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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
A trillion barrels of oil
According to: Gulf Publishing Company,
World Oil, Vol. 228, No.9 (September 2007), the world supply of crude oil is 1.14 trillion barrels. If you followed estimates over the years that number has slowly eroded for the past two decades. However - one understands why middle east oil production countries (and Russia) want to drive up the price past 100 U.S. Dollars a barrel. At $25 bucks a barrel that's (only) 250 trillion bucks. At $100+ bucks a barrel - it's 100 trillion bucks!
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Now I know why GM electric cars beginning in 1997 were scraped through 2003. (Most board members have HUGE stakes in oil stocks and they don't call them Market Makers on the street for nothing.).
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For the record I have posted a thread on CR4.com asking for a calculus formula for the number of metric tons of carbon dioxide, sulfer dioxide, wellhead flared methane gas and mercury will be produced by a trillion tons of burnt crude oil in the form of other products that will be cracked and used directly or indirectly for energy if we attempt to dig this carbon energy up and use it as fuel. (The only current gross number known at this time is that America spews out 10 Billion Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Yearly.).
World Oil, Vol. 228, No.9 (September 2007), the world supply of crude oil is 1.14 trillion barrels. If you followed estimates over the years that number has slowly eroded for the past two decades. However - one understands why middle east oil production countries (and Russia) want to drive up the price past 100 U.S. Dollars a barrel. At $25 bucks a barrel that's (only) 250 trillion bucks. At $100+ bucks a barrel - it's 100 trillion bucks!
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Now I know why GM electric cars beginning in 1997 were scraped through 2003. (Most board members have HUGE stakes in oil stocks and they don't call them Market Makers on the street for nothing.).
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For the record I have posted a thread on CR4.com asking for a calculus formula for the number of metric tons of carbon dioxide, sulfer dioxide, wellhead flared methane gas and mercury will be produced by a trillion tons of burnt crude oil in the form of other products that will be cracked and used directly or indirectly for energy if we attempt to dig this carbon energy up and use it as fuel. (The only current gross number known at this time is that America spews out 10 Billion Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Yearly.).
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Encourage Corn as Bio-fuel to help fight Type 2 Diabetes.
A draft variant of the constituent position change below was sent to U.S. Congressman Kenny Marchant of Texas yesterday and inserted today into the home page linked in the title above:
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At one point, this bully pulpit was opposed to the production of Bio-fuel from corn. The argument was that it was definitely driving up the price of gasoline additives in the form of alcohol and as a result of the competition for the product, would drive up the price of food.
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At one point, this bully pulpit was opposed to the production of Bio-fuel from corn. The argument was that it was definitely driving up the price of gasoline additives in the form of alcohol and as a result of the competition for the product, would drive up the price of food.
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However, after years of study of this problem we have obtained a reversal position on corn for Bio-fuel, after finding out that High Fructose Corn Sugar is directly linked to Type 2 Diabetes. High sugar content is also prefered when distilling alcohol - as any moonshiner knows. Thus the focus on highly sweet corn for making alcohol AND food.
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We are now encouraging our political representatives to get behind the energy policy to increase mandating the subsidization of more production of corn for Bio-fuel in order to drive the price of corn up too high to use as cattle fodder and sweetener in foods and beverages.
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Reference: You should see: KING CORN the documentary for one of many primers on this problem; go to http://www.neflix.com/ and log in as a new user using the code Friend22 if you do not have an account. You can watch it as a streaming video on your PC if you have a broadband Internet connection. The documentary movie is about two young college undergrads working on their degree in media production who get funding to lease one acre of ground to plant and grow corn and their discoveries of what it takes to grow, market and refine corn and distribute it into the American Marketplace to end consumers such as cattle feedlots and as food and beverage products for individuals. Their findings are priceless and surprising and sobering beyond measure.
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Source for the above: http://www.green-metroplex.com/index.html Paragraph 4 revised 12/20/08
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Source for the above: http://www.green-metroplex.com/index.html Paragraph 4 revised 12/20/08
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Energy Future Holdings is doing a Mercury Pollution end run...
Luminent Technology, which is owned by National Conglomerate Energy Future Holdings, has negotiated a deal to avoid a lawsuit with the Sierra Club over two cheap and quick to build coal fired electric generation facilities that are almost ready to go on-line in Oak Grove, Texas. For those of y'all that don't know where Oak Grove is located, it is about due southwest of the DFW Metroplex. Further - why should you care if you live in the DFW Metroplex? Well, years ago I remember hearing a bunch of funny stories about the forming Southwest Airlines to be based out of DFW's Love Field. I distinctly recall "getting it" when the hint about it's new name was to associate the airlines with the prevailing wind's in this part of North Texas... not just that it was to target the southwest geographic flying populace
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Yup - the prevailing winds in this area are from the southwest, folks. And, as a matter of fact, there are a number of former TXU power plants a bit shy of a hundred miles southwest of DFW and they are currently a primary source of coal fired generator pollution that wafts up and spreads into DFW from Oak Grove almost daily; thus contributing in no small measure to the brown haze and often cause the blowing of our irritated noses having breathed the mercury, sulfur dioxide, other irritants and carcinogens and carbon dioxide these cheap and profitable coal plants produce; that we enjoy the electrical "benefits of" every day. I for one would like a moratorium on all coal fired construction - You might get my support if there were a TPUC clause agreement to the affect that guarantees that Luminent MUST also grid tie two Megawatts of solar cells or wind turbine energy for every one Megawatt a mercury scrub capable coal plant will make... That's for starters, just to put a fine point on it. Who know, North Texas might even deserve it green progressive self-proclamation if the pollution index were ever to actually go down a significant amount.
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Here's the full online version of the story:
Energy Future Holdings avoids pollution lawsuit with Sierra Club deal
10:24 PM CST on Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Common Sense about the Automobile Industry Bail Out
Dear CNN
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While there is an impassioned lobby in Washington which is trying to get yet another bailout grant from Congress/AKA the American Taxpayer, I would like a review of a short list of items.
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GM has already done the engineering and has the personnel to make the environmentally friendly cars which it scrapped in 1997. Are they going to re-instate and build those? ... Please review the following if you don't understand the above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsJAlrYjGz8
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Are Ev's, tested, proven, just not profitable as an after-market parts sales source, back in 1996, going to be built by all the good folks in Detroit who are 'about to be out of jobs' while the buying public waits for a sensible auto from Detroit to buy from them? (I'm one of millions of Americans who took the pledge to hold out for an affordable Hybrid or EV, or nothing, to replace my (actually) reliable Freestar from Ford. For the record: I'm toughing it out and sticking to that pledge.).
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Are the fat-cat CEO's who have the clout to stop having transponders on their corporate jets from giving away their locations, thus taking their extravagance off the public radar, likewise being fired for the Dolts that they are?; In our home we'd like to see credible replacements in place to spend those bailout bucks if they are wheedle out of Congress's hands, you know?
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Does Congress have the slightest intention of using their position just now as a bully pulpit for re-instating a credit voucher system for those of use who DO buy fuel efficient Ev's, hybrids and other cars in or of that genre; or as a consolation credit if forced to buy one of Detroits current gas guzzlers for lack of a choice? Fuel prices WILL rebound like one of those Whamoo Balls, you can take that to the bank and you MUST know by now, the American Public knows it too and it is the primary reason our spending is in limbo! Who is fooling whom?
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Those are my two bits. Warren Richardson, Grand Prairie, TX
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While there is an impassioned lobby in Washington which is trying to get yet another bailout grant from Congress/AKA the American Taxpayer, I would like a review of a short list of items.
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GM has already done the engineering and has the personnel to make the environmentally friendly cars which it scrapped in 1997. Are they going to re-instate and build those? ... Please review the following if you don't understand the above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsJAlrYjGz8
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Are Ev's, tested, proven, just not profitable as an after-market parts sales source, back in 1996, going to be built by all the good folks in Detroit who are 'about to be out of jobs' while the buying public waits for a sensible auto from Detroit to buy from them? (I'm one of millions of Americans who took the pledge to hold out for an affordable Hybrid or EV, or nothing, to replace my (actually) reliable Freestar from Ford. For the record: I'm toughing it out and sticking to that pledge.).
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Are the fat-cat CEO's who have the clout to stop having transponders on their corporate jets from giving away their locations, thus taking their extravagance off the public radar, likewise being fired for the Dolts that they are?; In our home we'd like to see credible replacements in place to spend those bailout bucks if they are wheedle out of Congress's hands, you know?
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Does Congress have the slightest intention of using their position just now as a bully pulpit for re-instating a credit voucher system for those of use who DO buy fuel efficient Ev's, hybrids and other cars in or of that genre; or as a consolation credit if forced to buy one of Detroits current gas guzzlers for lack of a choice? Fuel prices WILL rebound like one of those Whamoo Balls, you can take that to the bank and you MUST know by now, the American Public knows it too and it is the primary reason our spending is in limbo! Who is fooling whom?
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Those are my two bits. Warren Richardson, Grand Prairie, TX
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In wheel motors
Mitsubishi is really on to something with its series of in-wheel motors and its in-between wheeled concept vehicles. Check out this dissertation in the Wikipedia website about the evolution of Mitsubishi's wheel drives and concept vehicles:
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(Image source: http://www.green-metroplex.com/EVs/Index.html )
(Image source: http://www.green-metroplex.com/EVs/Index.html )
Truly stupid bumper sticker
My spouse told me I aught to publish this joke after showing me a cartoon in today's paper depicting a Hummer with a large bumper sticker on its back door stating, "Global Warming Advocate." My response was, "Well, at least those insufferable idiots are honest about the intended product of their actions."
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