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BountifulEnergy: The argument from big numbers
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Debunks the arguments of energy decline theorists, peak oil doomers, and others. Argues that energy is abundant. Sunday, November 16, 2014. The argument from big numbers. Energy decline adherents often claim it would be impossible. For our civilization to transition to renewable energy. They have various arguments for that, all of which are wrong. If we wanted to convert the entire world electricity system to wind turbines, it would take 333 gazillion TONNES. Of steel every SECOND. World economy. Alt...
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BountifulEnergy: We are not running out of resources
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Debunks the arguments of energy decline theorists, peak oil doomers, and others. Argues that energy is abundant. Sunday, November 6, 2011. We are not running out of resources. Some doomer authors have claimed that we're running out of resources in general. Not just fossil fuels, but many. Resources necessary for civilization, like metals, fertilizer, and so on, will soon be exhausted, according to them. A notable example of this view, is the book Limits to Growth. Clearly we will eventually exhaust our s...
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BountifulEnergy: Do not grow your own food
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Debunks the arguments of energy decline theorists, peak oil doomers, and others. Argues that energy is abundant. Sunday, February 8, 2015. Do not grow your own food. Some peak oilers are still doing this. Some of them are still trying to grow their own food or are considering moving to rural locations so they can grow their own food. Let me give an example from a comment I read today on peakoil.com:. And the same sentiments have been echoed thousands of times on peak oil forums. Food while it's still ple...
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BountifulEnergy: World trade is not ending
http://bountifulenergy.blogspot.com/2014/09/world-trade-is-not-ending.html
Debunks the arguments of energy decline theorists, peak oil doomers, and others. Argues that energy is abundant. Monday, September 1, 2014. World trade is not ending. Peak oilers and energy decline theorists both believed that world trade would rapidly come to an end around 2005. They believed that world trade would collapse as oil peaked and started declining, or as a consequence of declining ERoEI. This was one of the cornerstone beliefs of the peak oil and energy decline movements. Cargo transportatio...
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BountifulEnergy: Six Errors in ERoEI calculations
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Debunks the arguments of energy decline theorists, peak oil doomers, and others. Argues that energy is abundant. Monday, May 11, 2015. Six Errors in ERoEI calculations. The ERoEI of various energy sources has been calculated throughout various papers on that topic. There are at least 30 papers calculating the ERoEI ratio for various sources of energy such as nuclear, coal, solar PV, and others. Report an ERoEI of 75 for nuclear power, whereas another study. And the high 30s in another paper. It's crucial...
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BountifulEnergy: Energy decline theory is pseudoscience
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Debunks the arguments of energy decline theorists, peak oil doomers, and others. Argues that energy is abundant. Thursday, May 21, 2015. Energy decline theory is pseudoscience. Here is a response I wrote on a forum:. I'm sorry, but there's just no science happening here. It's not sufficient to say the word "science" and to use scientific-sounding terms like "biophysical". Those kinds of things are also common within pseudoscience. Here is another post from the same thread:. George, you said:. Not raw ene...
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BountifulEnergy: June 2015
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Debunks the arguments of energy decline theorists, peak oil doomers, and others. Argues that energy is abundant. Wednesday, June 17, 2015. There are many alternatives to oil. One of the main ideas of the peak oil doom movement is that there are no possible alternatives to oil. Oil is apparently some magical irreplaceable substance with no known alternatives, and no way to find alternatives. For example, here is a recent post from a prominent peak oiler on peakoil.com:. It is also possible to use oil far ...
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BountifulEnergy: We do not face rapid declines of oil
http://bountifulenergy.blogspot.com/2011/10/oil-production-will-not-follow-bell.html
Debunks the arguments of energy decline theorists, peak oil doomers, and others. Argues that energy is abundant. Wednesday, October 26, 2011. We do not face rapid declines of oil. How much oil is there? How do we know? There is no single answer to that question, because the answer depends upon price. At $80/barrel, there is a certain amount of oil remaining. At $150/barrel, there is far more oil remaining. And so on. The reason is because we leave most oil in the ground. The Supply of Oil. Which opens up...
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BountifulEnergy: The economy doesn't require any growth
http://bountifulenergy.blogspot.com/2010/11/economy-doesnt-require-any-growth.html
Debunks the arguments of energy decline theorists, peak oil doomers, and others. Argues that energy is abundant. Monday, November 15, 2010. The economy doesn't require any growth. More money in the future, through economic growth. Without growth, we cannot possibly pay additional money in the future, because there will be no additional money in the future with which to pay. Therefore, an economy with widespread debt must either grow or collapse. Or so goes the argument. This argument (which I've call...