Comments on: A conjunction of factors http://blaskarm.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/a-conjunction-of-factors/ Thoughts about a collapsing civilization Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:06:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Steve Salmony http://blaskarm.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/a-conjunction-of-factors/#comment-714 Steve Salmony Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:01:58 +0000 http://blaskarm.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/a-conjunction-of-factors/#comment-714 Story of Stuff http://www.storyofstuff.com/index.htm Story of Stuff

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]]> By: julienx2k2 http://blaskarm.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/a-conjunction-of-factors/#comment-258 julienx2k2 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:39:56 +0000 http://blaskarm.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/a-conjunction-of-factors/#comment-258 Yes Trinifar, I agree with you, water might be one of the most worrying issues. Groundwater is pumped up at a rate much higher than the replenishing capacity of natural processes; moreover global warming and extreme temperatures have already shown that our reliance on water in every part of our system is bound to cause much trouble. In summer 2006, a French nuclear power plant had to shut down its reactors because the water used to cool them down, coming from a river, was way too warm. This event is bound to happen again. In the meantime, water is more and more used to harvest biofuels crops... But I'll write on it soon! Yes Trinifar, I agree with you, water might be one of the most worrying issues. Groundwater is pumped up at a rate much higher than the replenishing capacity of natural processes; moreover global warming and extreme temperatures have already shown that our reliance on water in every part of our system is bound to cause much trouble. In summer 2006, a French nuclear power plant had to shut down its reactors because the water used to cool them down, coming from a river, was way too warm. This event is bound to happen again. In the meantime, water is more and more used to harvest biofuels crops… But I’ll write on it soon!

]]> By: Trinifar http://blaskarm.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/a-conjunction-of-factors/#comment-235 Trinifar Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:13:00 +0000 http://blaskarm.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/a-conjunction-of-factors/#comment-235 Hi, that's for reading Trinifar and linking to my post. I'm delighted. More importantly I'm please to have found your blog. You do a great job here along the lines that I find appealing -- meaning quantitative as well as qualitive analysis. Lately, I'm becoming more and more focused on water usage and its limits. Of all the individual things we can measure, water may be the most important. It's very much essential to all life, not just human life, and it's something that all people can easily understand as being essential -- unlike oil which is several steps removed from the products we use that are made from it. Recently in a University of Michigan report I found said that only 1% of fresh water in the USA is used in the home. Not surprisingly 39% is used for agriculture, but astonishingly (to me anyway) an equal amount, 39%, is used to produce electricity. I bet few people are aware of this distribution in the use of our fresh water resources. And unlike the energy production, I don't think anyone believes we can find a way to produce massive amounts of fresh water to feed our growing needs. (Desalination is an incredibly expensive option.) Hi, that’s for reading Trinifar and linking to my post. I’m delighted. More importantly I’m please to have found your blog. You do a great job here along the lines that I find appealing — meaning quantitative as well as qualitive analysis.

Lately, I’m becoming more and more focused on water usage and its limits. Of all the individual things we can measure, water may be the most important. It’s very much essential to all life, not just human life, and it’s something that all people can easily understand as being essential — unlike oil which is several steps removed from the products we use that are made from it.

Recently in a University of Michigan report I found said that only 1% of fresh water in the USA is used in the home. Not surprisingly 39% is used for agriculture, but astonishingly (to me anyway) an equal amount, 39%, is used to produce electricity. I bet few people are aware of this distribution in the use of our fresh water resources. And unlike the energy production, I don’t think anyone believes we can find a way to produce massive amounts of fresh water to feed our growing needs. (Desalination is an incredibly expensive option.)

]]> By: Ben Shurey http://blaskarm.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/a-conjunction-of-factors/#comment-232 Ben Shurey Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:17:42 +0000 http://blaskarm.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/a-conjunction-of-factors/#comment-232 Shale anyone? Shale anyone?

]]> By: John Feeney http://blaskarm.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/a-conjunction-of-factors/#comment-225 John Feeney Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:03:21 +0000 http://blaskarm.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/a-conjunction-of-factors/#comment-225 Excellent overview. Some who study energy are optimistic about the growth in renewables. I hope they're right. But as you mentioned, some people dismiss certain fundamentals, such as population, which won't be solved by renewables alone. I hope that recent UN report will cause a few people to wake up. Excellent overview. Some who study energy are optimistic about the growth in renewables. I hope they’re right.

But as you mentioned, some people dismiss certain fundamentals, such as population, which won’t be solved by renewables alone.

I hope that recent UN report will cause a few people to wake up.

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