Everybody talks about oil as energy source. Dont forget that it's also 99% of our goods, food (intensive agriculture, pesticides, herbicides, and so on...), chemicals, pharmaceutical industry, ...
Oil is the only way we have to build alternatives to itself as energy ressource (how do you build a solar panel or a wind mill without oil ?) but we have quite no solution for all the rest...
Alternatives are: wind, solar, breeder or thorium reactors (much more promising than simple nuclear), geothermal, hydroelectric, and biomass (ethanol sucks, but algae shows some promise). The basic problem we face is that all are expensive, and we're only now at the point where we can really consider them because oil/coal/gas are much cheaper and efficient energy sources. Without a miracle invention, the future is more expensive energy, unavoidably, and this WILL have economic repercussions.
Please someone who is knowledgeable tell me if I am wrong in thinking this, but it is evident to me that the only real viable forms of energy now are either solar or wind, solar being the better of the two. The one thing we need now are engineers that can contribute to these fields, unfortunately, the number of engineers have been diminishing over the years. The U.S. needs to improve education and invest in solar and wind while we still can.
@HDaviator wind and solar are quite viable forms of energy but I believe their construction and maintnence are extremely dependent on fossil fuels and petroleum products. I study chemical engineering so I will most likely end up in (sigh) the oil and gas industry.
Perhaps the podium was rigged to cause that low frequency rubbing sound when he leans on the podium. I've heard many speeches in the house and I have never heard mic rub like that. I wouldn't doubt for one second it was a passive aggressive way to take away from his presentation. I bet it was done on purpose to undermine him.
WTF didn't anyone in the house tell him to stop rubbing the mic... How the hell can you be in congress for YEARS speaking on mic yet not know to rub it... RUINED THE ENTIRE SPEECH BUDDY!
we better find more uranium and develop ocean energy and non-liquid transportation fuels and non-petroleum insecticides and alternatives to petroleum products, etc. and we better do it fast. I hope the financial crises doesn't make the impossible even harder. and could the world maybe be a little overpopulated? What do 30 million Saudis do as the oil runs out? If unrest there shuts down their oil production for even a short while, the world will have run out of time to find the solutions.
aside from little problems like fukushima, uranium is also non-renewable.
"non-petroleum insecticides"
funny both your 'solutions' involve biocides. what is needed now is a much deeper rethink of how we live on the planet. powering down, ecological regeneration, appropriate technology, perennial polyculture, etc. think permaculture.
@polypus74 You're right, by the way, the energy profit of uranium is 1:20. The energy profit of coal is 1:80. To extract 1 kg of uranium fuel, one must move and crunch 10,000 tons of stone, extract the uranitite and involving enormously energy-hungry processing (hex-centrifuges). Transportation, storage is expensive, removing NPPs is even more expensive. And there is NOT ONE single terminal storage worldwide until today!!! A terminal storage would cost 400-500 mio. per year with open end.
@nietzschevsgod I think most people are resistant to the idea and possibility of impending destruction possibly due to psychological reasons. I guess they don't want to be torn in every direction and like a large amount of predictability in their lives, unfortunately it gets to the point where predictability and normalcy is all they see in the world around them.
Everybody talks about oil as energy source. Dont forget that it's also 99% of our goods, food (intensive agriculture, pesticides, herbicides, and so on...), chemicals, pharmaceutical industry, ...
Oil is the only way we have to build alternatives to itself as energy ressource (how do you build a solar panel or a wind mill without oil ?) but we have quite no solution for all the rest...
k00gan 4 months ago
Alternatives are: wind, solar, breeder or thorium reactors (much more promising than simple nuclear), geothermal, hydroelectric, and biomass (ethanol sucks, but algae shows some promise). The basic problem we face is that all are expensive, and we're only now at the point where we can really consider them because oil/coal/gas are much cheaper and efficient energy sources. Without a miracle invention, the future is more expensive energy, unavoidably, and this WILL have economic repercussions.
jimbills 4 months ago
Please someone who is knowledgeable tell me if I am wrong in thinking this, but it is evident to me that the only real viable forms of energy now are either solar or wind, solar being the better of the two. The one thing we need now are engineers that can contribute to these fields, unfortunately, the number of engineers have been diminishing over the years. The U.S. needs to improve education and invest in solar and wind while we still can.
HDaviator 5 months ago 2
@HDaviator imo geothermal gives the most bang for our buck
prezoftheworld 4 months ago
@prezoftheworld hmm, never thought of that. I will have to research it more. Thanks.
HDaviator 4 months ago
@HDaviator wind and solar are quite viable forms of energy but I believe their construction and maintnence are extremely dependent on fossil fuels and petroleum products. I study chemical engineering so I will most likely end up in (sigh) the oil and gas industry.
MrPentatonicScale 2 months ago
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Perhaps the podium was rigged to cause that low frequency rubbing sound when he leans on the podium. I've heard many speeches in the house and I have never heard mic rub like that. I wouldn't doubt for one second it was a passive aggressive way to take away from his presentation. I bet it was done on purpose to undermine him.
justincgs 5 months ago
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WTF didn't anyone in the house tell him to stop rubbing the mic... How the hell can you be in congress for YEARS speaking on mic yet not know to rub it... RUINED THE ENTIRE SPEECH BUDDY!
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yourmajezty 6 months ago
@yourmajezty
just like anthrogenic anthrogenesis
spenceruwyo 6 months ago
we better find more uranium and develop ocean energy and non-liquid transportation fuels and non-petroleum insecticides and alternatives to petroleum products, etc. and we better do it fast. I hope the financial crises doesn't make the impossible even harder. and could the world maybe be a little overpopulated? What do 30 million Saudis do as the oil runs out? If unrest there shuts down their oil production for even a short while, the world will have run out of time to find the solutions.
oliverhochron 8 months ago
@oliverhochron
"better find more uranium"
aside from little problems like fukushima, uranium is also non-renewable.
"non-petroleum insecticides"
funny both your 'solutions' involve biocides. what is needed now is a much deeper rethink of how we live on the planet. powering down, ecological regeneration, appropriate technology, perennial polyculture, etc. think permaculture.
polypus74 5 months ago
@polypus74 You're right, by the way, the energy profit of uranium is 1:20. The energy profit of coal is 1:80. To extract 1 kg of uranium fuel, one must move and crunch 10,000 tons of stone, extract the uranitite and involving enormously energy-hungry processing (hex-centrifuges). Transportation, storage is expensive, removing NPPs is even more expensive. And there is NOT ONE single terminal storage worldwide until today!!! A terminal storage would cost 400-500 mio. per year with open end.
AlMayer1100 5 months ago
why is this so hard for people to understand, its basic knowledge, people are willfully ignorant
nietzschevsgod 8 months ago 5
@nietzschevsgod I think most people are resistant to the idea and possibility of impending destruction possibly due to psychological reasons. I guess they don't want to be torn in every direction and like a large amount of predictability in their lives, unfortunately it gets to the point where predictability and normalcy is all they see in the world around them.
Standuble 8 months ago
Really good presentation!
nellre 8 months ago
YouTube Nicole Foss for more detail
EmmaPiers 8 months ago