ASPO-USA Conference, November 2 – 5; Letter to Secretary Chu
Conference Next Week
The Association for the Study of Peak Oil-USA's conference in Washington DC, "Peak Oil, Energy, and the Economy" will be held next week. There is still time to register. Details are available on ASPO-USA's Conference Website.
The m...
Energy Storage – Flywheel
This piece resulted from a challenge within the staff to write a collaborative post on emerging energy storage technologies. I left Chemistry back in high school but one technology that has long fascinated me led me to volunteer on a project: the flyw...
ASPO-USA Conference, November 2 – 5, Washington DC
The Association for the Study of Peak Oil-USA (ASPO-USA) is announcing its upcoming conference in Washington, DC on November 2 - 5. The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill.
Many speakers are likely to be well known t...
2012 Wagner Awards Call for Papers
The deadline for submission of papers for the 2012 Wagner Award, hosted by the National Association for Active Investment Management (NAAIM), is January 1, 2012. Per the “Call for Papers”: “The competition is open to all investment pr...
Tech Talk – North Dakota and the Bakken
Nick has pointed out that the chart I used last time, in writing of the production in the deep waters of the Gulf, is out of date. North Dakota is heading for second place behind Texas, having passed Oklahoma, and has the ability to pass Alaska in a f...
Random Thoughts from ASPO-9
A monument to the Cycling culture in Brussels.
The ASPO conference was back to the old continent with a joint organization by ASPO-Belgium and ASPO-Netherlands. Set at the political heart of Europe with an ambitious programme that called in ...
Peak Oil Conference – Barbastro, Spain, May 5, 6, and 7, 2011
There is an International Conference called Peak oil: Fact or Fiction? coming up May 5, 6, and 7. This is a link to the Conference Website. The conference will be held in the facilities of the UNED (National University of Distance Education) center in ...
Fukushima Open Thread – 2nd April
Not a lot of new news to report today but some interesting and valuable new data from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and high resolution photographic resources have come to light that are linked below.
Main news today is that a crack cau...
Fukushima Open Thread – 1st April
Farewinds associates video
Arnie Gundersen discusses spent fuel pool in unit 4, providing video evidence that the pool is not full and fuel is exposed. 5 minute video.
SRS pump will head to Japan
"Our understanding is, they are preparing to go to next ...
Fukushima Dai-ichi status and prognosis
The disjointed news flow from Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) continues to provide a confusing picture of the status of the 4 crippled nuclear power stations at Fukushima Dai-ichi on the East coast of Japan. This is leading to a very broad spectru...
Japan/Fukushima Open Thread Wed 3/30
This is an open thread dedicated to the evolving details and implications of the tsunami/nuclear situation in Japan. The previous thread can be found here
Japan to decommission reactors at Fukushima
Reactor Decommissioning may take up to 30 years
Jap...
Biophysical Economics Conference in Syracuse NY, April 15-16
For those interested/able to attend:
Biophysical Economics Conference
Friday April 15th through Saturday April 16th
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York
Moon Library conference room
Register when you arrive at the...
