tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post8742601490511474451..comments2024-02-16T17:52:44.944-06:00Comments on The Nuclear Green Revolution: The word "efficiency" really means "scarcity"Charles Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-31274496929968784402009-04-09T02:38:00.000-05:002009-04-09T02:38:00.000-05:00It is true that the dollar is the international cu...It is true that the dollar is the international currency for oil purchases. The role of the dollar in international trade is unsustainable, and in some respects highly unfavorable to American based manufacturers. Current international economic problems are partly due to the fact that the current economic system made manufacture too expensive in the United States.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-75654551259698894242009-04-09T02:25:00.000-05:002009-04-09T02:25:00.000-05:00What do you think of the "petrodollar" conspiracy ...What do you think of the "petrodollar" conspiracy theory, that asserts that since the end of Bretton-Woods the US$ has effectively been backed by oil, and that it is therefore in the US interest to delay the world's move away from oil for as long as possible?<BR/><BR/>I saw it mentioned on the Energy from Thorium forum...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-12714649114824855792009-04-08T22:26:00.000-05:002009-04-08T22:26:00.000-05:00Increasing energy efficiency is a given. But it do...Increasing energy efficiency is a given. But it doesn't substitute for increasing clean energy production. <BR/><BR/>The problem with people who believe that our energy problems can be solved by efficiency alone is the fact that they don't account for the fact of-- ever increasing-- energy demand due to economic growth and population growth. <BR/><BR/>http://newpapyrusmagazine.blogspot.com/Marcel F. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245086958213100840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-41902344804468844792009-04-08T20:18:00.000-05:002009-04-08T20:18:00.000-05:00Andrew, for a variety of reasons most people prefe...Andrew, for a variety of reasons most people prefer to not live in caves.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-67127274638095778082009-04-08T20:08:00.000-05:002009-04-08T20:08:00.000-05:00There has been considerable successful work with p...There has been considerable successful work with passive heating and cooling see, for exaple, <BR/>http://www.passivehouse.us/passiveHouse/PHIUSHome.html<BR/>http://waldseebiohaus.typepad.com/biohaus/design.html<BR/><BR/>it unfortunate that this example is unsuccessful.<BR/><BR/>I'm a believer in nuclear power. Having studied physics at UT Austin I was very happy to see the this: http://www.utexas.edu/news/2009/01/27/nuclear_hybrid/?AddInterest=1284Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07679154806912834959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-19670541240859799172009-04-08T13:21:00.000-05:002009-04-08T13:21:00.000-05:00DonbWell-said...the word 'energy crisis' hopefully...Donb<BR/><BR/>Well-said...the word 'energy crisis' hopefully will have no meaning in our vision of a not-too-distant nuclear future.Robwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039496770111413350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-49460034738785162462009-04-08T09:15:00.000-05:002009-04-08T09:15:00.000-05:00The real shame is that while these so-called effic...The real shame is that while these so-called efficiency experts are promoting their scarcity agenda, the world is, in reality, awash in clean energy available from nuclear sources. It is the irrational fears, lack of imagination, and ulterior motives of these "experts" that keep society from rapidly progressing towards using the abundance that surrounds us.donbnoreply@blogger.com