Stories tagged with 2050

Food to 2050

Posted by Stuart Staniford on March 10, 2008 - 8:40am
Topic: Environment/Sustainability
Tags: 2050, agriculture, great transition, peak oil [list all tags]

Average United States yields per unit area for various crops, 1900-2007. Yields are expressed as a multiplier of the 1900-1935 average. Source: National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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Four Billion Cars in 2050?

Posted by Stuart Staniford on February 18, 2008 - 10:00am
Topic: Environment/Sustainability
Tags: 2050, automobile, civilization, hybrids, peak oil, PHEV [list all tags]

The Tata Nano will sell for about $2500 (US) in the base model, and get about 51 mpg (US). Source: Wikipedia.

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Powering Civilization to 2050

Posted by Stuart Staniford on January 28, 2008 - 10:00am
Topic: Alternative energy
Tags: 2050, agriculture, climate change, globalization, peak oil, photovoltaics, plateau, relocalization, renewable energy, solar power [list all tags]

Global marketed primary energy production 1970-2050. Expressed in thermal equivalent of millions of barrels/oil day (ie electricity streams such as hydro or photovoltaic are treated as if they had been converted from fuel at 38% efficiency). Source: BP for fossil fuel, hydro, and nuclear data, EIA and IEA for renewable data, and author's calculations as described in the text for projections. This is a scenario not a forecast.

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