Re: oil predictions

2001-07-16 Thread Charles Brown
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/12/01 09:48PM and les says: i wouldnt take ian seriously. making water from two gases (H and O) is not so hard in the laboratory, fuel cells do it: http://www.ectechnic.co.uk/BASICS.HTML no planck scale nonsense. the point though is the energy required to

Re: oil predictions

2001-07-13 Thread ALI KADRI
In respect to oil there are some observations that were made about the nineties, and these are: World demand is increasing, with third world demand increasing at 2 percent yearly. Refineries are operating at 98 percent capacity, with little new investments. The ratio of new find to reserves was

Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-13 Thread ALI KADRI
It seems that my first message did not go through: In respect to oil there are some observations that were made about the nineties, and these are: World demand is increasing, with third world demand increasing at 2 percent. Refineries are operating at 98 percent capacity, with little new

Re: oil predictions

2001-07-12 Thread Charles Brown
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/10/01 05:20PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/10/01 03:57PM CB: Can't one just heat it and let it evaporate ? On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 02:13:10PM -0400, Charles Brown wrote: = What will you do to trap the toxic chemicals from diffusing into the atmosphere

Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-12 Thread Ian Murray
CB: Can't one just heat it and let it evaporate ? On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 02:13:10PM -0400, Charles Brown wrote: = What will you do to trap the toxic chemicals from diffusing into the atmosphere [atmofractal :-)] and killing people? CB: Filter the steam ?

Re: : oil predictions

2001-07-12 Thread Ian Murray
Oh, I see ( :)) . How'd the current hydrogen and oxygen atoms that comprise water get together ? CB = The Ein Sof playing with 'it' 'self'. In the beginning, God blew himself into a bazillion pieces in order to have some friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good and is

Re: oil predictions

2001-07-12 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message - From: Charles Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 9:33 AM Subject: [PEN-L:15040] oil predictions [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/10/01 06:03PM -clip- Now, if we can only figure out what to do with the salt... tim

Re: oil predictions

2001-07-12 Thread Michael Pugliese
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/images/swas/bigmelt.jpg KEWL!!! http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast11jul_1.htm?list52322 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2001/07/11/nati onal1701EDT0695.DTL - Original Message - From: Charles Brown [EMAIL

Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Jim Devine
At 07:58 PM 07/09/2001 -1000, you wrote: Here's another issue for possible consideration. Is the problem one of oil shortages given the stubborness of US car companies to not design autombiles that conserve greater amounts of gas? In fact, perhaps the argument could be made that we have way more

Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Charles Brown
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/10/01 12:27AM Also, despite the fantasies of W. and his boss from Wyoming, the extraction of fossil fuels is a messy process, threating water supplies and other scarce resources. ((( CB: A helpful summary review, Michael. In what sense is water a scarce resource ?

Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Michael Perelman
Water is and is not renewable. Once it becomes contaminated, it can be very expensive to reclaim. On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 02:13:10PM -0400, Charles Brown wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/10/01 12:27AM Also, despite the fantasies of W. and his boss from Wyoming, the extraction of fossil

Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Ian Murray
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/10/01 12:27AM Also, despite the fantasies of W. and his boss from Wyoming, the extraction of fossil fuels is a messy process, threating water supplies and other scarce resources. ((( CB: A helpful summary review, Michael. In what sense is water a scarce

RE: Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread michael pugliese
Re: H20 The secret Knowledge of Water, by Craig Childs, www.sasquatchBooks.com From: Ian Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 7/10/01 11:42:56 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/10/01 12:27AM Also, despite the fantasies of W. and his boss from Wyoming, the extraction of fossil

Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Charles Brown
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/10/01 02:42PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/10/01 12:27AM Also, despite the fantasies of W. and his boss from Wyoming, the extraction of fossil fuels is a messy process, threating water supplies and other scarce resources. ((( CB: A helpful summary review, Michael.

Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Charles Brown
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/10/01 02:28PM Water is and is not renewable. Once it becomes contaminated, it can be very expensive to reclaim. ( CB: Can't one just heat it and let it evaporate ? On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 02:13:10PM -0400, Charles Brown wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/10/01

Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Michael Perelman
Absolutely, the design of cars, the construction of housing, the location of housing, and a multitude of other factors affect the rate of depletion. I believe that the point that Mark is making is that even if we were to make enormous improvements in such areas, even if we find a way to drive

Re: Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Ian Murray
((( CB: A helpful summary review, Michael. In what sense is water a scarce resource ? I sure hope it's renewable. = unless you have a quantum computer that can synthesize H20 from a bunch of probability amplitudes in mass quantities don't count on it. :-) :-) Ian

Re: Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Ian Murray
CB: Can't one just heat it and let it evaporate ? On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 02:13:10PM -0400, Charles Brown wrote: = What will you do to trap the toxic chemicals from diffusing into the atmosphere [atmofractal :-)] and killing people? Ian

Re: Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Charles Brown
(( CB: Our use of H 0 doesn't break it down chemically like oil and gas, yes ? 2 The amount of water on earth remains constant , no ? == CB, 1]Yes, but the problem is undoing the chemical bonds of stuff that attaches to it easily, yet costs a

RE: Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread michael pugliese
Re: Design of Cars: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (at Ohio State University, are you here today, Yoshie, Young Communist League chapter at OSU!) on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list, just said that the East German cars were biodegradable! True? Michael Pugliese From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Stephen E Philion
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Michael Perelman wrote: Absolutely, the design of cars, the construction of housing, the location of housing, and a multitude of other factors affect the rate of depletion. I believe that the point that Mark is making is that even if we were to make enormous

Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Les Schaffer
Charles said: The amount of water on earth remains constant , no ? http://www.sprl.umich.edu/GCL/Notes-1999-Winter/freshwater.html CB: Can't one just heat it and let it evaporate ? the problem is to heat ALL that water up from 60 degrees F, say, to some much higher temperature to make

Re: Re: Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Ian Murray
(( CB: I didn't know about the chemically bonding contamination. How much is contaminated ? Sounds like a small percentage . How about taking a bunch of hydrogen and oxygen and combining it to make new water ? === That's where the Star Trek technology comes in. You'd need a

Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Ian Murray
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/10/01 03:57PM CB: Can't one just heat it and let it evaporate ? On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 02:13:10PM -0400, Charles Brown wrote: = What will you do to trap the toxic chemicals from diffusing into the atmosphere [atmofractal :-)] and killing people?

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Ian Murray
CB: I didn't know about the chemically bonding contamination. How much is contaminated ? Sounds like a small percentage . How about taking a bunch of hydrogen and oxygen and combining it to make new water ? === That's where the Star Trek technology comes in. You'd need a quantum

Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Tim Bousquet
While pollution of water supplies is an issue in some locations, the real issue is building and maintaining a distribution system. We're pretty much maxxed out in CA, although there's some crazy proposals out there to do things like double the size of Shasta Lake and build an

Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Stephen E Philion
Mark, given all that you have said, your estimation of the difference between people like yourself, moi, yoshie, or doug, it turns out is really not that great after allfor better or worse... Steve On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Mark Jones wrote: Stephen E Philion wrote: I'd be curious to know

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Michael Pugliese
to building democratic ... www.ranknfile-ue.org/uelinksa.html - Original Message - From: Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 6:01 PM Subject: [PEN-L:14955] Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: oil predictions He was, if I am not mistaken, the main organizer

Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Stephen E Philion
That's right, the bus riders' union page is http://www.busridersunion.org/index.html steve On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Michael Perelman wrote: He was, if I am not mistaken, the main organizer of the Los Angeles Bus Riders Union -- an almost impossible task. On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 11:45:46PM

Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: oil predictions

2001-07-10 Thread Michael Perelman
My doubts were about whether he should be called the MAIN organizer. On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 04:12:20PM -1000, Stephen E Philion wrote: That's right, the bus riders' union page is http://www.busridersunion.org/index.html steve On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Michael Perelman wrote: He was, if I

Re: oil predictions

2001-07-09 Thread Stephen E Philion
Michael, Here's another issue for possible consideration. Is the problem one of oil shortages given the stubborness of US car companies to not design autombiles that conserve greater amounts of gas? In fact, perhaps the argument could be made that we have way more than enough petrochemicals, but