Solution To The Energy Crisis!!!

[Jacob22030]

probably most important: get seeds. I know some of you guys think gold will regain their role in the economy as the main currency but I think in our lifetime it's really not worth anything. What's important is knowledge of how to survive n grow shit. We have to reintroduce teamwork (for rebuilding homes and towns) cuz rugged individualism will get you killed. We weren't like that in the past. We strive in groups and communities. I think seeds n food may become the main currencies.

[Jacob22030]

Transition towns will work after the collapse. not before or during the collapse. 300 million in US is a staggering number of people. They will disperse from cities like locusts and will eat and destroy all in their path. Why do you think the rich are building underground bunkers instead of castles? Cuz ppl can see castles and will likely try to get in to find food. If you got a acre or less in suburbia dig a hole in the ground and tell ppl u're getting a swimming pool. get Food+water

[1981busch]

Lol, anyone know how to make 0=1, cause we basically need perpetual motion.

[peakoilprepare]

We're basically screwed, but we still are faced with moving on after shtf. If more people (women don't seem to be as "down" for grunt peak oil survivial as men) were like you, we'd be set! You are a hottie, that's for damn sure. I'm sure you are making a Doomer very happy. The only energy source that fits the T.E.D. seems to be what the ancient romans had: massive human slavery. The only way to survive is to think the INVERSE of the T.E.D. principle ... Relocalize and live in your car/van!

[Jacob22030]

@peakoilprepare Best survival method in SHTF is to hide out for a year somewhere remote and see if anyone survived the slaughter afterwards and restart a simple human town. those transition towns you read of are gonna get torn to pieces. I agree that transitioning to a low energy lifestyle is the future. I just don't see how the infrastructure can remain during the collapse of modern society. Unless you're in montana I doubt you can create a transition town in surburban USA.

[nahaymath]

At my YouTube website, I posted ORIGINAL "math ramblings" on a VARIETY of topics. (I WILL not, and refuse, to repeat the SAME UNORIGINAL example math problems that everyone else has posted a million times over elsewhere on the internet.) I cannot post my latest research, unfortunately, until I get it peer-reviewed (it's in the process). But I CAN tell you all the general direction I am heading and a general plan, but I cannot do it alone. But, the math WILL be at the core of it all.

[nahaymath]

If we want to take the first steps in finding a solution to the energy crisis (and every other physical problem), then we first have to step back from these problems and address the fundamental difficulties in solving the nonlinear partial and function differential equations that govern every physical thing in the universe - right down to sex appeal.

That's exactly what I've been doing since 1982, and I have been making more progress recently. But I can't do it for free, unemployed, forever.

[Takua38000]

cont.

as more of these are built, reliance on oil will drop. If we were to build these on a mass scale, we could ocmpletly get rid of our dependence on oil. We can alos use the renweable resources energy system to fuel cars. The only reasons electric cars are as limited as they currently are, is due to the fatc that the oil company bought many of the patents for more effiecnt batteries to maintain profits.

[Takua38000]

cont. These combined with the other alternative energy sources such as geothermal, hydroelectric, and regular solar stations, we can transfer the majority (if not the whole) of human electricty needs to alternative energy (Not to mention if we can reach a breakthrough in Fusion). As Far as transportation is concerned we can begin constructing ULTra systems, Mag Lev trains, and ETT's to switch to renwable energy power transportation. While these will take some time to build, them more are ...

[Takua38000]

cont.

"tunnel", this air movement is caught by a turbine, creating electricty similarly to wind power. Sphelar has devolped solar ceels that can collect light from any direction that can also be built into walls and windows. We can also built power sat (solar power collcetion satellites that in tunr transmit the power to a groud recieving station. By doing this we can increase the output of each solar cell by 2000% since we now get rid of atmosphereic lensing and other limitations. ...

[Takua38000]

cont.

Wave power can be used to generate electricty. By collecting the movement of the waves by making it move joints in Pelamis devices which converts the kenetic energy into electrical energy. Just three of these generates enough power to power 1,500 homes year round, plus these can be put practically anywhere along the coast. Wave energy collection devices could be built along any point of the coast. It works on very simple principles, as the waves move it forces air in and out of the ...

[Takua38000]

cont.

A stack of these energy boxes about 10 inches long can produce enough power to sustain a the average U.S. home. While this is not a permenate solution, it will assist in alieviating the immediate demands. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion systems Which uses diffrences in ocean temerature at diffrent depths to generate electricity. Through use of ammonia in the water, it allows for electricty to be generated at lower temperature, so it outputs electricty using only ocean water and amonia ...

[Takua38000]

Obviously not any one source could replace oil. We have many options such as Regenedyne systems, a wind powered system that for each one built has a compareable output of 500 wind mills. We also have the ability to put wind farms off the coast which fir obviously reasons greatly increases it's output (stronger winds). The bloom energy box (while using natural gas, does not burn and therefor no pollution) is made of sand and only requires air and natural gas. These are extremly energy efficent...

[leduck1000]

oilycassandra..., I've been wondering if your father or grand father is a petroleum geologist....

[MrEnergyCzar]

Any way to draw attention to the issue is the right move....regardless...its all about net energy...tar sands, off shore and venezuelan heavy oil is barely even oil...unfortunately, we'll be racing to coal and it won't be clean because clean coal plants will be clean but inefficient. This means that you'll have to mine and transport more coal using oil/fuel to do it....thus burning more oil.....

[blisssmatic]

There is no alternative to oil. The best case scenario I can see is a controlled desent from an exponensially growing consumer based economy.There is 6.5billion people on the planet and that number isn't shrinking. What I'm personally doing is moving my family to a rural setting and doing our best to be self suficient. Its a HUGE challange but its one I rather be proactive about rather than reactive to. My advice is for people to let go of their consumer based attachments and try to live simply

[proaudiohd]

I think the only real way we will get past this oil problem will be electric cars. Wether they run on hydrogen or batteries, their energy source will be grid electricity. We can start now, and use our existing grid. As that gets loaded there will be demand for new power plants and larger investments in fusion power will occur. Not just any fusion, but aneutronic fusion. Pollution-free, radiation-free, limitless electricity for tens of thousands of years. I hope we figure it out, soon.

[watcher2987]

Great video, you sound very smart, but what the hell was the cleavage in the middle of the video all about?

[SlimD11]

What about Free Energy? Electro- Magenetic conducters that directly produce energy from the vacuum, or the quantum field. Or what about Geo-Thermal energy? It produces 4,000 zeta jules. Currently fossil fuels produce about 0.5 a zeta jule globally.

[leduck1000]

@SlimD11

Free energy? Thermodynamics. There is no free energy. It takes energy to get energy. The idea is to make a profit. Energy from the vacuum, or zero-point energy is rediculous. It's there but it's energy at the lowest state. It's useless. It worse than trying to use exhuast for energy.

Geo-Thermal, sweet, get it working with respectable net energy and scale it up orders of magnitude..., AND do it Fast!!!

[SlimD11]

Geo-Thermal power for everyone, I'll get right on it. Don't be so eager to trash zero point technology. Such a science exists, trust me. Matter=Energy so I'm sure there's plenty to go around.

[danishbrothal]

ridiculous

[kaskadaks]

So did you ever look up the google tech talks on thorium powered next generation nuclear plants here on youtube? You obviously have some talent in getting a message out, so why not give it a go? Let's not be som gloomy! :-)

[1lgdmn]

magnets will solve everything. they last for 400+ years naturally and can be used to produce energy for the production of anything and everything. the use of magnetic energy is the ancient knowledge lost in the catacombs of egypt and the vatican. tools required for mechanical function-a battery maybe and a properly understood and power regulated magnetic motor. patent pending ofcourse

[coolguyjames99]

human gas

[terran97]

if the grid browns out I won't even be able to make tea, let alone boil my rice/pasta/lentils, what hav u. The PV cell from CanTire can't even supply the load used by my kettle :(

This solar will save us polyana thinking is the pinnacle of PO irresponsibility. Sersly, as Iraq, Afghanistan, Georgia, NATO, PRC, witness, we are well on our way to LOS scenario. How can that scenario play out without use of tactical nukes? idk...

[supernovaT2]

My PV system has been powering my 1,200 watt microwave oven for the last 19 years. Try using higher powered PV's and more of them with some batteries to run your kitchen appliances. But PV systems are not economical, yet.

[yevgeny86]

battery electric cars been the first cars every before gasoline cars, charge the battery with any electrical charger

[metalheadfromWV]

I have a theory. If we invent mirconano thin sheets of glass that can only be seen 200x magnified under a microscope, and attach carbon nanotubes to them and to micro generators. And if we could use the constant force of gravity on the glass to create friction on the glass, might it be possible to create an electric charge? It would never run out of energy. Then again, it's just a theory.

[georgepaulmolson]

What about methane? It can be created from raw sewage and has the highest octane (4 hydrogen:1 carbon). Not a full solution, but a start.

[masterhalco]

Thus far everyone who has predicted the end of the world has been wrong.

[ngarey]

Wishful thinking. Did those other people who predicted the end of their society have statistics and hard numbers to back it up?

[supernovaT2]

Most peak oilers are not predicting the end of the world. Over the next 100 years we are predicting the end of our massive resource consuming civilization and exponentially increasing human population.

[AlkarrmX]

Well, nuclear power is not the answer. Uranium won't be around forever you know. It's expensive and just doesn't cut it. Besides the dangers and health risks of uranium mining can be disastrous in comparison to wind, solar- and hydro power. Wave- and tidal power seems to be the next thing in power source development. But fusion seems to be the best alternative to fission. An alternative to oil? No, sorry- can't help you with that. Wish I could.

[soccom8341576]

Yeah, it will break down.

But I think there is already many competing technologies to take its place.

[kaskadaks]

Thorium fueled nuclear reactors actually cured me of most of my Peak Oil blues a few weeks ago. Not that it's a sure fire thing, might not be available fast enough. We'll see. Here's an article on it:

theoildrum . com /node/4971

[permutationsofpaul]

I did however find some information confirming what I believe, that nuclear power is integral meeting our to 21st century energy needs. Google the phrase you suggested for me, and click the DOE link, forth from the top.

[permutationsofpaul]

sharkblubber,

Upon googling the phrase you suggest I found nothing confirming what you claim.

[angrysloth]

THE OTHER BITCH GOT NAKED WTF

[bananian]

Tidal energy. 1000km high wind energy.

[Drzacek]

Nuclear energy wont help us. You not gonna put nuclear reactor to few billions trucks and use them for transporting thinghs. Besides, nuclear fuel isn't cheap, it is hard to produce it, and we dont have much of it on earth.

[permutationsofpaul]

Do you have some numbers to share?

[Spurgeon123]

Do me a favor, find a Saudi Arabia source or even go to Saudi Arabia and ask anyone that works the oil fields if they're running out of oil. Enviromentalists are using a report written by one man 40years ago Peak oil like the Al Gore scam is about nothing but population control, destroying the middle east and shrinking the pie. If there were truely an oil crisis don't you think a barrel of oil would be priced above $30 Ask Chavez if hes running out of oil or Indonesia or Africa.

[sharkblubber]

I've been to saudi and oman and yes the stocks are indeed running down. The oil companies will say they are fine becuase they know that we are all so reliant on oil that they are going to make a massive profit when oil production falls.

[Salllen]

printing money = producing oil

so america will have no problems for now.

besides, u said it, invading other land will make things easier.

so there we go.

Afganistan + Iraq - Iran is next?

thats about 30 mil-barrles/day once the fields start pumping fully.

new-school Rome Policy

[AuCinaoaMie]

There is an energy solution, why should I give it to you when you casually disregard so many other forms of energy?

Getting educated in something other than oil company propaganda would be a good place to start. No I wont give you a free ride, you will have to find it yourself. Nice jugs in the cut, they are better than yours.

[thgreen100]

thanks

[permutationsofpaul]

NUCLEAR POWER. Thats, N, as in NUCLEAR POWER. U, as in U look like you could use some NUCLEAR POWER C, as in come quick, its NUCLEAR POWE L, as in Look over there, its NUCLEAR POWER E, as in Everyone look, its NUCLEAR POWER A, as in Ah.., NUCLEAR POWER R, as in Really, I mean it, NUCLEAR POWER SPACE P, as in Pretty girl uses sexual imagery to hold listeners attention and distract from her startling lack of knowledge. Check out American Solutions for a practical energy policy.

[sharkblubber]

there is only enough high qualty nuclear fuel to last 15 years is everyone went for the nuclear power option. Ultimately we will have to go for renewables, might as well do it early and save the remaining oil for when we REALLY it.

[permutationsofpaul]

I've never heard that statistic before. Do you have a source?

[sharkblubber]

10% of power currently comes from nuclear first multiply that number by 10 to give the vakue if everyone used it, then take into account the rate of population growth and estimated future consumption increases. Then have alook at estimates of stocks of high grade uranium, not going to last us very long and cost of dealing with the waste is very high. better to go straight for renewables if possible. There are sources, just google "15 years of nuclear fuel left"

[permutationsofpaul]

Upon googling the phrase you suggested I found no such source.

[supernovaT2]

Everyone who advocates nuclear fission power should be required to live within 1 mile of an active nuke plant for life.

[permutationsofpaul]

That is a bizarre statement. Care to explain yourself? Perhaps everyone who makes videos as defeatist (and largely baseless) as the above ought to be required to live without electricity. Like it or not, mankind will be burning fossil fuels well into the 21st century if not into the 22nd. The embrace of nuclear power is inevitable as supplies run low and demand continues to increase.

[supernovaT2]

Advocates of nuclear fission can easily ignore its dangers when they hide them in distant locations. Humans are incapable of using & disposing of radioactive substances safely. Denialists should live the danger they so casually heap upon others.

Oilycassandra understands the magnitude of the problem in converting our energy use away from crude oil. Her video is a challenge to make people think about the difficulty of real solutions. All renewable sources & fusion are better for electricity.

[supernovaT2]

The following link describes a proposal to combine electrification of U.S. long distance freight rail with wind power (the author should have included solar). This proposal has the potential to replace diesel powered semitrailer trucks traveling along interstate highways made from bitumen (from crude oil). It can provide part of the solution, but we are not building it.

theoildrum com/node/4301

[permutationsofpaul]

I am all for a multi-faceted energy future that eventually does not require fossil fuels, but I think we ought to be realistic. The dangers of nuclear power are overstated and while disposing of spent fuel is a issue it is not an insurmountable problem.

Furthermore, "Denialists" such as myself are not advocating building nuclear power plants around other people. With proper regulation and oversight, Nuclear power is a safe alternative to coal and oil. Just look at France.

[supernovaT2]

No place on Earth is safe from radioactive waste because humans are incapable of proper regulation & oversight.

Safety concerns raise alarm in French nuclear industry busrep co za/index.php?fSectionId=561&fA­rticleId=5146409

In 2008 nearly 5,000 gal of uranium leaked from the Tricastin nuclear power center into the Gaffiere and Lauzon rivers forcing the French government to ban consumption of the water. France is no saint in handling nuclear power.

[pirejknf]

You did not say wave power!

[bIZAROsPRMN11]

Q. would you prefer a free market economy or a fascist economy?

the blank stares?

priceless.

Rentech is pleased that Congress has passed this important legislation which will support the efforts of Rentech"

press release - LOS ANGELES (October 3, 2008)

christo930: "I propose the government have an adjustable tax ... to ... encourage investment in new oil,..."

[christo930]

Algae has excellent potential and doesn't compete with food crops by land, fertilizer or water. Since it's in it's infancy, I don't think the eroei is there (going by price).

There are firms making oil out of trash, supposedly replicating what the earth does, just in a much shorter time.

Corn is currently being used for biodegradable plastics. Tar sands would be good for this. Tar sands are great, but not for energy.

Ethanol from waste biomass

Enhanced recovery can open millions of caped wells

[christo930]

Wells are routinely capped with up to 60% O.I.P., older wells are higher. Higher oil costs makes this economical and better recovery techniques would make eroei even better.

High prices force people to conserve. I propose the government have an adjustable tax that keeps gas at $4 a gallon to keep people conserving AND encourage investment in new oil, old oil wells and new energy sources. Nothing can compete with $20 a barrel oil with eroei ratios between 100:1 and 30:1.

[christo930]

But the root cause of our problem is ourselves. In addition to the above, I propose a tax break for 1 child and each additional child impose larger and larger tax increases. Our tax codes encourage people to have large families. The earth is over populated and is the root cause of every resource problem we have. Can you imagine what life would be like if we had the population of 1900? Peak oil would be centuries away, land would be cheap. Starvation wouldn't exist. Air and water quality, fish...

[bIZAROsPRMN11]

oilycassandra,

unquestionably, oil is king *now*. I have studied energy for over thirty years and would not even begin to suggest that there is any *single* energy source that has the T.E.D. that oil has *now*.

E.R.O.E.I. - what a pleasure to hear someone who understands this concept. you also understand this is constantly decreasing for oil so will be matched at some point.

T&D - there are other energy sources that have these qualities, though not the E of oil *now*.

[narfer121]

Are you people serious? Government control and regulation is to blame..... 100 years ago. Has anyone heard of Nicholi Tesla? How about Gm's Ev1? Wake up, the solution is government deregulation, the implement is already, and has been here, subdued by the counterfeit dollar and the fraudulent federal reserve, and central debt based banks of the world.

[CO2islife]

Rentech has a break-even cost of $60, and they can make gas from garbage, so I doubt that you will ever see sustained costs of over $60 barrel for oil. If you do, the other sources become commercially viable.

[CO2islife]

The RenTech process uses the Fischer-Tropsch process to convert carbon chains into jet and diesel fuels. A similar process was use by the Nazis in WWII and is currently being used bu South Africa to fuel their jets. The theory of peak oil is a myth, we have unlimited supplies of carbon based energy. The fact is oil is nothing more than a carbon chain that can be created in a test tube if needed.

[CO2islife]

Rentech, Inc. today announced that it has completed the purchase of approximately 450 acres in Adams County, Mississippi near the city of Natchez. Rentech intends to build its Rentech Strategic Fuels and Chemicals Center at the site. The facility will produce Rentech's ultra-clean synthetic transportation fuels and specialty waxes and chemicals.

[wonderfwuka]

seems to me that we just want to live this way forever. all these things that are produced by oil we can live without, but can't sustainably live with in generations to come. we've been on this oil orgy for so long we feel like it's impossible, but we just need to change status quo about how we live. i'm more worried about the mentality based on this status quo. what will come of a plushed down society that relies so heavily upon it. eat, breathe, sleep, shelter, ipod. which is oil based?

[mrmultidextrous]

You caught on at a younger age than I did, wind power and coal will become the energy sources of the future, but humans consumed and are consuming so much now that things are going to run low (10-20 yrs) soon. Oil shale technology remains unproven and is still somewhat of a wildcard, but after looking into the EROEI of current shale technology (and the massive infrastructure needed) it doesn't look good.

[lorddaegoth]

just throwing ideas around, but why does it all have to come from one thing? hydrogen for electricity and burning fuels, the use of plastics is less widespread and can also be much reduced with legislations on packaging and the same is true for medicinal products so they could be shouldered by other organic produce like biofuels. if the burden is spread around it will be easier to deal with.

[durangokid81301]

Almost universal amongst the Peak Oil deniers is their reluctance to quantify their arguments. Their alternative sources fall into two main catagories; solar and extractive. Solar flux is limited and diffuse. Converting it to fuel is not practical when it competes with food and fiber. Extractives like "clean" coal and uranium are finite resources. Their period of viability will be a few decades. Then what? As soon as you quantify an alternative, it's almost always a no-go.

[Drogoempedocles]

Develop more efficient alternative energies; because many renewable, clean sources, even ones that you mentioned get dismissed because we have not cultivated the technologies involved. So currently you are correct, however it is entirely possible to have a civilization BASED on renewable energy. If we want that, we have to get serious and stop saying that things wont work based on limited information.

[FutureCollapse]

Alternative Energy Sources are the HOPE of Civilization. Thermonuclear War is the REALITY. It will be nice to go back to band life, which we humans are good at.

[roasted27]

Yeah, I agree... This is a good person trying to spread knowledge.... be aware of right wind fanatics in denial.

[ILABASSMAN]

And check out LINDSEY WILLIAMS DVD'S Books and HE GOT SOME INFO THAT'S THE TRUTH AND NOTHING ELSE BUT THE TRUTH.

[ILABASSMAN]

Check out History of Marijuana or Hemp, please don't get me wrong.The first paper was made out of hemp or the ropes they used in the days of Napoleon or the producing of fuel for diesel or producing the Best Fiber Material in the whole World and it doesn't itch. The Medicinal and miracle process of marijuana that Rick Simpson explain about that it can CURE ALL CANCER AND MORE. BELIEVE IT I AM NOT JOKING. LIVING PROOF.

[GrifterUno]

Free Energy (Check Nikola Tesla's Experiment)

[Slarkki]

Yes, peak oil is a problem but there is a potential solution to the energy crisis. All we need to do is figure out how to tap into stupidity because that will never be in short supply. I do have an idea about that but it resembles more than a little both slavery and the way we live today so I suppose we've already tried that.

[Saromatae]

Damn government has a monopoly on stupidity and they wont let us have any. So I dont think that would work.

[amet1980]

electricity.

combressed air.

[VirtuousPornographer]

Maybe it's not alternative energy we need but rather an alternative infrastructure...people often apply logic to only part of the problem.

[OperationCrossroad]

There is nothing than can replace oil and allow us to continue running our industrial economy the way we've been running it for the past 100 years. Oil gives back 100 times more energy than the energy needed to get it out of the ground Except for hydroelectricity, nothing comes even close to that. Conservation is our only hope in the near future. No magic bullet... sorry...

[joeneri0]

Algae

Actually, conservation and energy efficiency added to renewable power sources can reduce our oil and gas use to levels of sustainability. Nobody has ever claimed that there is a magic bullet out there to REPLACE oil.

[rhedalert]

EXACTLY!!!! Our way of life has to change (aka: Consumption has to drop) but we WON'T be living like cavemen! If we utilized even a fraction of the energy wasted currently we will be in much better shape. Problems still lie ahead but we CAN ease the transition.

[donxcore]

dumb.. i agree we need to improve energy efficiency, but saying "aka:consumption has to drop" is absurd. if consumption dropped the economy will fall to a recession, spending keeps the money flowing in the economy.. that's the attempt of the stimulus. obvii!

[rhedalert]

no... dumb is believing that economic growth will increase indefinitely. An incredible amount of energy is wasted in this nation, coupled with the fact that most of our energy dollars are exported, I don't see how increasing energy consumption will help other than giving more oil shieks $ to buy more gold plated cars. Decrease consumption and use energy efficiently (do more with less) and that will lower energy costs, increase expendable income and *gasp* help the economy!!! OBVII!!!!!

[Beethovens7th]

Read Julian Simon.

[JGZimmerle]

The energy source you are looking for are bio-fuels made from algae, which in turn are grown in glass tubes located in deserts.

Another possibility (with a better energy return on energy investment of about 70 to 1) are concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) plants in deserts, in combination with HVDC (high voltage direct current) transmission lines and electric cars like the GM Volt. CSP plants also generate a lot of heat as a by-product, which can be used for things like water desalination.

[eous55]

cheap

[David777111]

And if you want to talk plastics, Ford back in 1937 made a plastic out of hemp that was 10times stronger than steel. Is there any plastic product that can compete with that? Hemp can also be used as medicines, paper, building products, textiles, food and more than 25,000 other uses that crude can not even touch. Study how the super elite made hemp illegal by calling it a name our forefathers never used. Yet our forefathers demanded the cultivation of hemp.

[Hal2222222]

You can use mustard seed oil/pieces as natural insecticide. There have been many occasions where the original intention was corrupted by the interests of greed, monopolies etc. What ever happened to Tesla's ideas about free energy via radio waves? !!! Things to work on :o) Keep on spreading the good words that shine a little light on the heavy situations.

[David777111]

If you want all of those then there is one possible answer. It is the answer that the super rich back in 1937 made sure would not compete with their oil or timber by making it illegal. Your answer is hemp. Before 1937 Ford made a hemp fuel to run his Model T. The oil of hemp can compete with any oil product on the market today. Hemp byproducts can fertilize and can bring crops more minerals than any oil product. Hemp grows fast and production can replace anything crude can give us. Legalize it.

[frix123]

Tachyon energy, scalar waves, orgone research those along with Nicolas Tesla. free energy existed 100 yrs ago but the greed of those making billions on oil doesnt want us to hav energy for FREE

[boxa888]

hey bro check out my tesla wireless power transfer videos, its pretty cool. power for all 110 years ago.

[frix123]

Great material boxa888, that's the way to go Tesla has the key. there are ppl like him now on earth but still kept secret abt it, they get threat if they open their mouths they turn to dead meat

[qwertyqwertybob]

Find it really funny that this vid had to have the picture of her body in the middle to trick viewers into watching.

[boxa888]

yep sex sells, but anyways, look up nikola teslas reseach everyone! he made a world wide energy system 110 years ago. it used the earth as a conducting wire to send industrial power and internet to all points on earth. his first tower was wardenclyffe. i put up a ton of information on how it worked from my own reseach.

[Fordenergy]

Part 3

Yes energy model I think we all need plastics for a long time yet but if we get our cars off oil then there will be allot more of it to go to other uses. I know I'll get blasted for this comment but I sleep well at night knowing I'm doing something to make it better.

p.s. The real shame is she had to promise xxx to get people to watch this

[Fordenergy]

Part 2

I need to say something about CORN ethanol if you think corn is the answer your crazy but America has allot of it, now take the same technology and switch it to cat tails grown on sewer water or algae grown in nets in the ocean now you have a viable solution without effecting our food crops. Then combine that with HHO or Brown Gas and we will be well on our way to an oil free energy model.

[Fordenergy]

Ok, I'm tired of allot of people complaining about Peak Oil, Global Warming, etc, etc, etc. And saying no one is doing anything about it. I have been doing something about it I experiment with HHO and try things; please see my video response above. I also exchange ideas with others doing the same thing and it is not doom and gloom where all going to die, those of us working on it look forward to a future where all of these technologies are common place.

[beaujae]

THE ANSWER: electromagnetic energy! 2 magnets spinning parallel in counter directions, while perpetually pulling each other to an optimum speed, will be the most productive engine device to date. (its how flying saucers work) Regardless, this type of machine has been created long ago by countless scientists, 1st being Nicola Tesla. Unfortunate that the world powers will not accept this globally until we've drank every drop of oil out of Earth...

[jamesa66]

Thanks for the video. 60% of Brazil's fuel comes from sugar cane. Solar farms are in the planning stages with massive concentrators to focus the intensity. Wind farms, energy from tides, nuclear, clean coal, supercapacitors that can be recharged in an electric car in 5 minutes by EEstor, HHO gas (brown's gas), hydrogen fuel cells recharged with solar charging station, estimated billions of uptapped barrels of oil in Alaska Colorado and ocean. The "crisis" is a sham to steal your money.

[FocusedLove]

HEMP!

[thedogisout18]

I mean there are these people running cars off of corn and water, I mean how stupid is that? We dont eat oil, we dont drink oil, dont use the stuff we need to live to make cars go.. and I dont know who the fuck you work for, but they must really suck because all this stuff is already in some assmebally line somewhere and they just wont release it yet because it would ruin the economy, they have to slowly release this stuff

[Runnywater]

Listen sweatheart, the problem is CONTROL, GREED, MONEY? goverment and its SUBGOVERMENT that actually run the country do not want FREE ENERGY, which is what a few inventors have come up with. No one whom has power or money wants FREE anything...get it? oil companies have rasied prices beucase of the new tech. that is around the corner. That many of us have proved in our own garages! Really time to wake up people things are not what they seem to be.

[tiberux]

nice video, u look awesome btw, what a beauty... Anyways, back to the subject at hand... Unification theory between GR and QT will serve as the basis for next generation technology.

Like elctronmagnetisim that has resulted in all of this IT revolution. Gravitomagnetisim and Superstring theory will solve transportation and energy problems.

[Boomer1949]

The problem is here and we've had somewhere around 100 yrs of using oil and developing it's use. No quickie on this one for a replacement. I believe until a new renewable source can be developed, we'll have to use all the available sources we have to see us through, as we scale back on the reliance of our depleting oil consumption. Starting with the biggest use of oil..our food.

[rhoadess]

What would we do if we had an infinite, or close to infinite source of energy? I am referring to fusion generated energy. Would things be the same as they are now, only without all the pollution? Would we still have the starvation issues? Would we be happier people? Would we become as materialistic as we are now, or would we learn to apply the Golden rule? "Love your neighbor as yourself" Well Cassandra, you succeeded in getting my other brain to working, thanks:D

[JotaParro]

the answer probably is not in any of them, but in the convinacion of these and we have to develop, but for economic reasons not supported the study.

our future is close to the fission, but ... who derive profit from something that lasts forever?

first understand how important it is to move as a species, all together.

very good idea yours, awareness has to expand

[wheateater]

So what are you doing to prepare for your future?

[Mechman064]

Hey Wheateater

Since she didn't answer, I will. She has a few plans but nothing very impressive. If you want preparedness advice you need to look elsewhere.

On the bright side, if you're into preparedness and you have a stable, depression proof job, you'll be able to pickup a hot little chick approaching Cassandra's appearance level rather easily. It's amazing how a normal looking guy can become super attractive if he can provide food and shelter to a woman who's homeless & seriously hungry.

[wheateater]

Not where I live! LOL

[wheateater]

Actually, I don't think I know many homeless, hungry women.

[Mechman064]

Just in case you haven't noticed, the economy is in trouble. Just wait a bit, By this time next year you'll see the soup lines. Check out the posts by visionvictory and myspacesecrets.

Google the royal bank of Scotland's warning. They say the economy will collapse around September. The secret session in the house of representatives supposedly covered the same thing and it's being leaked all over the Internet. I'd suggest you invest bearishly. All my holdings are certainly configured that way.

[wheateater]

Yes, I have noticed but at the moment my business is booming so I am just trying to earn as much as I can and diversify. I read that warning but you hear those sorts of things all the time. I am not going to risk a large portion of my money in precious metals either.

[Mechman064]

Ah, good enough wheateater. If your business is booming, you are probably in a depression resistant career. Even if things collapse, you should be better off than most. As for me, I'm pretty sure we'll see an implosion stocks and banking this fall. Imagine if everyone's credit and ATM cards stopped working. How long could you last if that happened? How long before you'd run out of food and start looking for soup lines? Me? I have 18 months of shelf stable food as well as a depression proof job.

[wheateater]

Where do you get your food? I have been looking into that myself.

[WTF1920]

So your into preparedness too? Good man! I've only got 4 months worth of food but I'll get some more as soon as I can. In my area, all the "normal" people are not worried AT ALL about the fact Indymac collapsed and about another 100 banks around the country are in serious danger.

The only way you're ever going to get any attention from "normal" people, is when they are starving...and in that case, you better have guns cause they will TAKE what they need by force if they are hungry enough.

[lizzie2424]

wow 5*****

[rikbrown]

There are no quick fixes. The collapse of politics into economics in this country has taken the power out of our hands. We don't live in a democracy but a free market corporate fascist system. "They" have made this way by taking control when everything was fine and dandy in the 80's and 90's and most people were indifferent and thought things would stay the same for the next 1000 years. China and India are on the verge of ecclipsing the US on the global stage. To be continued....

[spaske2528]

Perhaps peak energy is related to Fermi's paradox.

[evildaikenkai]

Brown's Gas

[wastedwhiteguy6978]

I may or may not agree with you but although I admit your intelligent and have something to say......I kinda miss the dance video.......

I'm kidding......OK not really......could you dance in your next video?

[iKnowYouSeeThis]

The fact is that there are many alternative sources of energy; Solar, Wind, Geothermal and Hydrogen are four of the most clean and renewable. There are already many homes running off of solar and there are Fully Hydrogen cars in Europe. The only things holding back advancement are Oil Corps and profiteers.

A true solution will require the proper choice of implementation depending on application.

In the end - Necessity is the Mother of Invention.

[iKnowYouSeeThis]

I appreciate the sentiment but you are not offering an solution only doubts.

The facts are that there are MANY alternative sources of clean and renewable energy. Solar, Hydrogen fuel cells and Wind are three of the cleanest and renewable. Solar is already powering many homes. The only thing holding back technological advancement are Oil companies and profiteers.

Some people would claim it's too expensive or not adequately developed but in the end...

Necessity is the Mother of Invention.

[SpacemanSpiff91W]

Nuclear fusion. We have the technology to convert a LOT of stuff to using energy produced from nuclear power quickly. Think about how fast gasoline cars came onto the scene. We probably need some serious problem (like a real oil shortage) to shock people into action.

[valhala56]

OilyCassandra, Physists Michio Kaku and Freeman Dyson of the Institute for Advanced Study estimates that, within 200 years or so, we should attain Type I status -a truly planetary one, which has mastered most forms of planetary energy. Type 1 energy output may be on the order of thousands to millions of times our current planetary output. We are Type 0 civilation now, so what is the answer. I see one possibility of leapfrogging to type 1 Civ by jumstarting AI or the Singularity to solve this.

[ratpoison987]

you get that type 0 type 1 shit from a text book?

200 years? Thats quite an amount of time to be in the dark-ages, all the while developing technologies to get to this type 1 status you're talking about.

starve our appetite for energy - people stop going to work and start worrying about feeding themselves and their families.

Without oil, money is meaningless. Loses all value. Money = energy.

[iKnowYouSeeThis]

You site Michio Kaku but you fail to listen to his message; Repeatedly he says that we are the tipping point of disaster or advancement. He states that we are not going to reach that point unless we change our current predicament.

Lastly AI is more a far off possibility than clean renewable energy. To depend on AI to solve our problems is ridiculous; AI gives us options, it is STILL US who must intemperate and choose. Besides you distract from the problem at hand with your digression.

[mddorogi]

Hey Cassandra. Solar is the endgame. With the research you've done, it should be obvious why. The rest (how to get it into transportable form, etc) is an engineering detail that we can figure out, as long as we get the cost curve down, and it is coming down very rapidly. I, for one, am optimistic. Usually.

[flamesforfun]

Also, algae is basically responsible for all that oil we're drilling for. Companies are successfully taking a 200 million year process and completing it in a matter of days. They did it with synthetic diamonds, they can do it with biofuel. Algae does not take away farmable land, and has huge yields compared to stupid biofuels like corn. Algae is the future. They are close to making it marketable.

[flamesforfun]

Um. Algal Biofuel? You can't take biofuel off the list. You pretty much named all alternatives so we couldn't say anything. Algae has HUGE potential.

[kingleah24]

I'm not sure that the issue with oil as a neccessary part of production for other things is so big, as oil isn't going to run out, we're just going to have used over half very soon. Therefore it should be feasible to still have enough oil to be the back-bone for other alternative energy sources etc. without seriously depleting what's left. The oil age may well be over, but the oil won't be gone...as the saying goes, "the stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones!".

[NewKreature517]

Goodness sakes..quit falling for the "oil scarcity scam". Water is a cheap, plentiful source of energy, but the powers that be don't want you to know about this 30 year old technology. Here, watch a couple of videos, and go put some clothes on. You've upset your mother.

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Plastics and fertilizers we definitely can do without and have done so for many many years. Buy organic and eat a RAW VEGAN DIET!!

[supernovaT2]

We can not feed 6.7 billion people without the high yield fertilizer manufactured from natural gas. There must be a transportation infrastructure to move the food around and pesticides. Currently critical parts rely on inexpensive oil. To continue the present system there must be substitutes that scale up to the needed volume. If there are no substitutes there will be shortages & people starve. If the price becomes too high, poor people can not buy food and die.

[dv122]

There is no technofix that will be sufficiently developed to be commercially available before the energy crunch. Instead we must reimagine our communities at a local level. Soon there will not be enough energy available for mass transportation. We need to build resilience into our communities so that they can sustain themselves locally. Check out Richard Heinberg's latest talk on our channel. He recently delivered it at the Positive Energy Conference held in the Findhorn Ecovillage.

[FindhornFoundation]

There is no technofix that will be sufficiently developed to be commercially available before the energy crunch. Instead we must reimagine our communities at a local level. Soon there will not be enough energy available for mass transportation. We need to build resilience into our communities so that they can sustain themselves locally. Check out Richard Heinberg's latest talk on our channel. He recently delivered it at the Positive Energy Conference held in the Findhorn Ecovillage.

[moesified]

This oil crisis is not our fault but the governments for not making the motor industry have higher milage in their cars and trucks. If some college undergards could get a 1980 something ford bronco get 72 miles per gallon with a carb. then with fuel injeciton they could get much better. there are also water ethanol powered vehicles that run on 30 percent ethanol and 60 percent water.

[newculture]

Nice call to action. :-) It is essential that people understand what exactly the available energy sources are, and how that fits with the infrastructure we have in place.

[94919032]

I have posted a video of the second half of ch. 13 from my novel, titled CHOSEN. The two key characters discuss the discovery of 'gravity sails' and how this discovery will begin the new age of humanity with unlimited free energy and intergalactic exploration. PS, you have beautifully formed mammary glands.

[dv122]

its too late our planet is too fucked up now, its irreversible, we all going burn

[PhenixRising1171]

Cassandra has some good ideas but she is painting a doomsday scenario. The solution to peak oil is not one single technology. There are PRT mass transit systems that can reduce the use of cars and the use of fossil fuels. Wind, solar, geo-thermal, and small scale hydo-plants are all necessary to partially replace petroleum. As for the plastics...plastic materials can be made out of the waste of any plant. The added bonus is that these plastics are biodegradable. O and organic farming..

[christo930]

What about biofuels like algae or switchgrass? Algae needs little or no inputs and switchgrass needs little or no imputs (to grow), since it's native to the us, doesn't need to be planted every year, doesn't need pesticides or fertilizers. Algae can be grown in any water on land that is otherwise non productive. Plug-in hybrids can really cut back on the oil used for private transportation as well.

[adamx20]

What the hell are you talking about? Soy was the first plastic! Hemp is illegal. Crude oil is just easier to accomplish all of those feats with.

[apocalyptichybrid]

Your an idiot!

[DigitalAndroid]

She's not, she speaks the truth. It's actually quite the opposite, I think she's brilliant

[legolasegb]

OMG End of the WURLD!

[Fingamasta]

damn! shes smart AND hot X)

[IamTheInventor]

Discover Mag and website, has an article about anything into oil. It started out to take care of turkey waste, then evolved. It is a batch process. True it takes some energy to convert the garbage, but the resulting product is sweet lite crude. Using this tech we can extend the oil supply. One can take any carbon source, add water, heat and pressurize, wait for the pressure drop, then place the new oil into storage for further processing. Even old plastics, fabrics, coal, poop, will do.

[PhotonDrive]

Cassandra: Two weeks ago the Video went up of the first vehicle running well on NO FUEL\ NO BATTERIES\ and NO SOLAR PANELS! It is called "Surge Technologies Electric Motor Kit" - Troy Reid builder. This is an Induction Generator - Like having a "Brake Re-Generator" on FULL-TIME, and ten times as strong. This is the real thing: very CHEAP; very SIMPLE: TOTALLY EFFECTIVE! All those mentioned above are now obsolete. Whirling NeoBium Mags through coils do the trick. We are saved! Cheers

[techserve]

Think hydrogen folks. Lots of obstacles to overcome you say. SO WHAT!! Not that big a problem in the scope of things. Just need commitment and money for research, lots of money.

[subach]

All you need to do is look at the trends, solar PV prices continue their downward trend while efficiencies continue their upward trend. New silicon manufacturing techniques coming online this year are also expected to reduce the price of highly refined silicon by 2/3rds by the middle of next year. By 2012 we should have cost competitive solar. Battery technology shows a similar trend, and we should have competitive all electric vehicles by around 2015. No need to be alarm.

[GentleSavage1]

erm... it's your guess that this will hopefully work sufficient... while peak oil is fact. no need to be "alarm"? gotta be kidding.

[UnderseaCaveman]

There aren't enough PROJECT ENGINEERS available in the US to put up like 10,000 (100MW) Solar Stations....let alone the infrastructure needed to store any energy created during day (what everybody gonna be in the dark at night or whats, Brahhda?).

People overlook the Trained Manpower (or female) needed to build 10,000 plants of anything....our present energy infrastructure "EVOLVED" over a very long period of time! DEFINITELY an ALARM!

[fruitybud420]

subach, what about plastic, ink, dyes, asphalt, pesticides, fertilizers, pain killers, polyester, rubber, ???? 500,000+ products are made from oil 99% of which cannot be produced from any other known substance. the end of oil is the end of every single aspect of modern life. take away oil, say goodbye to mass food production and hello to a massive die off.

The END is coming.

the world is sliding toward a post-industrial stone age.

[carstars]

The world needs to be brining on one nuke plant every week to keep up with the decline. But the needed investment to make the transistion is likely more than the excess capital which is currently available. And as we slide down the slope what will we cut to convert to the new fuel or system?

[Yiggyski]

Interesting video - your pretty photogenic for a peak oil type!

The country I reside in, the UK, have just opted for a new generation of nuclear power stations and we will be working closely with France.

In theory this could herald the age of the electric car as liquid fuels start to wane. The problem is that none are due to be built for at least a decade or so!

I personally feel things will get awry way before these can be built! How much quality uranium ore is left remains to be seen.

[BigFatTonyCal]

good message.How does wind need fossil fuel.Whats with the breast shot.

[cynicalheretic]

Will you Marry me?

[djonova]

Great video!

[UnderseaCaveman]

No Way, there's like 60 Trillion barrels of Oil under Ice (20 times present Oil Reserves)...JUST KIDDING!

Anybody responding really needs to focus on the "E" part. The "T" is also critical, but one could argue "Once a sustainable source is established, then energy can be converted to carrier (synthetic) provided economical "E" is retained. Same arg goes for "D". To date, Petro has been our God, with no substitute in sight!