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Robert Bryce on The Delusion of Energy Independence

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Robert Bryce Believes Energy Independence is a Pipe Dream

03 min 24 sec

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Robert Bryce questions the pragmatism of energy independence, wondering how positively it would affect the American economy even if it was achieved.

American people, riddled by the anxieties of the Iraq war, global warming, terrorism, and peak oil, look to energy independence as a cure-all panacea.
Robert Bryce Finds Faulty Link Between Oil and Terrorism

04 min 23 sec

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Robert Bryce contends that the energy independence movement came from the "big boosters of the second Iraq war."

Dismissing claims of being a conspiracy theorist, Bryce alleges that many like Thomas Friedman have falsely conflated oil and terrorism.
Robert Bryce Sees Decarbonization as Energy's Future

04 min 37 sec

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Robert Bryce traces the history of decarbonization trends from wood through coal to oil and to the "big winner of the 21st century," natural gas.

Natural gas, unlike other fuels, presents a carbon to hydrogen ratio of 1:4; a cleaner, more dense fuel ratio.

Bryce cites consumers - not government mandates or subsidies - as the driving force between past shifts and, he hopes, for our future switch to natural gas.
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Andrew Atkin

Posted: 05.04.10, 10:29 PM

Super battery: Well, one idea I have had for a "super battery" is this: Take the Hadron Collider (or a simlar structure) and mount a spinning hoop in it. The hoop is made up of relatively powerful permanent magnets. Have the hoop supported in a vacuum tube, and suspended by external permanent magnets (i.e. frictionless). With the enormous diameter of the "fly-hoop" (not fly-wheel) you can spin it to a great speed with a minimal centrifugal force. This in turn allows you to mechanically store a [potentially] massive amount of energy per-mass of the flywheel. It could function as an efficient (and massive) mechanical capacitor, to iron our the peaks and troughs of wind/solar energy supply. Water-pump windmills: Have offshore windmills that pump water into a high hill-top reservoir. From here it operates like a hydrodam - and the higher the reservior, the more efficient it will be (as you move less water under higher pressure, rather than more water under lower pressure...same dynmaic as getting the voltage up with electricity). This could work in countries like New Zealand. -------------------------------------------- And what about GEOTHERMAL?