There’s nothing like a big, heavy low tech solution to provide a shot of optimism that a mile deep gusher can actually be brought under control. So here it comes. A 125 ton (250,000 pound) reinforced concrete house that you plant over the gusher, connect a 5 mile pipe to its chimney and route all that crude up to surface ships for processing, storage and shipment ashore.
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The “tragedy of the commons” articulated by Garrett Hardin in 1968 is now being played out on a planetary scale on our ultimate “commons”, the global climate in which we all live.
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The Times Online (The Top 50 Eco Blogs) has an excellent summary of other high quality blogs related to energy and the environment. A well rounded list, everyone from the pundits, to the activists, to the skeptics are included. Enjoy! Sphere: Related Content
In my most recent post, I made it clear that I’m 100% in favor of drilling for, and pumping up, every last blessed drop of oil we can afford to get our hands on domestically in lieu of importing that same oil. I won’t repeat my rationale here, but I just want to be crystal [...]
Before I get to my main point let me be clear. If we got it, we should drill for it. To quote Senator McCain….”Drill here, and drill now”. Onshore, offshore, Alaska, Florida, California wherever. It’s absurd on the face of it that we should import any more oil than we absolutely have to. The environmentalists’ [...]
Hello. My name is Morten Sissener. Welcome to my blog and my first post! Unless you live under a rock, you probably sense that something extraordinary is happening and it isn’t good news. Our universal need and pursuit of energy has arguably created the biggest challenge we have ever faced – a global perfect storm. [...]
