You have very little understanding of the events that are taking place in the world. You are obviously detached form the natural world and have very little knowledge of how much resources are needed and that are available to produce your "changes". I have no problem with change. If you have not changed the changes caused by global resource dpeltion will force you to change or die.You have very little undrerstanding of what changes are needed in order for humans to speciate and not go extinct. Your technological changes are from people that hsve spent most of their lives insulated in artifical environements being formulated and weenedon the industrial cmp
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Holmes: you obviously have a major problem expressing yourself in English. I can offer you remedial English training but my fee would be huge. Alternatively, I'd suggest searching the listings for your local community college. They often have courses tailored for those with your disadvantages.
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Remedial English - but the fee will be large
by wordsmyth » Mon 14 Mar 2005, 12:42:47
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by wordsmyth » Mon 14 Mar 2005, 12:45:30
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lorenzo', ' ')Bashing all those who claim their right to knowledge, no longer works.
Lorenzo - exactly my point. It is time the doomsters tried to learn something about the broader world - markets would be a good start.
BTW: You're nothing to do with Lorenzo's oil I assume?
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It isn't a question of new resources but new technologies.
by wordsmyth » Mon 14 Mar 2005, 13:00:02
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'U')nless technology provides a "new oil", to replace declining oil reserves we are left in the same sinking boat.
Oil currently makes up about 39% of the primary energy supply. As our technologies develop we are using that resource more and more efficiently. Other advancing technologies are allowing us to capture and use a range of other resources more efficiently.
The underlying technologies required to capture, store and use energy are advancing all the time and the primary drivers behind this process are financial. That is the reason the energy slate is already complex and becoming more so. As the underlying price of each of unit of energy rises - in real as well as nominal terms, the incentives to capture various resources grows.
That means substitution will continue to expand. Fuel cells are already - very slowly - working their way into the static generation market. As I am sure you know, they can be powered by hydrocarbons or renewables. Advances in biotech are opening up a host of new possibilities. Advance in nanotechnology are also highly likely to make a difference in the medium to long term.
Check out last month's conference report from Rice University
http://tinyurl.com/4dkz4
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by Aaron » Mon 14 Mar 2005, 13:17:05
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')il currently makes up about 39% of the primary energy supply. As our technologies develop we are using that resource more and more efficiently. Other advancing technologies are allowing us to capture and use a range of other resources more efficiently.
And in spit of this, our world has consumed even greater amounts energy each year than the previous year, (with some notable exceptions). Efficiency gains = lower energy prices = increased net use.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he underlying technologies required to capture, store and use energy are advancing all the time and the primary drivers behind this process are financial. That is the reason the energy slate is already complex and becoming more so. As the underlying price of each of unit of energy rises - in real as well as nominal terms, the incentives to capture various resources grows.
Quite so... the engineering advances for known technologies have expanded the uses and relative utility of these technologies. And these engineering advances are indeed driven by funding.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')hat means substitution will continue to expand. Fuel cells are already - very slowly - working their way into the static generation market. As I am sure you know, they can be powered by hydrocarbons or renewables. Advances in biotech are opening up a host of new possibilities. Advance in nanotechnology are also highly likely to make a difference in the medium to long term.
Fuel cells carry a negative EROEI and in any event are not a power source but a carrier technology. Fuel Cells (read really good batteries) can accept power from any source as you stated. Hydrogen power is in the same boat... You still require an original source.
When I spoke to Dr Smalley (Director Rice Carbon Nanotechnology Labs), in his office several months ago, he told me that the advances needed for nanotechnology to significantly affect energy related technology requires primary scientific breakthroughs to achieve, and that the world does not currently posses enough facilities and trained scientists to produce these breakthroughs no matter how much money we throw at the problem.
Given the time required to educate enough people in sub atomic physics, unless projections of peak oil are drastically wrong, it is doubtful we have the time.
http://www.peakoil.com/contentid-6.html
The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt, but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise... economics is a form of brain damage.
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