Archive for the 'Energy' Category
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 […]
Vertical Farming in the Big Apple
June 20th, 2007I know. Urban hipsters want iPods, free love and electric SUVs. Absolutely any technology or policy that offers a glimmer of hope of keeping things going will be embraced with religious ferocity, regardless of the level of absurdity. As more and more people give up on the political process, they will seek comfort in the […]
Oil Industry Scales Back Refinery Plans
June 18th, 2007Everyone knows that the biofuel scam only results in higher food prices, and now, the oil cartel is saying, “With all the biofuel, we don’t need to invest if more refining capacity.” The food and energy scarcity issues are being engineered into a kill off mechanism that also generates massive profits. Anyone who can’t see […]
Rationing Mechanisms In Place: Credit Cards Cut Off Gas Purchases
June 18th, 2007Credit card companies are limiting fuel purchases because of credit card fraud? Oh sure, that sounds perfectly reasonable to many zombie consumers. And you could take this article at face value and move on, but I wouldn’t. It’s easy to see how this will be used as a gas rationing system. After a declaration of […]
Africa Command: The American Military’s New Frontier Outpost
June 13th, 2007Via: Esquire: A few years ago, with little fanfare, the United States opened a base in the horn of Africa to kill or capture Al Qaeda fighters. By 2012, the Pentagon will have two dozen such forts. The story of Africa Command, the American military’s new frontier outpost.
Oil Demand ‘Rising Faster than Expected’
June 13th, 2007Mmmm hmmm. Can they top July 2006, or not? I guess we’ll find out soon enough. Via: Financial Times: World oil demand is rising faster than previously expected while non-Opec supply is growing more slowly, the International Energy Agency has said in its latest monthly assessment of the market. The rich countries’ energy watchdog warned […]
Thousand Dollar Fine for Driving Vegetable Oil Car
June 13th, 2007Wow! The snarling, fascist stage of collapse is turning out to be more absurd than even I anticipated. Unhook the vampire state’s fangs from your neck, even a little, and you’re going to get a ticket or a gun shoved in your face. Gentle hint to greasers: Cops are the only people who notice your […]
Chinese Drop Biofuel Plans as Food Prices Rise
June 12th, 2007Duh. Via: Times Online: China’s communist rulers announced a moratorium on the production of ethanol from corn and other food crops yesterday at the very time that Western leaders are rushing to embrace alternative food-based fuel technology. Beijing’s move underlines concerns that ethanol production is driving up rapidly the costs of corn and grain. It […]
Clean Energy and Turning What’s Left Into Trash
June 8th, 2007What if a genuinely viable clean power source became available to people everywhere? What would happen? My guess is that the pace of collapse would accelerate. The clean green energy would allow scenes like the one below to be repeated wherever there are raw materials waiting to be turned into trash. It would, in other […]
