Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Oil Experts See Supply Crisis in Five Years
July 10th, 2007I’ve got to admit something: With each passing day, this issue bores me more and more. I’ve seen this thing coming for so long, and writing about it, that I’m quite simply sick of it. I’m content to stop posting stories like this until actual, no-shit collapse events begin to unfold. You know? Wake me […]
Gore Vidal Installs Solar Power System, City of Los Angeles Makes Up an Excuse and then Starts Ripping Out Wire
July 9th, 2007I had initially passed on this story, but four of you submitted it. First of all, being from Orange County and going to college in Los Angeles, I witnessed the madness first hand. In my opinion, anyone who is able to leave Los Angeles or Orange County, but doesn’t, is insane. I’ve written the place […]
Oil Trades Near 10-Month High After Shell’s Nigeria Rig Attack
July 4th, 2007Via: Bloomberg: Crude oil traded near a 10-month high in New York after Royal Dutch Shell Plc said militants attacked its rig in Nigeria, raising concern about further oil-supply disruptions from Africa’s largest producer. Five expatriate contractors working for Lonestar Drilling Nigeria Ltd. were taken hostage, said Precious Okolobo, a spokesman for Shell’s Nigerian venture. […]
Steorn Orbo Demo in London
July 4th, 2007DELAY 2: MORE STEORN BULLSHIT Still nothing. They’re saying that the camera lighting is causing a problem with the Orbo machine, or some bullshit like that. Well, folks, there you have it. Skeptics: 2 Steorn: 0 Via: Steorn: “We are experiencing some technical difficulties with the demo unit in London. Our initial assessment indicates that […]
Graph: The U.S. Consumes More Gasoline than the Next 20 Largest Gasoline Consumers COMBINED
July 4th, 2007Via: Economist: THE cost of filling up a Honda Civic’s 50-litre tank varies hugely around the world. Where some countries subsidise, others tax heavily. Pity Turkish drivers, who fork out $93.83, according to Gerhard Metschies in Foreign Policy magazine. Re-nationalised oil companies and heavy subsidies keep Venezuelan motorists happy, though those in Turkmenistan fare even […]
The International Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project
July 3rd, 2007“Man needs only to exercise his engineering ingenuity to convert the ocean’s surge into a great national asset.” —John F. Kennedy, July 16th, 1963 “Touch one, you’ve touched them all… All these secrets are the same secret.” —Daniel Hopsicker, Barry & ‘The Boys’ The energy scarcity scam is one of those scams that, once you […]
Synthetic Environments for Analysis and Simulation
June 30th, 2007Simulex Inc.’s Synthetic Environments for Analysis and Simulation system is almost certainly how the priests of the technocracy are now maintaining “normal” operations. The system allows for terra scale datasets with granularity of results down to one node (individual). It has a physics engine for tracking any number of people (or other elements) in virtual […]
International Energy Agency Chief Economist on Oil: “If Iraqi Production Does Not Rise Exponentially by 2015, We Have a Very Big Problem”
June 28th, 2007Kill off, plain and simple. Via: DailyKos: If Iraqi production does not rise exponentially by 2015, we have a very big problem, even if Saudi Arabia fulfills all its promises. The numbers are very simple, there’s no need to be an expert…
Iranians Attack Gas Stations Amid Rationing
June 27th, 2007Via: USA Today: Angry Iranians attacked several gas stations in protest after the government suddenly began long-threatened fuel rationing, while many others rushed to fill their tanks. The Oil Ministry announced the start of rationing Tuesday night only three hours before it was due to begin at midnight. The sudden announcement sparked long lines at […]
Giant Microwave Turns Plastic Back to Oil
June 26th, 2007This is some interesting news. I wonder how much electricity the machine requires!? Hopefully, the Indonesians will be at the top of the list of customers… Via: New Scientist: A US company is taking plastics recycling to another level – turning them back into the oil they were made from, and gas. All that is […]
