Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=55687This thread is based on the premise that we are within a few years of reaching Hubbert's Peak. It appears that our civilization is rapidly approaching the time when cheap and plentiful energy will be a thing of the past. This will put profound strains on our current lifestyles. Some predictions seem...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=5568738013210Wharf RatFrom: Rock_nj5/24/2013 10:42:26 PMRead Replies (1) of 35618Solar Breakthrough: Silicon Wire-Array Solar Cells Convert 80% of Sunlight to Electricity rocknj.hubpages.com[graphic] This could revolutionize solar. Imagine 80% efficient solar cells that are less expensive to make than conventional solar cells? Solar ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289147645/24/2013 10:55:52 PMWharf RatYemen's main oil export pipeline sabotaged, crude flow halted Unknown attackers have blown up Yemen’s main oil export pipeline in the central province of Ma’rib, halting the flow of crude oil, government and industry sources say. The key pipeline, which carries oil to an export terminal on the Red Sea shore, had bee...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289145665/24/2013 7:12:38 PMWharf RatYou need to have a more optimistic outlook. 6%- Proportion of New Jersey beaches and dunes that were not damaged by Superstorm Sandy. 46-number of states not totally burning up. Have a pleasant day :>)http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289133245/24/2013 10:37:22 AMT L Comiskeyre.......Climate-change fueled extreme weather impacts tourism 94 percent: Proportion of New Jersey beaches and dunes that were damaged by Superstorm Sandy.27 million: Number of cubic yards of sand that the Army Corps of Engineers will replace along the New Jersey and New York coastlines to restore storm-damaged be...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289133165/24/2013 10:34:33 AMWharf RatThe True Cost Of Gasoline: Memorial Day Driving By The Numbers By Daniel J. Weiss, Guest Blogger and Jackie Weidman, Guest Blogger on May 23, 2013 at 12:30 pm [graphic]Washington, D.C. — As AAA estimates that nearly 35 million Americans are preparing to travel 50 miles or more this weekend, with nearly 90 percent ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289132585/24/2013 10:14:06 AMWharf RatThe E-Cat is back, and people are still falling for it!I’m done pretending that this is science, or that the “data” presented here is scientifically valid. If this were an undergraduate science experiment, I’d give the kids an F, and have them see me. There’s no valid information contained here, just the assumption of ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289132525/24/2013 10:12:41 AMWharf RatThe future of urban farming is pink By Sarah Laskow [graphic]Caliber BiotherapeuticsOften, when we write about urban vertical farming, we post pictures of towers of happy-looking green plants. But the reality of vertical farming could be a little bit weirder and a little bit less natural-looking. It could be a...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289109635/23/2013 10:17:21 AMWharf RatTesla Motors Pays Back Energy Department Loan 9 Years Early By Ryan Koronowski on May 22, 2013 at 5:29 pm [graphic]Electric automaker Tesla Motors just announced that it has paid back the nearly half a billion dollars the Department of Energy lent it in 2010. According to a company press release, today’s wire tra...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289099425/22/2013 6:19:35 PMWharf Rat"The good news is that we have gotten off to a great start." [graphic] The bad news is that most of the drop he lauds was due to The Crash, and unemployment is currently 7.5%.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289093505/22/2013 2:02:35 PMWharf RatSenator Menendez: The Oil Conservation Revolution By Climate Guest Blogger on May 22, 2013 at 11:44 am [graphic]By Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) As Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, I see a lot of fanfare applauding increased oil production in the U.S. and the increase is truly remarkable. We are produ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289093455/22/2013 2:00:29 PMWharf RatTo harness the sun, first break it into little pieces Florian Neuhof May 21, 2013 In a region that derives its electricity from sprawling power plants that generate millions of kilowatts every day, it is little surprise that the advance of solar power is measured in utility-scale arrays. Abu Dhab...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289087315/22/2013 10:04:19 AMWharf Rat Moniz vows to help advance big efficiency bill, sees ‘real chance’ By Ben Geman - 05/21/13 02:43 PM ET New Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz vowed Tuesday to help advance a big bipartisan energy efficiency bill that’s moving through Congress and make conservat...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289086905/22/2013 9:49:51 AMWharf RatMajority thinks global warming, clean energy should be priorities [youtube video] By Wes VenteicherMay 21, 2013, 1:39 p.m. WASHINGTON – Global warming and clean energy should be priorities for Congress and the president, a majority of Americans said in a recent survey. In the survey, released Tuesday by Yale a...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289079985/21/2013 8:42:21 PMWharf RatSo I'm watching this... [youtube video] and I'm thinking, "Why can't we do this with the cooling water from nukes?".http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289069165/21/2013 12:53:28 PMT L Comiskeyre..the magic rifle [graphic] It gave me an inner joy, an open mindedness, a gratefulness, open eyes and an internal sensitivity for the miracles of creation. [...] I think that in human evolution it has never been as necessary to have this substance LSD. It is just a tool to turn us into what we are supposed ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289034305/19/2013 4:30:40 PMWharf Ratnope. nor annie gail of the magic rifle what followed us around the room [graphic] this gail Gail Tverberghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289019745/18/2013 11:01:54 AMT L Comiskeyhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289019605/18/2013 10:46:13 AMWharf Rathttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289019535/18/2013 10:39:29 AMT L Comiskeyre,,,,,what would it take...?? Ah...err....a grand mal...Collapse....??? bbc.co.uk http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289019455/18/2013 10:30:50 AMWharf RatWhat Would it Take to Get to a Steady State Economy? Posted on May 15, 2013by Gail Tverberg i 6 Votes [graphic] Humans live in equilibrium with other species in a finite world. In such a world, there is never really a Steady State. Instead, there is a constant ebb and flow. For a while, one species...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289018785/18/2013 9:27:39 AMWharf RatEngineers Design, Test Taller, High-Strength Concrete Towers for Wind Turbines ... Could assembled concrete towers be a viable alternative to the steel towers now used for wind turbines? Could concrete towers be a practical way to raise turbine towers from today's 80 meters to the steadier winds at 100 meters and tall...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289016775/18/2013 12:12:56 AMWharf RatA powerful use for spoiled food Kroger Co.'s anaerobic digester in Compton takes unsold food from Ralphs and Food 4 Less and converts it into 13 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year . May 15, 2013|By Tiffany Hsu [graphic] Kroger Co.'s clean-energy production facility in Compton converts… (Christina House, F...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288999795/17/2013 10:12:15 AMWharf RatThis will not stand. Game on. We don't count hydro in our renewable portfolio. That's like 25% of our mix. Washington Is Outdoing California and Texas in Renewable EnergyCalifornia and Texas might be leading the nation’s rollout of solar and wind power, respectively, but Washington, where hydroelectric dams provide...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288999665/17/2013 10:07:28 AMWharf RatAvoiding the 'Energy Abyss'John Hofmeister doesn’t call it ‘peak oil,’ instead he calls it the ‘energy abyss,’ the point at which the global economy ceases to grow because the oil industry can no longer meet demand. Hofmeister is the former president of Shell Oil, the same Shell Oil that is preparing to drill the deep...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288999555/17/2013 10:02:51 AMWharf Rat 10 Scenes From The Economic Collapse That Is Sweeping Across The Planet [graphic] By Michael, on May 13th, 2013 [graphic]When is the economic collapse going to happen? Just open up your eyes and take a look around the globe. The next wave of the economic collapse may not have reached Wall Street yet, but it is alr...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288978415/16/2013 10:34:22 AMWharf RatSunday, May 12, 2013 What If There Is Peak Oil? Tad Patzek at 10:59 The Spring 2013 Semester has just ended and I am beginning to see light in the tunnel. So I can restart writing my long-neglected blog. Many things have happened in the four months since my last entry: Thousands upon thousands of innocent p...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288978155/16/2013 10:25:51 AMWharf RatPermalink | The Bakken data for March is out this morning. ND Monthly Bakken* Oil Production Statistics (Bakken Only) ND Monthly Oil Production Statistics (All North Dakota) Total wells were up in the Bakken by 145 and up in North Dakota by 153. But production hardly moved. Bakken production was up by 3,754 bp/d to ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288977605/16/2013 10:03:26 AMWharf Rata slowdown in the Bakken oil parade. Latest monthlies just out show production rising a meager 3k from 715k to 718k for march. The last 6 months (10/12-3/13) have seen a rise in production of 5%, the previous 6 months ( 4/12-9/12), the increase was 25%. The IEA, cornucopian and wrong, as usual Permalinkhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288956685/15/2013 11:20:50 AMWharf RatUS holds wind farm radar testsThe US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has conducted trials on technologies designed to solve the problem of wind farms’ impact on radar. The tests were organised by the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security and Department of Energy,...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288955935/15/2013 11:02:39 AMWharf RatHomeowners Warm to Solar PowerWhen Linda and Jay Mathews moved back to their native California nearly two years ago — after 20 years in New York and Washington — they found their dream home in Pasadena. It had everything they wanted, plus a few items not on their shopping list. Among the latter: solar panels on the roo...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288955905/15/2013 11:02:14 AMWharf RatChina Seen Boosting Emergency Oil-Storage Capacity, IEA SaysChina will probably commission additional storage sites for its strategic petroleum reserve this year, boosting crude demand even as construction work on the program takes longer than expected, according to the International Energy Agency. The nation, the wor...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288955585/15/2013 10:53:14 AMWharf RatCalvin Jones: “Economics is a child of the oil age” by Rob Hopkins, originally published by Transition Culture | May 10, 2013 resilience.org http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288947375/14/2013 10:13:44 PMGersh Averyhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288941655/14/2013 5:16:50 PMWharf RatAmtrak replaces 30-year old locomotives with high-efficiency 8,600 hp electric models Amtrak is getting some nice new high-efficiency toys. They will replace locomotives that have been in service for 25-35 years with 70 new Amtrak Cities Sprinter (ACS-64) made by Siemens. The company writes: "The new locomotives will...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288940925/14/2013 4:37:47 PMGersh Averyhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288940805/14/2013 4:27:57 PMWharf RatBayou Corne sinkhole, this happened Friday. Texas Brine’s western berm encountered five breaches overnight. Two breaches have been repaired, one breach is small and has not been repaired yet and two larger breaches continue to fill the sinkhole and containment area. Texas Brine has indicated that repairs will occur ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288929465/14/2013 10:00:35 AMT L ComiskeyDr Joseph Farman.............RIP .................................................................................................. news.bbc.co.uk http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288922995/13/2013 9:00:41 PMMannie Russia Warns Obama: Global War Over “Bee Apocalypse” Coming Soon eutimes.net http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288922335/13/2013 8:11:26 PMWharf RatSaudi Arabia hopes to export solar electricity to Europe By Geert De Clercq PARIS, April 11 | Thu Apr 11, 2013 4:42pm EDT PARIS, April 11 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, which is planning massive investment in renewable energy, hopes to export solar electricity to Europe in winter, when cooler temperatures reduc...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288908825/13/2013 8:29:51 AMWharf Rat2014 Is Looking To Be A 7,000 Megawatt Year For Wind Power Capacity And Innovation By Jeff Spross on May 12, 2013 at 10:35 am [graphic] GE's new Brilliant 2.5 megawatt turbine. (Credit: GE) According to Bloomberg, Warren Buffet’s MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. is gearing up to drop $1.9 billion on new win...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288901715/12/2013 4:47:49 PMWharf RatWhy We Should Pay Attention to Utility Rate Design and How It Affects Distributed Solar By Mari Hernandez, Guest Blogger on May 12, 2013 at 9:08 am [graphic] In the new reportRate Design Matters: The Impact of Tariff Structure on Solar Project Economics in the U.S., GTM Research uncovers the often-not-discusse...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288901675/12/2013 4:47:03 PMkoanWhat we should have been doing big time the last four years. Putting the people to work building infrastructure and applying green energy. Interest rate was only 3/4%. But we only helped out the banks.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288891325/11/2013 6:35:05 PMWharf RatVan Jones solarizing Richmond on Current TV.. [youtube video] carbonnationmovie.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288889385/11/2013 3:27:14 PMWharf RatPeak Oil Revisited - Oil Limits Are Now Debt Limits May 08, 2013 - 06:20 PM GMT By: Andrew_McKillop [graphic][graphic]LIMITS TO GROWTH Oil and energy limits are more complex than what we have imagined so far. The crossover from OECD Old World dominance of oil market demand, to Rest Of World dominance was more than ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288867115/10/2013 11:24:06 AMWharf RatDoubling Wind Power Could Save Mid-Atlantic Consumers $6.9 Billion A Year By Adam James, Guest Blogger on May 9, 2013 at 2:01 pm [graphic]Wind power had a banner year in 2012, accounting for more new generating capacity than any other resource. Despite the boom in cheap natural gas, 42 percent of all new capacity...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288855635/9/2013 7:16:27 PMWharf RatWhy You Can’t Talk About Fixing The Electric Grid Without Talking About Climate Change By Daniel J. Weiss, Guest Blogger, Mari Hernandez, Guest Blogger and Jackie Weidman, Guest Blogger on May 9, 2013 at 4:32 pm [graphic] Warming-charged Superstorm Sandy affected electric grid security throughout Tri-State area....http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288855575/9/2013 7:12:40 PMWharf RatResearchers find a way to make steel without greenhouse-gas emissions CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Anyone who has seen pictures of the giant, red-hot cauldrons in which steel is made — fed by vast amounts of carbon, and belching flame and smoke — would not be surprised to learn that steelmaking is one of the world's leading in...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288841455/9/2013 9:52:44 AMWharf RatPeak Oil: Energy Investor Bill Powers Discusses the Looming Shale Gas Bubble Steve HorninPolitics,Energy and Environment On Saturday, April 27, I met up with energy investor Bill Powers at Prairie Moon Restaurant in Evanston, IL for a mid-afternoon lunch to discuss his forthcoming book set to hit bookstores on ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288841405/9/2013 9:51:33 AMWharf RatAfter 10 Years in the Business, Tesla Finally Turns a Profit wired.com  = Consumer Reports: Tesla is best car tested since 2007 A day after Tesla Motors reported its first quarterly profit ever, the electric car maker is receiving another huge boost: Consumer Reports magazine says the Tesla Model S is the best car...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288841295/9/2013 9:47:23 AMWharf RatShale Oil and Gas: The Contrarian View By Robert U. Ayres, INSEAD Emeritus Professor of Economics and Political Science and Technology Management , The Novartis Chair in Management and the Environment, Emeritus. No one is questioning the fact that we have either reached or will soon reach “peak oil”; that existin...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288820515/8/2013 10:40:29 AM