reasonable prices. I would like to suggest that Mike's assumption about Technology might be...
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Flick2Bev@...
Aug 1, 2001 11:46 pm
http://ens-news.com/ens/jul2001/2001L-07-10-07.html Bush Energy Plan Could Increase Air Pollution By Cat Lazaroff WASHINGTON, DC, July 10, 2001 (ENS) - The...
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robert wilson
wilson@...
Aug 2, 2001 12:13 am
There is a note on Newsgroup sci.energy dated April 29, 1997 (google archives) from MCLynch stating "The reality is that there are approximately 20,000 billion...
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Tom Robertson
t1r@...
Aug 2, 2001 2:29 am
Here is another take on the appropriate use of the words "conservation" and "efficiency," particularly when tied to energy. The term "energy conservation" is a...
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Oliver Seiler
oliver_in_van@...
Aug 2, 2001 2:29 am
... it shows up in the market, "caveat emptor" and lets try not to hang too much of our wishes on the probability that it is a dandy as it as said to be. I'm...
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Jay Woods
woodsjay@...
Aug 2, 2001 2:33 am
Would you please document this very toxic process of mining silicon. My reason for asking is that the mining is of silica sand as far as I know and every child...
