tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post1848071065445400837..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: July 29 2009: Forever Blowing BubblesIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-45982421165805803352009-07-30T23:48:21.504-04:002009-07-30T23:48:21.504-04:00No man... I'm Dave!No man... I'm Dave!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-47077002692561156582009-07-30T23:33:48.625-04:002009-07-30T23:33:48.625-04:00New post up.New post up.Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-25812699392494661192009-07-30T23:30:52.116-04:002009-07-30T23:30:52.116-04:00well J canuck
I know more about it than you do, a...well J canuck<br /><br />I know more about it than you do, as you can see. Read before you write!Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-65382141136858403972009-07-30T23:17:11.084-04:002009-07-30T23:17:11.084-04:00ilargi sez:
Something seems to be amiss here. You...ilargi sez:<br /><i><br />Something seems to be amiss here. You would get 1000 years of energy in just 400.000 years.<br /><br />I see 2 options:<br /><br />1) Your timeframe is wrong, for instance maybe it should be 400 years for 1 DAY of energy.<br /><br />2) The periods in which oil "production" actually takes place are extremely short</i><br /><br />Well,gee ilargi, I thought you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-72418965331089418282009-07-30T23:11:12.307-04:002009-07-30T23:11:12.307-04:00Anonymous Anonymous said...
July 30, 2009 10:04 A...<b>Anonymous Anonymous said...</b><br />July 30, 2009 10:04 AM<br /><br />Dave? Dave's not home man.ogardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062788838505530416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-10267178841916326532009-07-30T22:25:02.569-04:002009-07-30T22:25:02.569-04:00VK - yes, better get to work!
BTW - you are sound...VK - yes, better get to work! <br />BTW - you are sounding like a Canuck.Dr Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-90941218082867403852009-07-30T22:23:47.043-04:002009-07-30T22:23:47.043-04:00A 78-year-old Carroll woman says she's so tire...A 78-year-old Carroll woman says <a href="http://carrollspaper.1upsoftware.com/print.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=8449" rel="nofollow">she's so tired of seeing President Barack Obama</a> on the airwaves that she's selling her television sets - two of them.Samuel Adamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-61520581671706677942009-07-30T22:20:58.642-04:002009-07-30T22:20:58.642-04:00http://scitizen.com/stories/Future-Energies/2008/0...http://scitizen.com/stories/Future-Energies/2008/05/Will-the-Rate-of-Conversion-Problem-Derail-Alternative-Energy/<br /><br /><i>As for nuclear power, Goodstein estimates that it would take 10,000 nuclear power plants to replace all the energy we are currently getting from fossil fuels for all purposes. There are now about 400 nuclear generating plants worldwide. A nuclear build-out on this scaleVKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76563739147338632252009-07-30T22:19:43.020-04:002009-07-30T22:19:43.020-04:00A U.S. judge on Thursday denied a bid by Fox News ...A U.S. judge on Thursday <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090730/tv_nm/us_federalreserve_foxnews" rel="nofollow">denied a bid by Fox News Network LLC seeking details from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve</a> about the central bank's loans to companies affected by the financial crisis.Samuel Adamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-49934113649079519332009-07-30T22:15:00.401-04:002009-07-30T22:15:00.401-04:00@ Dr J
Yes I was the one who posted that on nucle...@ Dr J<br /><br />Yes I was the one who posted that on nuclear. To replace all fossil fuels i.e. coal, oil and natural gas which will all peak, you'd need about 10,000 nuclear power plants. Read it on a Scitizen article by Kurt Cobb I believe.<br /><br />10,000 one Giga Watt plants I believe.<br /><br />So assuming infinite supplies of Uranium and Thorium, and a time frame of 50 years and no VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76054604777188872222009-07-30T21:54:53.071-04:002009-07-30T21:54:53.071-04:00Next bubble?
Land Prices Drop Sharply in Center ...Next bubble?<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124293474157644381.html" rel="nofollow">Land Prices Drop Sharply in Center of U.S. Farm Belt </a><br /><br /><i><br />Land prices in the heart of the U.S. farm belt showed the steepest quarterly decline in 24 years, the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank said.<br /><br />The value of good agricultural land in its district on April 1timekeeprhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020096490041944876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-45562294215253587662009-07-30T21:53:55.462-04:002009-07-30T21:53:55.462-04:00Great video of Dennis Kucinich exposing the Fed pa...Great video of Dennis Kucinich exposing the Fed paying banks not to lend.<br /><br />Somebody PLEASE draft an independent ticket of Kucinich [D] and Paul [R] for 2012.<br />I would volunteer my time/ donate my money only for that campaign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26835084911464730972009-07-30T21:45:56.764-04:002009-07-30T21:45:56.764-04:00More reasons for tar and feather<a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99OUTF03&show_article=1" rel="nofollow">More reasons for tar and feather</a>Samuel Adamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-84064625455206420912009-07-30T21:42:48.057-04:002009-07-30T21:42:48.057-04:00What is 1/10 of 1% of 300,000,000?
If they are th...What is 1/10 of 1% of 300,000,000?<br /><br />If they are the problem, and insist on the status quo, and are looking to build new bubbles, isn't it our duty to stop them?<br /><br />Seems like an easy task.Samuel Adamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-41879681053101247022009-07-30T21:39:00.186-04:002009-07-30T21:39:00.186-04:00In trying to convey the enormity of the concentrat...In trying to convey the enormity of the concentrated energy in oil, I find it useful to use the numbers which I believe were posted here a while back which related to nuclear power. IIRC, it was that, to replace with nuclear the energy we currently get from oil, over a period of 20 years, we would need to bring a new nuclear reactor on stream every 2.7 days.Dr Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-59571285949136300832009-07-30T21:35:38.195-04:002009-07-30T21:35:38.195-04:00Ilargi
I was wondering where your post went? Almo...Ilargi<br /><br />I was wondering where your post went? Almost felt like a Canadian central bank economist in 96 F heat - a bit loopy! :D<br /><br /><i>That of course makes it all the more mind-boggling. 400 years of all the photosynthetic activity, all around the world, every single tree and blade of grass, provides one year's worth of fuel.</i><br /><br />It's probably worse now given VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-50861268137269178792009-07-30T21:35:33.489-04:002009-07-30T21:35:33.489-04:00I think many here believe Ilargi is saying there w...I think many here believe Ilargi is saying there will be a bubble. I don't read it that way. What I see Ilargi saying is that those in Washington desire to blow another bubble and health care looks to them like the obvious candidate. If I am mistaken, Ilargi can correct me.<br /><br />However, the situation, in terms of total debt, now appears to be so dire that I am not sure that another Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-20796021295567812682009-07-30T21:32:36.254-04:002009-07-30T21:32:36.254-04:00I think the comparison is about the concentration ...I think the comparison is about the concentration of energy contained in fossil fuels.<br /><br />It takes 400 years of all the carbon-fixing of all the biota - land and oceans to equal the amount of FF burned in one year.<br /><br />The source of FF's however only represented a small proportion of the carbon fixing at any one time, therefore it took a very long time and perfect conditions toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-62593133661030060562009-07-30T21:30:03.217-04:002009-07-30T21:30:03.217-04:00Govt to suspend 'cash for clunkers'<a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99P2U9G1&show_article=1" rel="nofollow">Govt to suspend 'cash for clunkers'</a>Samuel Adamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-63766954610667975802009-07-30T21:28:32.473-04:002009-07-30T21:28:32.473-04:00When do we start tarring and feathering?
Tarp ban...When do we start tarring and feathering?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ff921710-7d2a-11de-b8ee-00144feabdc0.html" rel="nofollow">Tarp banks award billions in bonuses</a>Samuel Adamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-77206811322911469852009-07-30T21:20:39.731-04:002009-07-30T21:20:39.731-04:00@ el gallinazo
"Don't think it's go...@ el gallinazo <br /><br />"Don't think it's going to happen. When has a major power issued sovereign bonds in a foreign currency? Even the British don't do it. The USD would lose its reserve status overnight."<br /><br />Agreed war on Iran probably a lock, but can always hope we are not that idiotically arrogant.<br /><br />“The idea of issuing foreign currency-denominated Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16883913065391637120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37679483131936283802009-07-30T21:19:40.304-04:002009-07-30T21:19:40.304-04:00VK,
I was correcting a mistake, so deleted and re...VK,<br /><br />I was correcting a mistake, so deleted and reposted. And now we're in reverse order.<br /><br />But I do think I see what's up: the numbers you quote represent the total planet's entire biota, whereas oil was only formed in particular places, under particular circumstances and during particular periods.<br /><br />That of course makes it all the more mind-boggling. 400 Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-37081795538582913362009-07-30T21:09:09.584-04:002009-07-30T21:09:09.584-04:00VK
"Ilargi gave me the link to a paper that ...VK<br /><br /><i>"Ilargi gave me the link to a paper that showed the energy consumed in one year requires around 400+ years to manufacture by the earth's natural processes."</i><br /><br />Something seems to be amiss here. You would get 1000 years of energy in just 400.000 years. <br /><br />I see 2 options:<br /><br />1) Your timeframe is wrong, for instance maybe it should be 400 Ilargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-8422162984046139092009-07-30T21:08:57.634-04:002009-07-30T21:08:57.634-04:00Hello Ilargi,
It was the paper entitled, "Bu...Hello Ilargi,<br /><br />It was the paper entitled, "Burning Buried Sunshine: Human consumption of Ancient Solar Energy" by Jeffrey S. Dukes<br /><br /><i>The fossil fuels burned in 1997 were created from organic matter containing 44 x 10^18g C, which is >400 times the net primary productivity (NPP) of the planet's current biota.</i><br /><br />Maybe I've misunderstood what VKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-36718801942717579912009-07-30T20:53:44.767-04:002009-07-30T20:53:44.767-04:00Reports are coming out now that the "Cash for...Reports are coming out now that the "Cash for Clunkers" program (officially the Car Allowance Rebate System - CARS) is being suspended; apparently the funds for it, which were expected to last until November, are close to being exhausted after only a week.<br /><br />A peculiar detail: cars traded in have to be disabled and junked; they cannot go into the used car market.<br /><br />Is GunHillTrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13164852660872200526noreply@blogger.com