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Luis de Sousa on August 2, 2007 - 9:46am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Above all blame Jean! I only wrote the questions.

When looked at in this way, I don't see how this can't be viewed as an 'energy' problem instead of just an oil problem.

Yes, for now we are facing a liquid fuels problem, a much worse problem with energy will unfold when Natural Gas and Coal start loosing their growth momentum by 2020.

I don't see how we are going to avoid an energy train wreck.

Jean gave us good clues on that, life style change and some interesting alternatives like the Rubia reactor – a personal favourite of mine.

NG production is indeed growing in the US, but with Canada beyond peak and the recent collapse in prices the North American picture still isn’t that good.

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geek7 on August 5, 2007 - 12:48pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Carlo Rubbia is the inventor of the 'Rubia (sic) reactor'. He is a Particle Physicist of very considerable scientific talent. And also a very skilled self promoter (very important to gaining a leadership position in Particle Physics). His proposal, I think, involves the use of Particle Accelerators to maintain a fission reaction. He appeared to never had a serious of working on development of this idea HIMSELF. It was a proposal designed to promote the development of bigger and more powerful Particle Accelerators, which would facilitate his scientific research program, and maybe acquisition of another Nobel Prize.
I think one should not count on this idea ever becoming a reality. It will be like controlled (non-explosive) nuclear fusion - always in the future.

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