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  But Wait!

  How are the dams for solar installations going to be any safer?

  Wait. I don't get it, you mean not all electricity sources require a giant mound of earth to hold back tons of toxic waste?On So much for 'clean coal' posted 10 months ago 1 Response

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  Finally!

  I was waiting for a post on this ad... I saw it about a month ago. So awkwardly hilarious I love it. Most people don't even know high fructose corn syrup is unhealthy, I think they're just calling attention to it. For the better I suppose, plus we get to enjoy unintentionally funny commercialsOn Curt Ellis responds to the ads promoting corn syrup ... posted 11 months ago 2 Responses

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  speaking of the Sec. of Energy...

  I'm pretty curious about what the Sec. of Energy and the DOE do on a day-to-day basis, and what areas really fall under their jurisdiction... what makes a 'good' Sec. of Energy?

  I'm hoping Mr. Romm, given his former role, uses this time of cabinet-picking intrigue to give us the low-down on what they do over there in the DOE.On Schwarzenegger mandates 33 percent renewables by 2030 posted 11 months, 3 weeks ago 7 Responses

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  sweet

  as much as i hate taking on new debt when the state's already bankrupt... how could I turn down high speed rail?

  Speaking as a northerner, here's hoping LA is ready for train commuters when this thing opens up and makes the city in the south a bit more non-car friendly.On A real path to energy independence posted 1 year ago 31 Responses

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  I don't see the real beef here...

  From Bart's expanded quote it's pretty clear the guy is (admittedly so) a non-believer in peak oil.  His analysis of what it represents, however, seems pretty close to the truth.

  It seems to me that he is saying that

  "Whereas we believe that whatever can be turned into oil strongly depends on technology and technology depends on prices as well."

  Is an implication that they believe they can sell petroleum to meet any market demand (this is obviously false in an absolute, infinite demand scenario, but may be true for 'reasonable' demands).  In other words he believes there's plenty of shale/tar sands/ whatever they could be processing--at some financial and environmental expense--in addition to the types of synthetic technologies Earl alluded to (I'm also interested in what that pathway is, but figure it's probably only carbon-limited in terms of starting materials).

  I see no factual errors here (and I also found Dave's quote to be really out of context), but I agree with Bart; regardless of truth, I think he's giving an academic answer to a question that deals with very real practical problems (very expensive petroleum).  The biggest 'real world result' is that petroleum will be abandoned as a fuel source specifically because of the large $/env. costs he mentions. On Oil economist denies peak oil posted 1 year, 1 month ago 14 Responses