Ed. Note: This short piece by Robert Bradley Jr. from mid-2012 is reproduced verbatim. It is good to have a laugh sometimes in the energy debates, which the Onion parody (below) invited. Serious posts on Peak Oil can be found here.
“We are on a collision course to a world without rocks. Only take as many rocks as you absolutely need.”
– Dr. Victoria Merrill, author, “No Stone Unturned: Methods for Modern Rock Conservation“
“Think about it. When was the last time you even saw a boulder?”
– Henry Kaiser (geologist and Onion expert)
The easy oil has been found. There are no more mega-fields. Costs up … prices up … economic stress … crises. We have such certain knowledge from the smartest guys in many rooms: Paul Ehrlich, John Holdren, Colin Campbell, Jean Laherrère, Richard Heinberg, Chris Skrebowski, Matthew Simmons, ….…
Continue Reading“… if you make a living doing left of center climate and energy policy, there are strong social, political, and professional incentives to get climate risk wrong…. There is little tolerance on the Left for any expression of materialist politics that challenge foundational claims of the environmental movement.”
Ron Clutz of Science Matters [1] is one of many “talented amateurs” who has worked to correct climate exaggeration and check the excesses of the United Nations’ IPCC/COP process. His post, Why Climate Alarmists Can’t Recant, is an example of his work. Clutz’s recent comment at MasterResource is worth publishing here, after which I add my observations on the reasons for the futile, wasteful crusade.
Ted Nordhaus explained why, unlike Gates, doomsters can’t recant [in his] paper:
Why I Stopped Being a Climate Catastrophist….…
On January 26, the U.S. Department of Energy released the Fact Sheet, “The Energy Department Is Delivering on Accelerating the Deployment of Nuclear Power, subtitled “President Trump is Unleashing America’s Next Nuclear Renaissance.”
Nuclear Renaissance? Like that of Joe Biden? George W. Bush? Here is a summary of federal subsidies/initiatives for commercial nuclear power from the US Department of Energy (to date).