Showing posts with label energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label energy. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Nice graphic showing "what is" in terms of electricity generation as opposed to "what should be".

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Just a reminder of "what is" in terms of electricity generation in the US (a positive statement), as opposed to "what should ...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

"Drill, Dig, Baby, Drill, Dig"...Not what many people want to hear BUT it has helped save our economy. Doubt it? Look at these numbers...

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I copied this chart from the teriffic website EMSI and added some numbers based off of their data. The EMSI data show how many jobs there ...
Saturday, August 18, 2012

Another chart showing the growth in energy consumption in the developed vs developing world from 2000 to 2011. Wow!

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I just this one after the one I just previously posted. The change in energy use JUST since 2000 is quite amazing.  The BRIC countries, Br...

Nice infographic showing the growth in carbon emissions in China. We can congratulate ourselves on our efforts to reduce emissions, but does it matter?

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If you are interested in the topic of carbon emissions, this graphic is for you. It shows the changes in carbon emissions primarily in China...
Saturday, December 3, 2011

US becomes a Net Exporter of Petroleum products for the first time in 62 years!! Is this a good thing? Nice new graphic showing the cause...

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This caught me by surprise. The US, for the  first time in 62 years , has become a net EXPORTER of petroleum and petroleum based products. ...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Two nice graphics showing energy consumption by source. We are failing...

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Reality Check.  As much as I would like the us to move to a cleaner and less political (by political I mean we dont have to go to war or mai...
Monday, July 25, 2011

Nice interview with Bill Gates on energy and the environment---He even uses the term Opportunity Costs...NICE!!!

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In a discussion on energy, Mr Gates invokes the important economic term " Opportunity Cost ". He uses it terms of using land to pr...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The nation's trade deficit increased in May. The "why" is shown in two easy line graphs...

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The US trade deficit increased last month from the prior month. A trade deficit occurs when a nation's exports are LESS THAN its impo...
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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Oil and Bio-Fuels clash...The winner? Better question--The loser? Answer--all of us.

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Bad energy policies equal bad outcomes...Two reminders in as to why we need to wean ourselves off of oil AND why using food-for-fuel is NOT ...
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Saturday, May 28, 2011

A couple of informative graphics on Oil Production and the revival of the Texas oil boom years...WTF! (With The Fracking)...What did you think I meant?

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According to the graphic below, countries that are classified as democratic (relatively "free") produce about 16% (US 9%, Canada 4...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Electric Vehicles are NOT the answer to energy independence...Why does this have to be so hard???

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Resources are not unlimited---this forms the foundation for the definition of economics.  Essential natural resources ("Rare Earth Mine...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Which vehicles are in the shortest supply right now? With $4.00+ gasoline, that is too easy a question...

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Many pundits in the economics  blogosphere have pegged $4.00 a gallon as the breaking point for people to seriously start changing their lev...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Graphs to help explain the MAIN reasons we will have higher oil and gasoline prices well into the future...

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