Comments on: Book Review: The Long Emergency http://goofyblog.net/book-review-the-long-emergency-by-james-howard-kunstler/ Your Daily Commentary on the Weird, Wacky, Strange and Odd News from Around the Globe! Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:04:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Porter Venn http://goofyblog.net/book-review-the-long-emergency-by-james-howard-kunstler/#comment-715 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:00:37 +0000 http://goofyblog.net/book-review-the-long-emergency-by-james-howard-kunstler/#comment-715 Also... With your linseed experiment... a few questions. (a) did you use any oil-based products to grow the linseed? Fertlizers/Pesticides etc. (b) did you use any petrol in transportation or harvesting? (c) the amount you harvested, was the amount of energy return significant for the time, energy, land use etc. that you put into it? Also… With your linseed experiment… a few questions. (a) did you use any oil-based products to grow the linseed? Fertlizers/Pesticides etc. (b) did you use any petrol in transportation or harvesting? (c) the amount you harvested, was the amount of energy return significant for the time, energy, land use etc. that you put into it?

]]> by: Porter Venn http://goofyblog.net/book-review-the-long-emergency-by-james-howard-kunstler/#comment-714 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:57:45 +0000 http://goofyblog.net/book-review-the-long-emergency-by-james-howard-kunstler/#comment-714 1.5? David thats nothing compared to the Efficiency of easily available Oil. Also, where are all these crops going to come from? There's nowhere near enough crops in the USA to replace 10 million barrells of oil every day. How can you ever hope to get yields that will replace that? And what of the oil inputs? if you take oil out of the equation, where do you get your pesticides, and fertilizers that allow you to have such high yields in the first place? 1.5? David thats nothing compared to the Efficiency of easily available Oil. Also, where are all these crops going to come from? There’s nowhere near enough crops in the USA to replace 10 million barrells of oil every day. How can you ever hope to get yields that will replace that? And what of the oil inputs? if you take oil out of the equation, where do you get your pesticides, and fertilizers that allow you to have such high yields in the first place?

]]> by: David. http://goofyblog.net/book-review-the-long-emergency-by-james-howard-kunstler/#comment-713 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:54:58 +0000 http://goofyblog.net/book-review-the-long-emergency-by-james-howard-kunstler/#comment-713 The comment that you use more oil than you can produce to manufacture crop-based fuels is utter nonsense. The ratio of fuel used (which can of course be crop based in the first place) to fuel manufactured is well over 1:50, even being as pessimistic as possible. This has even been proven, as I've harvested linseed to manufacture a bio-fuel, and kept track of everything. What concerns me is that if this mistake is present in the book... how many others are there? The comment that you use more oil than you can produce to manufacture crop-based fuels is utter nonsense. The ratio of fuel used (which can of course be crop based in the first place) to fuel manufactured is well over 1:50, even being as pessimistic as possible.

This has even been proven, as I’ve harvested linseed to manufacture a bio-fuel, and kept track of everything.

What concerns me is that if this mistake is present in the book… how many others are there?

]]> by: Porter Venn http://goofyblog.net/book-review-the-long-emergency-by-james-howard-kunstler/#comment-546 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:50:35 +0000 http://goofyblog.net/book-review-the-long-emergency-by-james-howard-kunstler/#comment-546 Some estimates are that the world hit Historical Peak Oil around 3 months ago. Although its really hard to tell when the peak was until a few years have gone by, either way, its either recent, right now, or very soon. Some estimates are that the world hit Historical Peak Oil around 3 months ago. Although its really hard to tell when the peak was until a few years have gone by, either way, its either recent, right now, or very soon.

]]> by: ken http://goofyblog.net/book-review-the-long-emergency-by-james-howard-kunstler/#comment-543 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:04:10 +0000 http://goofyblog.net/book-review-the-long-emergency-by-james-howard-kunstler/#comment-543 I agree and we have already reach peek oil point The trouble is already began and it will be plan to see this summer! I agree and we have already reach peek oil point The trouble is already began and it will be plan to see this summer!

]]> by: ot http://goofyblog.net/book-review-the-long-emergency-by-james-howard-kunstler/#comment-538 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 07:22:17 +0000 http://goofyblog.net/book-review-the-long-emergency-by-james-howard-kunstler/#comment-538 ok ok

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