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Holy cow!

This is potentially huge: The world is much closer to running out of oil than official estimates admit, according to a whistleblower at the International Energy Agency who claims it has been deliberately underplaying a looming shortage for fear of triggering panic buying. The senior official claims the US has played an influential role in […]

EROI

“The quantity of oil, gas, coal, or any other energy bearing resource that is left in the Earth is not the question, all that matters is that portion that can be exploited at a significant energy profit.” Source: http://www.theoildrum.com/node/5908#more

Closer, closer …

logi Energy Determines Saudi Oil Production Has Peaked

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Kymmenen kohtuullista vaatimusta

Kymmenen kohtuullista vaatimusta 1.El쎤m쎤ntavan syv쎤llinen muutos on v쎤ltt쎤m쎤t쎶n. Pelkk쎤 teknologia ei pelasta. 2. Tarvitaan yhteisi쎤 sitovia rajoituksia kulutukseen. Tulevien sukupolvien p쎶yd쎤st쎤 sy쎶minen on lopetettava. 3. Energian k쎤yt쎶n v쎤hent쎤minen on ainoa mahdollisuus vastata riitt쎤v쎤n nopeasti ilmastokriisin haasteeseen. Kulutusta on supistettava oikeudenmukaisesti ja hallitusti. 4. Ydinenergian ja uraanikaivosten tilalle kotimainen, hajautettu ja uusiutuva energiantuotanto. 5. Mainontaa on […]

Soon we will see

The demise of the dollar – Business News, Business – The Independent (6 October 2009): In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning along with China, Russia, Japan and France to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and […]

Over- and underconsuming classes

A really thoughtful article by Alexis Ziegler on resource problems, connecting them to the “war of terror”, Obama, the refusal of the global over-consuming class to consume less, resulting in the amount of hunger (the under-consuming class) *growing* globally. If there ever was a failure of capitalism, this certainly must be it. The terms over-consuming […]

TVO ja Areva nokittelee

– Ensin Areva myi EPR-voimalan ja vasta sen j쎤lkeen he alkoivat tehd쎤 tarkkoja teknisi쎤 suunnitelmia, Rajala sanoo Les Echosin haastattelussa. TVO: Kaupalliset suhteet Arevaan eiv쎤t ole normaalit | Talous ja politiikka | YLE Uutiset | yle.fi (24 September 2009) Jep jep. Ja miss쎤 vaiheessa ostaja tiesi t쎤m쎤n? Lupaa hakiessaan?

Totuusradio: öljy on kuollut jumala

T쎤n쎤쎤n, radio Moreenissa, Totuusradio: “쎖ljy on kuollut jumala”, kello 22-24. “Usein 쎶ljy-sanalla viitataan nimenomaan maa쎶ljyyn (raaka쎶ljyyn), jota pumpataan maan sis쎤lt쎤. Se on hiilivetyjen seos. Maa쎶ljy on t쎤ll쎤 hetkell쎤 yksi maailman t쎤rkeimmist쎤 energianl쎤hteist쎤, ja se liittyy kansainv쎤liseen politiikkaan. Maa쎶ljy쎤 kulutettiin vuonna 2004 maailmassa noin 13 miljardia litraa (83 miljoonaa tynnyri쎤) ja Suomessa noin 35 miljoonaa litraa […]

Fact or fiction?

According to this study the rate of unemployment in California is 40%: A report released Sunday says two of five working-age Californians do not have a job, underscoring the challenges in one of the toughest job markets in decades. A new study has found that the last time employment levels among this group were this […]