tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post232794177323266592..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: May 27 2009: All the prophets in historyIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-7587783305172405172009-05-29T18:52:39.704-04:002009-05-29T18:52:39.704-04:00A Rooftop Farm (yes, a farm!) in Brooklyn, NYC<A HREF="http://feeds.seriouseats.com/~r/seriouseatsfeaturesvideos/~3/tkDK2aU56JM/eagle-street-rooftop-farm-in-greenpoint-brooklyn-nyc-volunteering.html" REL="nofollow" TITLE="A Rooftop Farm (yes, a farm!) in Brooklyn, NYC">A Rooftop Farm (yes, a farm!) in Brooklyn, NYC</A>redcatbikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08645491470348404443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-16920142030996319132009-05-29T14:22:59.766-04:002009-05-29T14:22:59.766-04:00Selling out to the corporations? What's mcD doing ...Selling out to the corporations? What's mcD doing advertising on the site? You that hard up to fund your ranting?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-6879371179426663832009-05-29T09:35:09.655-04:002009-05-29T09:35:09.655-04:00IMHO the problems such as they are were created by...IMHO the problems such as they are were created by all... Including yours truly. We've all been sucked into the vortex of more, more, more. At some point you look at that and realize the scam of it all. Happened to me two years ago before full realization of the economic situation. Being in the reno business (kitchens) when granite and stainless became "the new normal" woke me up. Thanks to Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10646794264512095855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26710863598091035602009-05-29T01:18:45.419-04:002009-05-29T01:18:45.419-04:00National Debt Road Trip.
Yes it's easy enough to s...National Debt Road Trip.<br />Yes it's easy enough to scream about Obama's profligate rate of spending while ignoring that these deficits have to repair eight years of being taken on a road trip.<br />Let's just ignore who's watch it was when Lehman collapsed and the tailspin took hold.<br />Let's ignore the total silence through the two wars and the tax cuts. Let's all become deficit hawks now redboathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690071678463013234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-8237931252509182702009-05-28T18:47:26.855-04:002009-05-28T18:47:26.855-04:00New post upNew post upIlargihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-23965780931547812182009-05-28T18:16:35.968-04:002009-05-28T18:16:35.968-04:00Golem
Wouldn't work well in an insulated, enclose...Golem<br /><br />Wouldn't work well in an insulated, enclosed space because the cooling comes from the latent heat of vaporization as the water evaporates. This means that evaporating water needs lots of energy and sucks it out of whatever it is in contact with, there by cooling it. But if you keep it an enclosed area, then the water vapor reaches equilibrium and stops and so does your cooling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-72568994699981139422009-05-28T18:00:23.815-04:002009-05-28T18:00:23.815-04:00@ Taizui 5:50
I prefer drying to freezing. The t...@ Taizui 5:50<br /><br />I prefer drying to freezing. The taste is better. Most foods keep for a very long time when dried and there is no energy cost for storage.<br /><br />I recently filled a ceramic water jug that I bought years ago someplace in North Africa, I think. It's just been standing on the floor in our living room. It keeps the water cold by sweating through the clay. I put our g-minorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538584920169603580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-2478097936204206872009-05-28T17:50:20.454-04:002009-05-28T17:50:20.454-04:00Thanks to all for PV advice.
I'll do a closer cal...Thanks to all for PV advice.<br /><br />I'll do a closer calculation of loads, and look into options other than the most local supplier, although I don't mind paying some premium since he has 30 years experience and excellent reputation.<BR>Greenpa - thanks for the link to your initial fridge blog entry. Had not even considered that option, but it surely has sustainability merits. Do you use a Taizuinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74245632260780845592009-05-28T17:38:33.679-04:002009-05-28T17:38:33.679-04:00By all accounts the entire world has crude coming ...By all accounts the entire world has crude coming out of its ears. They will soon have to fill up the unsold cars (passenger compartment) for additional storage. The price keeps climbing because Da Boyz are upping the futures options, just like last year. But last year we didn't have this glut. So I agree with Ilargi, I think the price will go below $30. Don't know if this is a suckers trap Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-69117272761880035612009-05-28T16:39:20.468-04:002009-05-28T16:39:20.468-04:00Not all things are moved by a soul, but everything...Not all things are moved by a soul, but everything that is, is moved by a carrot.Gravityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126443076478406015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26551351305600527582009-05-28T16:10:13.962-04:002009-05-28T16:10:13.962-04:00Oil prices are set for a free fall. The timing is ...<I>Oil prices are set for a free fall. The timing is the only thing that's still a little uncertain.<br /><br />-- Ilargi</I>Bravo! A peak-oilist pegging the counter trend. The economic cycling resembles the motion of an undamped shock absorber.<br /><br />Oil's eventual rebound should also peg the next "recovery" - however short-lived it may be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-51198536068445112232009-05-28T15:40:07.168-04:002009-05-28T15:40:07.168-04:00Stoneleigh said...
"I don't dispute for a moment t...Stoneleigh said...<br />"I don't dispute for a moment that what he is predicting will happen, but I think it will take longer than he does."<br />---- <br />I am a skeptic of all forecasts ... <br />When have they been right?<br />Too many people are watching what is happening.<br /> <br />Obamas’ team are wearing iron gloves and are prepared to try to catch a falling knife and it will affect thejalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-69903262763240325542009-05-28T15:34:45.032-04:002009-05-28T15:34:45.032-04:00Taizui, RC,
I agree with RC that getting your dem...Taizui, RC,<br /><br />I agree with RC that getting your demand down before attempting to supply the essentials of what's left is very important. Too many people assume their necessities are far higher than they actually are. Given that very efficient forms of most appliances exist, going for the greatest efficiency first can make an enormous difference to the cost of supplying what you really Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-52222812053890062622009-05-28T14:59:45.303-04:002009-05-28T14:59:45.303-04:00I also thought that the Taizui off the grid setup ...I also thought that the Taizui off the grid setup should have been engineered for half the cost. If Mr T does not wish to listen to the Greenpa no refrigerator mantra, there are extremely low electrical use units available, or even better, use a very low amp freezer, you can even make your own.<br />All off grid work starts with the amp survey, so the more you discover about how to pare the amp RCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-38727196368704778722009-05-28T14:53:19.814-04:002009-05-28T14:53:19.814-04:00I would take issue with Karl Denninger's timing ag...I would take issue with Karl Denninger's timing again. I don't dispute for a moment that what he is predicting will happen, but I think it will take longer than he does. I think we are seeing a pullback in the current rally, and that is producing echos of the previous decline. IMO we will still see new highs before the whole counter-trend move is over, although this pullback could last a while. Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-2696640154033513382009-05-28T14:49:52.391-04:002009-05-28T14:49:52.391-04:00PS,
Very entertaining :)PS,<br /><br />Very entertaining :)Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-26457650930237692522009-05-28T14:43:57.020-04:002009-05-28T14:43:57.020-04:00PS - PG!PS - PG!Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-437241360938341422009-05-28T14:43:37.892-04:002009-05-28T14:43:37.892-04:00golem- I haven't Pollanized it yet, you'll have to...golem- I haven't Pollanized it yet, you'll have to read a bit. Original post: <A HREF="http://littlebloginthebigwoods.blogspot.com/2007/03/no-refrigerator-for-30-years.html" REL="nofollow">30 yrs, no fridge</A>But- there is far more info on my blog; several follow up posts, and tons of stuff in the comments.<br /><br />Hm; maybe I can Pollanize a little. How do I do without? "Just like your Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-33423324710531155682009-05-28T14:35:14.185-04:002009-05-28T14:35:14.185-04:00From the 27th -
*Inventory of used tools in shops...From the 27th -<br /><br />*Inventory of used tools in shops at all time high; harbinger of doom if ever there was one.<br /><br />* Oil industry insiders and economists are ostriches sticking their heads in piles of diseased potash and cannot see that which imperils their livlihoods.<br /><br />*TBTB have managed to maintain housing markets in a patchwork manner; Exsanguination is coming - no Pseudo Summarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-22877456413625000222009-05-28T14:21:54.375-04:002009-05-28T14:21:54.375-04:00@ greenpa
Please explain how you do without refri...@ greenpa<br /><br />Please explain how you do without refrigeration. Thanks.<br /><br />gg-minorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538584920169603580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-6278237557191913832009-05-28T14:17:09.732-04:002009-05-28T14:17:09.732-04:00John Dixon,
You're doing well. California is a do...John Dixon,<br /><br />You're doing well. California is a dodgy location though, primarily for water reasons plus the fact that California will be bankrupt sooner than any other state. I think the NE with family might be a better idea. Of course the NE is very natural gas dependent, so you'd have to make sure you had alternative means of heating and generating power. Family makes a big differenceStoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-25540521212751516002009-05-28T14:02:54.605-04:002009-05-28T14:02:54.605-04:00Taizui,
5kW sounds excessive to me. We have a 3kW...Taizui,<br /><br />5kW sounds excessive to me. We have a 3kW system, and that keeps the basics running 24/7 (fridge, 2 freezers, security system, invisible fence for dogs, well pump, sumps pumps, circulating pumps for solar domestic hot water and outdoor wood-burning furnace). The key thing is not to cheap out on the batteries. Even Baghdad gets a couple of hours of electricity per day. That can Stoneleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099878430757036461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-11989133770310921752009-05-28T13:59:40.505-04:002009-05-28T13:59:40.505-04:00Snuffy,
Here's some happy Wikipedia reading for y...Snuffy,<br /><br />Here's some happy Wikipedia reading for you. Let's hope that history rhymes. Boy, those Parthians had a delightful sense of irony. I wonder what they would do to Hank Paulson?<br /><br />Crassus received Syria as his province, which promised to be an inexhaustible source of wealth. It would have been had he not also sought military glory and crossed the Euphrates in an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-66620283257990566002009-05-28T13:44:43.630-04:002009-05-28T13:44:43.630-04:00OH!
One more point, depending on your location, l...OH!<br /><br />One more point, depending on your location, learn the survival skills being employed by the "street people".<br />jaljalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-62496411294194838132009-05-28T13:34:08.432-04:002009-05-28T13:34:08.432-04:00Hi snuffy!
"What disturbs me most is the know...Hi snuffy!<br />"What disturbs me most is the knowledge that those who have lead us to this place will slink off to their well-stocked hideouts and not face the same privation ,despair,and hunger that they have inflicted on so many of their fellow men,women&children."<br />-------- <br />Yep!<br /><br />The only way that I can think off to avoid being mistaken for one of "thosejalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969819389823705458noreply@blogger.com