Comments on: Can We Harness Hydrocarbon Energy without Burning Hydrocarbon Fuels? http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/07/08/150/can-we-harness-hydrocarbon-energy-without-burning-hydrocarbon-fuels/ hunting the paradigm shift Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:59:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ditebogothue http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/07/08/150/can-we-harness-hydrocarbon-energy-without-burning-hydrocarbon-fuels/comment-page-1/#comment-434 ditebogothue Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:21:55 +0000 http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/?p=150#comment-434 comprehesive plan of action which can clean up the pollution comprehesive plan of action which can clean up the pollution

]]> By: A to Z Energy ETF » Blog Archive » DrumBeat: July 9, 2008 http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/07/08/150/can-we-harness-hydrocarbon-energy-without-burning-hydrocarbon-fuels/comment-page-1/#comment-157 A to Z Energy ETF » Blog Archive » DrumBeat: July 9, 2008 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:01:05 +0000 http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/?p=150#comment-157 [...] Can We Harness Hydrocarbon Energy without Burning Hydrocarbon Fuels? Perhaps the first question to be asked is whether or not petroleum is running out. Most evidence suggests that the world’s major deposits of petroleum are in fact being diminished at an unsustainable rate, even as global demand increases at (economically and ecologically) alarming rates. The scientific world is not, however, completely unanimous as to the finite nature of petroleum deposits. [...] [...] Can We Harness Hydrocarbon Energy without Burning Hydrocarbon Fuels? Perhaps the first question to be asked is whether or not petroleum is running out. Most evidence suggests that the world’s major deposits of petroleum are in fact being diminished at an unsustainable rate, even as global demand increases at (economically and ecologically) alarming rates. The scientific world is not, however, completely unanimous as to the finite nature of petroleum deposits. [...]

]]> By: Clifford J. Wirth http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/2008/07/08/150/can-we-harness-hydrocarbon-energy-without-burning-hydrocarbon-fuels/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Clifford J. Wirth Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:55:21 +0000 http://www.casavaria.com/hotspring/?p=150#comment-143 Global oil production is now declining, from 85 million barrels per day to 60 million barrels per day by 2015. At the same time demand will increase 14%. This is like a 45% drop in 7 years. No one can reverse this trend, nor can we conserve our way out of this catastrophe. Because the demand for oil is so high, it will always be higher than production; thus the depletion rate will continue until all recoverable oil is extracted. We are facing the collapse of the highways that depend on diesel trucks for maintenance of bridges, cleaning culverts to avoid road washouts, snow plowing, roadbed and surface repair. When the highways fail, so will the power grid, as highways carry the parts, transformers, steel for pylons, and high tension cables, all from far away. With the highways out, there will be no food coming in from "outside," and without the power grid virtually nothing works, including home heating, pumping of gasoline and diesel, airports, communications, and automated systems. This is documented in a free 48 page report that can be downloaded, website posted, distributed, and emailed: http://www.peakoilassociates.com/POAnalysis.html Global oil production is now declining, from 85 million barrels per day to 60 million barrels per day by 2015. At the same time demand will increase 14%. This is like a 45% drop in 7 years. No one can reverse this trend, nor can we conserve our way out of this catastrophe. Because the demand for oil is so high, it will always be higher than production; thus the depletion rate will continue until all recoverable oil is extracted.

We are facing the collapse of the highways that depend on diesel trucks for maintenance of bridges, cleaning culverts to avoid road washouts, snow plowing, roadbed and surface repair. When the highways fail, so will the power grid, as highways carry the parts, transformers, steel for pylons, and high tension cables, all from far away. With the highways out, there will be no food coming in from “outside,” and without the power grid virtually nothing works, including home heating, pumping of gasoline and diesel, airports, communications, and automated systems.

This is documented in a free 48 page report that can be downloaded, website posted, distributed, and emailed: http://www.peakoilassociates.com/POAnalysis.html

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