tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post8780910621651093757..comments2024-03-28T22:45:51.014+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Fracking Across The GlobeCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-11407350443907550502017-03-11T11:35:07.339+00:002017-03-11T11:35:07.339+00:00Indeed. Haven't seen a proper explanation yet...Indeed. Haven't seen a proper explanation yet - - ?Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-37458388667218754082017-03-09T21:23:36.000+00:002017-03-09T21:23:36.000+00:00ND, what a timely post - oil down 6% in three days...ND, what a timely post - oil down 6% in three days ! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-59934791817776639122017-03-08T18:00:24.739+00:002017-03-08T18:00:24.739+00:00I am against any theory which comes across as Malt...I am against any theory which comes across as Malthusian. I have faith in human ingenuity, which is why I was never worried about "peak oil" and why the green panic will be solved before it becomes a serious issue. UK carbon emissions down 6% in one year thanks to switching from coal to gas. Still some scope for further reductions by getting rid of coal althogether, then.<br /><br />Let's allow fracking, while also making sure the regime encourages renewable technologies to become more viable. <br /><br />It wasn't that long ago that people worried that the volume of horse manure would eventually swamp our cities. The days when dodgy VW diesel cars and powering factories with fossil fuels will soon be ancient history.Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556174219724957585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-89498306577830141632017-03-08T13:14:43.827+00:002017-03-08T13:14:43.827+00:00Time the Peelers did their job and banged a few he...Time the Peelers did their job and banged a few heads. Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-34692999459070787642017-03-08T12:17:28.354+00:002017-03-08T12:17:28.354+00:00Dan - I agree, but there's not a lot (0) of th...Dan - I agree, but there's not a lot (0) of thorium research in the UK, some in India and China I think. Maybe we'll end up buying from them like we do for everything else. Pity we can't scrap HS2, put the money into a thorium programme and perhaps divert a few good young physicists from the City and GCHQ into something positive. <br /><br />Assuming it's viable, we still can't produce infinite amounts of energy cos we have to get rid of the heat (or possibly lose our atmosphere). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-60522814509657107682017-03-08T11:54:05.281+00:002017-03-08T11:54:05.281+00:00We have some scientists who recently calculated th...We have some scientists who recently calculated that pretty much all the recent climate changes seen are down to resonant orbital changes in the orbits of Earth and Mars, plus the most up to date climate records fail to notice any significant warming at all.<br /><br />.. got a link for that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-61404936630624050522017-03-08T11:34:38.659+00:002017-03-08T11:34:38.659+00:00The problem is how to make nuclear commercially vi...The problem is how to make nuclear commercially viable. <br /><br />Don CoxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-83684012644084185862017-03-08T11:16:00.879+00:002017-03-08T11:16:00.879+00:00Peak energy is also bollocks in many ways. Thorium...Peak energy is also bollocks in many ways. Thorium is more common than uranium, and there is only one common isotope of thorium, so every bit of the stuff you dig up can be used in reactors. Thorium also breaks down into smaller, non-radioactive chunks much more easily than either uranium or plutonium, so you don't need quite so big a logistics tail for thorium reactors.<br /><br />So, let's see now...<br /><br />We have a nuclear technology suited to the running of big ships and small local power generation. We have shedloads more oil than we'll ever need. We have some scientists who recently calculated that pretty much all the recent climate changes seen are down to resonant orbital changes in the orbits of Earth and Mars, plus the most up to date climate records fail to notice any significant warming at all.<br /><br />Game on, I'd say.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618328278732100203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-47893415960320728382017-03-08T11:13:24.499+00:002017-03-08T11:13:24.499+00:00If EROEI drops, as seems inevitable, will energy p...If EROEI drops, as seems inevitable, will energy prices have to rise? Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-7132555371132561192017-03-08T07:52:46.320+00:002017-03-08T07:52:46.320+00:00It is indeed bollox
(but EROEI is not)
And not j...It is indeed bollox<br /><br />(but EROEI is not)<br /><br />And not just oil, <b>David</b> - consider, for example, the EU ETS CO2 emissions scheme. Oh, the price of abating CO2 was going to be EUR 30 per tonne and rising. Wrong!<br /><br />or the UK Capacity Mechanism in electricity. The cost of providing incremental generating capacity would be £40/MWh. Wrong! <br /><br />Always more stuff. <a href="http://www.cityunslicker.co.uk/2017/02/money-for-old-rope.html" rel="nofollow">(I did tell them ...)</a>Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-48449289614488562812017-03-07T20:44:15.828+00:002017-03-07T20:44:15.828+00:00If in doubt, go short - because there's always...If in doubt, go short - because there's always more stuff (oil presumably) out there than anyone thinks.<br /><br />So<br /><br />Peak Oil was/is bollox<br /><br />Who knew ?david morrisnoreply@blogger.com