Another Peak Oil article

[Indiana_Dem]

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/15/1446255

Oil -- and energy in general -- has long been a big topic among Slashdot readers. Predictions about The End of the Age of Oil (about which, claims the subtitle, this book provides "all you need to know") certainly are not new -- and if civilization lasts long enough, one day they'll prove true. It's nice to consider that automobiles aren't necessarily tied to petroleum, but mine certainly runs on 87 octane gasoline, and there aren't enough turkey guts or grease to power everything that we use petro-fuels for right now (though places like Iceland are trying hard to tap other sources). Current gas prices (in the U.S. at any rate) are higher than they have been in a decade or so, but in constant dollars, gasoline prices have certainly been worse. How much to panic, and when? Read on below for Arthur Smith (apsmith)'s brief review of David Goodstein's Out of Gas for a rather gloomy look at the future of oil-based energy.

[mouse7]

1. there is a solution... look at this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x8783

[Indiana_Dem]

2. Oh, okay, thank you for the info!

Hope it will be implemented soon. What do you think?

[mouse7]

3. Sounds like "we" need to do some promoting

There are some situations for which algae biofuel projects would be immediately of massive help. The disaster down in the Salton Sea due to agricultural wastes is a perfect place to start. They desperately need remediation of the fertilizer pollutants down there, and biodiesel algae would work wonders in extracting the contaminants along with making the perfect setting to get the economies of scale in algae for biodiesel refined to the point that biodiesel production would be competitive in price with regular diesel fuel. Eventually, algae biodiesel looks like it will be cheaper than standard diesel, but the process needs to be refined, and infrastructure must be put in place.

[Dissenting_Prole]

4. Actually....

first you have to get the public to recognize that there is a problem. To that end, I suggest our documentary:

THE END OF SUBURBIA: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream

http://www.endofsuburbia.com/