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Heading Out on February 18, 2007 - 1:35am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

The object of the post was to let everyone know where to look, so can you provide a link? (And to those who follow this, since I forgot to mention it in the main post) Links are good!

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totoneila on February 18, 2007 - 2:39am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Hello HO,

I know it is impossible to stop blog and website creation, but a potential problem with this is that PO + GW newbies can spend alot of time off-track before they find the motherlode, or worse case spend big money on CERA reports. I always make sure to tell newbies: if they only have a few minutes/day, to make sure and check into EnergyBulletin.net first. I think Bart & team do a great job of websurfing to pull together critical info [although Leanan is coming on very strong =) ]. From EB, the newbie will find TOD, LATOC, etc.

I think it is only a matter of time until we have to pay by the byte when electricity gets real expensive. My hope is that EB, TOD, LATOC, and Dieoff will be the last ones still functioning. That is why I post here instead of my own blog--I hope the archives are maintained for a longtime postPeak so that late newbies will see how hard we all worked to try and inform them and to help them prepare for what comes next.

Bob Shaw in Phx,Az Are Humans Smarter than Yeast?

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Nick on February 18, 2007 - 1:05pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

"I think it is only a matter of time until we have to pay by the byte when electricity gets real expensive."

ummm...why? Oil & gas are only 20% of US electrical production, and generation costs are only about 50% of retail electricity prices, so if it quintuples in price that only increases retail prices by 40%. Even that would be temporary, as gas would be phased out pretty quick. Coal might double in cost for CO2 sequestration (from about 4.5 cents/kwh to as much as 9 cents), or we might just burn it as is, but we'd use it one way or another, don't you think?

Wind could easily be 20% of generation in 15 years, and nuclear at 20% isn't going away. Why would peak oil be a threat to the electrical grid?

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