Thursday, September 3, 2009
27th August was a great day for the eCars ? Now! project. The first Toyota Corolla converted from ICE drive to electric was running under its own power. (The Youtube video talks in Finnish, but the pictures speak a universal language.) Officially, the eCorolla 1.0 will be unveiled to the media later during the autumn. […]
T쎤m쎤n virallisempaa ilmoitusta tuskin tulee: “IEA varoittaa 쎶ljyn nopeasta v쎤henemisest쎤” Nyt voikin sitten ryhty쎤 sovittamaan talouden kutistumisen ja 쎶ljyn tuotannon laskuprosentteja toisiinsa (3%? 7%? per vuosi). Laskeeko talous nopeammin? Jos, niin tuskin 쎶ljyhuippu ikin쎤 kunnolla huomatuksi tuleekaan. Laskeeko 쎶ljy nopeammin? Jos, niin se tekee lasikaton talouden kasvuyrityksille.
A very interesting essay on Roman Empire by Ugo Bardi: “”Peak Civilization”: The Fall of the Roman Empire” Check also the comments on “night soil”. So the “controlled collapse” is equal to “lower complexity” is equal to “anarchy”, right?
“Of course, the economy can’t keep falling forever, …” No? It is easy to imagine.
Salon.com: There is an unreal, almost dreamlike quality about this moment. Dreadful things are about to happen: Hundreds of thousands of children will lose their healthcare. Five thousand state workers will be laid off. Massive cuts will decimate education at every level. Social services will be slashed. Two hundred and twenty-nine parks, out of a […]
Taas kerran erinomainen artikkeli Oil Drumilla. Energiaan k쎤ytett쎤v쎤n resurssin (punainen) kasvaessa muuhun j쎤쎤v쎤 resurssi (sininen) pienenee, vaikka “kansantalous” kokonaisuutena kasvaisikin. Saati sitten, jos kokonaisuus kutistuu. Peak oilin oikean puoleinen jyrk쎤nne voi olla paljon jyrkempi kuin vasen puoli. Tai toisin sanoen: peak oilin huippukohdalla (kun puolet 쎶ljyst쎤 on j쎤ljell쎤), yli puolet (쎶ljyst쎤) saatavilla olevasta energiasta on […]
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Mutta onneksi asfalttiteist쎤 saa soraversioita: To save money, more than 20 Michigan counties have decided to turn deteriorating paved roads back to gravel. Montcalm County estimates that repaving a road costs more than $100,000 a mile. Grinding the same mile of road up and turning it into gravel costs $10,000. At least 50 miles of […]
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Nimimerkki ransu esitt쎤쎤 Oil Drumilla mielenkiintoisen analyysin Olkiluodon ongelmista, jotka New York Times nosti globaaliin tietoisuuteen, liitt쎤en probleemien synnyn paitsi energiatalouden nykytilanteeseen, my쎶s kapitalismin kriisiin: The problems with this project are familiar to anyone who works as an engineer in this modern new global free market. Projects like these are no longer aimed for their […]
“we are out of money now”
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Kannattaa tsekata n쎤쎤 raportit, vihdoinkin sellaista politiikka-ohjelmaa, jota kehtaa suositella: // Check out these reports, as far as I can see these policies are good: http://www.ymparistojakehitys.fi/sustainable_societies.html
