RE: ENERGY: Singularity on hold?

From: Spike (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Fri Jun 13 2003 - 19:58:20 MDT

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    ...regarding the potential for
    a near term peaking of oil production...

    http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/061203_simmons.html

    Now what is interesting about this is that if Simmons is
    correct the world may hit the energy supply wall hard in
    the not-so-distant future... Robert

    Robert, next time you are in town, you and I must go on a little drive
    down thru the central valley of taxifornia, down interstate 5. I want
    to show you a potential enormous energy generation site, a long straight
    road where one can drive for several hours at superlegal speeds, and see
    nooooothing on either side of the road for as far as the eye can see
    (which is far) The wind blows like hell thru there 24-7, and the sun
    shines brightly all year around. Another site like this is Gina
    Miller's old stomping grounds, up along 395 in northern taxifornia, vast
    empty windy country, just begging to be planted in clean beautiful
    profitable windfarms.

    A few windmills are going up along 5 now (low interest rates making them
    attractive investments) but progress is being strangled by low oil
    prices.
    This world cannot make any real progress in energy production until we
    burn up most of the reserves. Cheapy oil is holding back progress.
    Eventually we will turn the corner. The glass is half full and filling
    steadily.

    spike



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