Category Archives: Energy

The Politics of Energy Stasis

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Thanos

Electing Obama would be disastrous for our energy future because for energy policy Obama is not the candidate of change – instead he would give us more of the same. Barrack Obama is the candidate of energy ennui from the party of entropy – he represents stasism and zero change for energy policy. Continue reading →

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Enviros: “Come Out Out Damned Spot!”

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Thanos

Watt’s up with this is still tracking sunspot activity, and as he’s been predicting there’s no joy in Gaeaville. The rest of the story is that with the cooling we will see from lack of sunspots our agricultural growing ranges … Continue reading →

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Our Bright Future

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Thanos

It’s easy to accept convential wisdom that we are someway doomed to energy poverty, and in the current environment of over-regulated energy and the impacts to food production I can see why some folks go there. I refuse to because … Continue reading →

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Gore Lied People Died III

Posted on April 27, 2008 by Thanos

I’ve been picking on Al Gore and the disciples of warming because they are the most visible face of last-century’s eco-luddite movement, however to solve the real problems everyone must realize that Al’s not the only person causing starvation and stasis in the world. … Continue reading →

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The Hunger vs. The Gas II

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Thanos

We force the use of our earliest and dirtiest forms of energy combined to power vehicles and call it green. Food was the original source of energy, and it powered humans and their competitors. Fire was the second form. Burning food that takes great energy to produce doesn’t make sense when the combustion still puts pollution in the air. It really makes less sense as people die of hunger. Continue reading →

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The Hunger vs the Gas

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Thanos

This morning a collection of articles and quotes on a real crisis vs. an imagined or inflated one: Doug Ross at The Journal points out a little noted story about a group that is directly challenging the IPCC conclusions from the … Continue reading →

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UN Marxist Calls for Food Uprising When UN is at Fault

Posted on April 20, 2008 by Thanos

To demonstrate the effect of Energy on the ability to grow sufficient crops once more, we have this report from IAASTD (International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development ) Scroll through it — you will find that energy is the key component. It’s needed for fertilizer, transport, cultivation, and improved water resources. In a low energy future the world faces chronic famine, in an abundant energy future the world is fine and wealth grows across the board. Continue reading →

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Huffpo on Hunger

Posted on April 19, 2008 by Thanos

The left has begun to notice the hunger, but it took riots and multiple articles to get them there. At Huffpo Richard Walden wants to obfuscate the real issues with Global Warming — right on cue. You see, Global Warming has somehow … Continue reading →

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Biofuels Under Debate

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Thanos

Government “subject matter experts” attempting to plan the future often create unintended consequences through heavy-handed regulation. They sometimes attempt to solve problems that don’t exist, and sometimes offer solutions in search of a problem while ignoring the truly pressing issues before us this century. Having … Continue reading →

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Like it or Not We Live in a High-Energy Society

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Thanos

Like it or not we are a high energy society – the world is too much with us for we are billions in number. Those billions of humans and ecology are mutually exclusive in a low-energy world. In a low-energy society their waste can’t be cleaned, clean water won’t exist for them, their air will not be clean, their food will be scarce, and their work will be scarcer. Life will be brutal, grueling, and short. Continue reading →

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