http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/ This is a forum to address current and future issues related to peak oil."I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that." — Thomas Edison, 1931 "The term Peak Oil refers the maximum rate of the production of oil in any area under consideration, recognising that it is a finite natural resource, subject to depletion." --Colin Campbell <br><br>&nbsp;BOG: In my opinion global warming is a completely secondary issue. I 'm in favor of switching over to a totally renewable energy base for security,enviromental and economic reasons. If this is done then the global warming proponents aims will be attained. These same security,enviromental and economic reasons are enough in my opinion for even the most anti global warming and anti peak oil cornucopians to agree to switching over to a renewable energy base. Even if the cornucopians are correct and oil will flow like water within the OPEC states for eternity there are still enough valid reasons to stop using oil. <a href="http://flagcounter.com/more/KcRW"><img src="http://flagcounter.com/count/KcRW/bg=FFFFFF/txt=000000/border=CCCCCC/columns=2/maxflags=12/viewers=0/labels=0/" border="0"></a>&nbsp; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:19:54 -0000 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:23:00 -0000 http://multiply.com/mu/bog55peakoilbog/logo http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/ 100 100 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/388/_Webstore_I_set_up_recently &nbsp;I find myself frequently using this website&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bigfoot-Observation-Group-Online-Store/109160119136198">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bigfoot-Observation-Group-Online-Store/109160119136198</a>&nbsp; It has a section regarding peak oil related books. http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/388/_Webstore_I_set_up_recently Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:23:00 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/links/item/226/Peak_Oil_related_webstore Peak Oil relat webstore primarily selling http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/links/item/226/Peak_Oil_related_webstore Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:21:10 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/links/item/225/Bigfoot_Observation_Group_Online_Store This webstore sells camping equipment,clothes,toys ,books,DVD's electronics. This is an excellent place to buy bigfoot related items. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bigfoot-Observation-Group-Online-Store/109160119136198">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bigfoot-Observation-Group-Online-Store/109160119136198</a> http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/links/item/225/Bigfoot_Observation_Group_Online_Store Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:55:50 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/387/I_shop_frequently_at_this_webstore This webstore sells camping equipment,clothes,toys ,books,DVD's electronics. This is an excellent&nbsp; place to buy bigfoot related items. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bigfoot-Observation-Group-Online-Store/109160119136198">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bigfoot-Observation-Group-Online-Store/109160119136198</a><br> http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/387/I_shop_frequently_at_this_webstore Mon, 22 Nov 2010 02:53:00 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/386/The_Energy_Entrepreneurs_Green_power_meets_the_bottom_line <p>The following is a quote from an interesting article."Green entrepreneurs worldwide aren't waiting for new energy policies or the political will that may, one day, reduce global greenhouse emissions by some arbitrary target.</p> <p>They are already working furiously to create — and capitalize on — smart ideas that produce clean, renewable energy.</p> <p>These energy pioneers aren't incentivized by government dictates, nor are they making grandiose promises to revolutionize the global economy. They're simply putting innovative renewable energy ideas to work — one small step at a time.</p> <p>And, yes, they're also making a few bucks along the way.</p> <p>This search for innovation and profit is what underlies The Energy Entrepreneurs, a new GlobalPost video series. As our journalists are uncovering across Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East, a radical transformation of the global energy system is well underway." http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/africa/100705/green-energy-entrepreneurs-renewabl... http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/386/The_Energy_Entrepreneurs_Green_power_meets_the_bottom_line Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:13:00 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/385/Peak_Oil_Peak_People_The_Pique_of_Human_Folly_ <p>This quote is from an excellent article on Rootspeak,"Just as establishment types are at last willing to go on record to issue Peak Oil warnings, the advance guard of Peak Oil propagandists once considered tin-foil-hat theorists have become bleakly pessimistic about the world’s ability to gingerly transition to a post-carbon economy. If we had any sense as a species (and that is doubtful at the moment) we would understand the Global Financial Crisis to be the harbinger of an insolvent Global Energy Bank and the end of the Cheap Oil Bubble that fueled industrial growth beginning with the real take-off in fossil fuel driven industrial and agricultural production after Word War II.</p> <p>As this Oil Bubble deflates, so will credit, wealth and global economic production, because fossil fuels multiply human productivity by several orders of magnitude like no other resource. The reversal of the oil productivity dividend will be unrelenting and violent, as we compete on the most basic level for sca... http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/385/Peak_Oil_Peak_People_The_Pique_of_Human_Folly_ Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:51:00 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/384/I_see_a_correlation_between_coal_fired_generation_of_electricity_and_excess_lake_mercury_levels_in_Oklahoma I looked at this topic a little bit today. I see a corelation between coal fired electricity generation in Oklahoma <a class="postlink" href="http://www.wrashg.org/coalplant.htm" target="_blank"><font color="#800080">http://www.wrashg.org/coalplant.htm</font></a> and mercury level warnings in Oklahoma lakes <a class="postlink" href="http://www.deq.state.ok.us/csdnew/fish/advisories.htm" target="_blank"><font color="#800080">http://www.deq.state.ok.us/csdnew/fish/advisories.htm</font></a> . Maybe more fishermen need to support clean renewable energy ? <p><br>&nbsp;</p> http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/384/I_see_a_correlation_between_coal_fired_generation_of_electricity_and_excess_lake_mercury_levels_in_Oklahoma Fri, 9 Jul 2010 00:12:00 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/notes/item/40 <a href="http://robustdebate.multiply.com/journal/item/12393/Our_Energy_Future_-_Collapse_or_a_bright_future">http://robustdebate.multiply.com/journal/item/12393/Our_Energy_Future_-_Collapse_or_a_bright_future</a> http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/notes/item/40 Sat, 3 Jul 2010 04:18:59 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/383/How_the_ultimate_BP_Gulf_disaster_could_kill_millions_ The BP Gulf disaster is starting to create predictions of epic "DISASTER MOVIE" proportions. Here's a quote from a very disturbing article,"&nbsp; evidence is mounting that something frightening is happening deep under the waters of the Gulf of Mexico—something far worse than the BP oil gusher."<br itxtvisited="1"><br itxtvisited="1"><a href="http://www.helium.com/items/1864136-how-the-ultimate-bp-gulf-disaster-could-kill-millions">http://www.helium.com/items/1864136-how-the-ultimate-bp-gulf-disaster-could-kill-millions</a> http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/383/How_the_ultimate_BP_Gulf_disaster_could_kill_millions_ Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:34:00 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/382/This_is_upsetting_me_about_the_Gulf_Oil_Spill I don't think this is a good time to play politics while folks are suffering. I've read a few articles regarding the need to waive the Jones Act such as the following <a href="http://blog.al.com/jdcrowe/2010/06/post_1.html">http://blog.al.com/jdcrowe/2010/06/post_1.html</a>.&nbsp; Obama has not waived the Jones act as Bush did during the Katrina cleanup. Obama's critics state this is strictly because he doesn't want to anger US unions.Agenda's&nbsp;need to be abandoned during a national disaster such as this http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/382/This_is_upsetting_me_about_the_Gulf_Oil_Spill Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:11:00 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/381/Government_Insiders_Get_Ready_for_the_Gulf_Dead_Zone This is really getting scary.Here's a portion of the article. <p>"Bad news concerning the Gulf oil disaster continues to come from WMR's federal government sources in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers. Emergency planners are dealing with a prospective "dead zone" within a 200 mile radius from the Deepwater Horizon disaster datum in the Gulf.</p> <p>A looming environmental and population displacement disaster is brewing in the Gulf. The oil dispersant used by BP, Corexit 9500, is seen by FEMA sources as mixing with evaporated water from the Gulf and absorbed by rain clouds producing toxic precipitation that threatens to continue killling marine and land animals, plant life, and humans within a 200-mile radius of the Deepwater Horizon disaster site in the Gulf. <br>Adding to the worries of FEMA and the Corps of Engineers is the large amounts of methane that are escaping from the cavernous grotto of oil underneath the Macondo drilling area of Gulf of Mexi... http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/381/Government_Insiders_Get_Ready_for_the_Gulf_Dead_Zone Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:24:00 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/380/Peak_Oil_and_the_military <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em;">&nbsp; The Pentagon has responded to PEAK OIL fears&nbsp; by establishing a priority to use as little oil as possible.As a result the US ARMY is now purchasing as many electric vehicles as possible with a goal to cut it's oil usage by millions of gallons per year.The US Navy is converting to an all nuclear fleet wherever possible and endeavoring to power it's aircraft by&nbsp;biofuel.The Air Force is currently the largest purchaser of clean energy in the Federal government. Clean energy agenda's are transforming the US military.</p> http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/380/Peak_Oil_and_the_military Wed, 9 Jun 2010 18:29:00 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/links/item/224/Bubble_of_methane_triggered_rig_blast_-_Yahoo_News ON THE GULF OF MEXICO – The deadly blowout of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, expanding quickly as it burst through several seals and barriers before exploding, according to interviews with rig workers conducted during BP's internal investigation. While the cause of the explosion is still under investigation, the sequence of events described in the interviews provides the most detailed account of the April 20 blast that killed 11 workers and touched off the underwater gusher that has poured more than 3 million gallons of crude into the http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/links/item/224/Bubble_of_methane_triggered_rig_blast_-_Yahoo_News Sat, 8 May 2010 08:49:16 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/379/Energy_Future_and_Gulf_Oil_Disaster &nbsp;I think Obama pragmatically decided in the past to allow more coastal drilling strictly because our country had no other choice.Our country is currently importing 2/3's of the oil it uses which negatively impacts both our economy and national security. As a result of this disaster there will be more safeguards set up to prevent future enviromental and economic disasters . Drilling will have to continue in some form offshore. IMHO&nbsp; the primary result of this disaster will be an increased push in congress for renewable http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/379/Energy_Future_and_Gulf_Oil_Disaster Wed, 5 May 2010 16:51:00 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/notes/item/39 I'm tired of hearing newscasters calling the Gulf mess a ’spill’when it hasn't ended yet. Oil is flowing still at the rate of 5000 barrels per day in an uncontrolled oil 'flow’. I'm also wondering whether it's still going to be an uncontrolled oil flow 3 months from now.The best case scenario is that something can be done in 3 months. I'll believe it when I see http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/notes/item/39 Wed, 5 May 2010 03:49:46 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/notes/item/38 Here's a quote from this article.“This is potentially a watershed environmental disaster,” said Wesley P. Warren, the director of programs at the Natural Resources Defense Council. “This one is a gigantic wake up call on the need to move beyond oil as an energy source.” Here's the link <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/weekinreview/02jad.html?ref=us">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/weekinreview/02jad.html?ref=us</a> http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/notes/item/38 Tue, 4 May 2010 03:46:24 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/notes/item/37 Here's a quote from this excellent article. "Last week I described cleantech as "an ethical system based on the responsible application of technology to optimize the use of natural resources and increase the well-being of the six billion people that live on this planet." It all boils down to using every available resource for its highest and best purpose; and that's where storage becomes a critical enabling technology. It can reduce waste in transportation by capturing braking energy for immediate reuse. It can reduce waste in wind and solar power by smoothing out inherent variability. It can reduce waste in the power grid by smoothing out load fluctuations and potentially shifting power from when it's produced to when it's needed. In short, storage is the beating heart of cleantech and an investment mega-trend that will probably outlive us all. Storage is not, however, a silver bullet that can solve all of humanity's problems." Here's a link to the full article. <a href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/200732-common-sense-in-energy-storage-investing?source=yahoo">http://seekingalpha.c... http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/notes/item/37 Mon, 3 May 2010 16:43:25 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/notes/item/36 Was the Gulf oil catastrophe an act of war ? Here's the link to this article.... <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randall-amster/was-the-gulf-oil-spill-an_b_560014.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randall-amster/was-the-gulf-oil-spill-an_b_560014.html</a> http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/notes/item/36 Sun, 2 May 2010 18:35:27 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/notes/item/35 Here's a quote from this article,"The Volt MPV5 uses the same Voltec powertrain as the Volt sedan which means that there is a 1.4-liter gasoline engine and a 16 kWh battery pack. Due to the additional weight and poorer aerodynamics, the Volt MPV5 is only capable of traveling 32 miles using the battery alone (compared to 40 miles for the Volt sedan). The total driving range once the gasoline engine/generator kicks in is rated at 300+ miles according to GM. Top speed is listed at 100 mph." Here's the link to the full article... <a href="http://www.dailytech.com/Chevy+Volt+MPV5+Concept+Gets+Official+Seats+5+and+Travels+32+Miles+on+Battery+Power/article18202.htm">http://www.dailytech.com/Chevy+Volt+MPV5+Concept+Gets+Official+Seats+5+and+Travels+32+Miles+on+Battery+Power/article18202.htm</a> http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/notes/item/35 Sun, 2 May 2010 17:30:50 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/notes/item/34 Here's some quotes regarding this issue..."EVs and hybrids are threatening to make the U.S. dependent on another dangerous foreign resource source -- China. Hybrids use twice the lanthanides as standard vehicles, and China controls 95 percent of lanthanide deposits. (Source: Toyota)" and "China outguessed the U.S. and now stands to reap the rewards. Expert Robert Bryce estimates it will take 10 to 15 years for the U.S. to begin to tap its own lanthanide deposits. (Source: ESPI Metals)." Here's a link to the full article <a href="http://www.dailytech.com/Chinas+Stranglehold+on+Rare+Earth+Metals+Could+Choke+EV+Hybrids/article18274.htm">http://www.dailytech.com/Chinas+Stranglehold+on+Rare+Earth+Metals+Could+Choke+EV+Hybrids/article18274.htm</a> http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/notes/item/34 Sun, 2 May 2010 17:18:31 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/notes/item/33 <a href="http://bog55.multiply.com/journal/item/172/Gulf_Coast_oil_spill_could_eclipse_Exxon_Valdez">http://bog55.multiply.com/journal/item/172/Gulf_Coast_oil_spill_could_eclipse_Exxon_Valdez</a> http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/notes/item/33 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:36:10 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/378/World_oil_demand_to_hit_record_high_this_year_IEA <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&amp;n=christopher.johnson&amp;">Christopher Johnson</a> LONDON Tue Apr 13, 2010 6:39am EDT<img style="width: 460px;height: 321px;" alt="China National Offshore Oil Corporation&#39;s (CNOOC) oil rig in China&#39;s Bohai Sea is seen in this October 21, 2003 file photo. REUTERS/China Newsphoto/Files SUN/dh" src="http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&amp;d=20100413&amp;t=2&amp;i=91112919&amp;w=460&amp;r=2010-04-13T092219Z_01_BTRE63C0Q1D00_RTROPTP_0_CHINA" align="right" border="0" hspace="0"> <p>China National Offshore Oil Corporation's (CNOOC) oil rig in China's Bohai Sea is seen in this October 21, 2003 file photo. </p> <p class="credit">Credit: Reuters/China Newsphoto/Files SUN/dh</p> <p>LONDON (<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63C1CV20100413">Reuters</a>) - Global oil demand will hit a record high this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday, revising up consumption estimates as the world economy recovers from recession.</p> <p>The Paris-based adviser to industrialized economies raised its forecast for world oil demand growth this year to 1.67 million barrels per day (bpd), up 100,000 bpd.</p> <p>The agency said in its monthly Oil Market Report that world oil demand would reach an average of 86.60 million bpd this year, up from 84.93 million in 2009.</p> <p>The previous record high for world oil demand was 86.5 million bpd in 2007 before the onset of the global financial crisis and economic slowdown.</p> <p>"There are signs of oil demand picking up in North America and the Pacific, Asia an... http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/378/World_oil_demand_to_hit_record_high_this_year_IEA Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:30:28 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/links/item/223/Britain_faces_oil_crunch_within_five_years_Richard_Branson_warns_-_Telegraph It said the challenges facing the UK would exceed those presented by the financial crisis and said the poorest in society were most vulnerable to potentially significant increases. The report said Government must acknowledge the risks to the economy and to produce contingency plans for transport, retail, agriculture and alternative power. 'Unless we do so, we face a situation during the term of the next government where fuel price unrest could lead to shortages in consumer products and the UK's energy security will be significantly compromised,'' it said. http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/links/item/223/Britain_faces_oil_crunch_within_five_years_Richard_Branson_warns_-_Telegraph Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:39:54 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/377/Ridgetop_Nimbyism <p>&nbsp;I just got back from a short vacation.While I was on vacation I drove Talimena drive <a href="http://www.talimenascenicdrive.com/">http://www.talimenascenicdrive.com/</a>&nbsp; from Oklahoma into Arkansas&nbsp;with my family. The wind potential of some of this mountain ridge is obvious imho due to the readily apparent dwarfing of the trees along certain segments of this ridge.I believe the dwarfing of trees must be due to the wind since on other areas of the ridgetop the trees aren't as dwarfed.The trees are much more dwarfed than in areas of western Oklahoma I'm familiar with where wind turbines have already proven their economic potential.As we drove along I began to visualize&nbsp;long lines of turbines along similar ridgetops providing electricity and economic development . I've read since returning home that local nimbyist groups are delaying implimentation of ridgetop wind turbine projects in other areas of the USA.. <a href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/12/03/groups-try-to-slow-wind-energy-project-over-potential-harm-to-bats/">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/12/03/groups-try-to-slow-wind-energy-project-over-potential-harm-to-bat... http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/377/Ridgetop_Nimbyism Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:04:00 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/376/we_should_assume_the_Earth_also_is_capable_of_generating_hydrocarbons_ <p>&nbsp;thttp://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47159</p> <p>Our hinking agrees with that of Cornell astronomer Thomas Gold, who in his 1998 book, "The Deep Hot Biosphere: The Myth of Fossil Fuels," argued that hydrocarbons are formed naturally in our planetary system and beyond. Dr. Gold noted that Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune have large admixtures of hydrocarbons in their atmospheres, chiefly in the form of hydrocarbons, mainly methane. He commented that Titan, a moon of Saturn, has clouds formed of methane and ethane. Dr. Gold doubted that there ever were "stagnant swamps" or dinosaurs on Titan. If hydrocarbons could be formed naturally on other planets, Dr. Gold argued we should assume the Earth also is capable of generating hydrocarbons without the need for the debris of photosynthesized life to decay into oil. </p> http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/376/we_should_assume_the_Earth_also_is_capable_of_generating_hydrocarbons_ Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:28:40 -0000 http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/375/Can_the_Southwest_go_local <p>I found this quote from a recent article I read to be in total agreement with my own thoughts. "I'm still betting that trillions of dollars will be spent over the coming decades to cut waste, build more wind turbines and solar plants, erect a long distance HVDC transmission grid, implement a <a href="http://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/seven-paths-to-our-energy-future/901" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">smart grid with micro-islanding</font></a> capabilities, stimulate a rail renaissance, and try to keep the American machine humming. </p> <p>That's why I call it "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470127368?camp=0&amp;creative=0&amp;linkCode=as1&amp;creativeASIN=0470127368&amp;tag=getreallist-20&amp;adid=0NXCBDV25D8WP0MSWSEY&amp;" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">the greatest investment event of the century</font></a>." The investment opportunity in the Southwest is absolutely staggering, if the capital can be found. </p> <p>But should those efforts prove too little, too late — and by my count, we're already 30 years too late — the long-term fate of individual communities will be largely decided by what they do in the next two decades. What they have at the end of that period may be what they'll have to live with for many decades afterward. The resources they depend on today may be stranded. </p> <p>My family may indeed fall back on the o... http://bog55peakoilbog.multiply.com/journal/item/375/Can_the_Southwest_go_local Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:40:00 -0000