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Re: A short history of energy (in the US)

Re: A short history of energy (in the US)

Submitted by dangie on Sun, 01/27/2008 - 21:07.

Dear Ben,
Glad that you are back "in business" again!

I have been following most of your podcast and I have learned a lot.

One key dicussion that has been going on is what will happen when we "peak" with Oil. Many say that we need not to worry since we can always fall back on coal for some time (liquid coal for instance). There seems to be a common consensus that we have enought coal to last for one or several centuries. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal) But I just came across this article in New Scientist and there might be some simular issues around the way countires/companies reports the reserves as with oil and that we might be facing a hubbert coal peak pretty soon as well. (http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/energy-fuels/mg1972639...). Might be worth checking out more in detail?

Wish you all the best,
Daniel

A Short History of Energy (in the US) By: ben (24 replies) Sun, 01/27/2008 - 20:25