tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post609843238506881330..comments2024-03-22T05:15:17.042+02:00Comments on Sudden Debt: Deja Vu, All Over AgainHellasioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03564511281240682625noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-7743802162807182632011-02-28T01:13:37.949+02:002011-02-28T01:13:37.949+02:00Going back to an earlier post:
"there is no ...Going back to an earlier post:<br /><br />"there is no Euro Crisis in FACT"<br /><br />Can you address this assertion in the context of Ireland?GTThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165217216883968400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-59971075486989821642011-02-24T13:38:11.511+02:002011-02-24T13:38:11.511+02:00Yes, we do need to create our own renewable/alt en...Yes, we do need to create our own renewable/alt energy, but it needs to pass the the EROEI test. En Masse, the renewable energy schemes in the U.S. fail that test.<br /><br />Pumping all out will simply steepen the depletion rate in Saudi where reserves, as per the work of Matt Simmons and others, are almost certainly vastly overstated. In the meantime the SA despotism is seeking to quell the populace through mass bribery. Should that fail, I expect a chain of events that will then lead to massive international military conflict in the region. The pie is shrinking and a lot of powerful players are going to go for the last slice.Edwardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613197383283896190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-54557004840098915322011-02-24T02:39:00.166+02:002011-02-24T02:39:00.166+02:00The funny thing is that the Middle East oil states...The funny thing is that the Middle East oil states are some of the best ones for use of solar energy (unless extreme heat has an effect on solar panels that I am unaware of).<br /><br />However, I agree with Brian Woods that water and food are more pressing concerns for the person on the street (but, of course, it is tied to the price of oil because of industrial farming, as not much food grows in the desert).OkieLawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071917464425173379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-62120171803560293092011-02-23T20:14:28.597+02:002011-02-23T20:14:28.597+02:00Pumping 'all-out' may not be an option Hel...Pumping 'all-out' may not be an option Hell. Presumably the local oil engineers would caution restraint so as to preserve the integrity of the resevoirs. The real predicament is with the increasing populations of the oil producing states needing more of their own output for domestic consumption, the Export-land Model: Nett exports decline! Guess who loses!<br /><br />Perhaps the current carry-on in Libya has alerted the others that some pro-active prevention is preferable to after-the-event violence-control measures. Who knows?<br /><br />Anyway, I reckon that availability of fresh water is a more pressing problem for mid-east and Mediterranean states. <br /><br />BrianBrian Woodsnoreply@blogger.com