(April 4th, 2008) Congressman Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD] takes the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to speak about Energy.
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 1]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lwkyqFB-34
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 2]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=506-2_zxYns
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 3]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyliwrgbLvo
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 4]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwEZqOek0KQ
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 5]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNYNuGlDXLo
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 6]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llQIfZXt_88
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett on Peak Oil [Part 7]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvAdLvaCx70
TRANSCRIPT
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/congress/?q=node/77531&id=8519674
Not exactly Jeffersonian, is he? Keep in mind Ron Paul’s tip: price of gold and price of oil, parallel lines, fiat-money and price of oil, a roller coaster (fasten your paper-belts).
HIGHLIGHTS
- Ratio of energy available and growth in population… an imbalance between supply and demand [and a debased currency].
- Peak of oil production and compound interest. The U.S. has 2% of the known reserves of oil in the world and uses a fourth [25%] of the world’s oil. China is buying up oil reserves wherever they can find them.
- The Hirsch Report by SAIC: The world has never faced a problem like this [Psycho screeching violins].
- Alternatives. Nuclear. Solar and wind energy. Wood. Conventional hydro. Alcohol fuel. The hydrogen economy and the corn ethanol bubble. Geothermal. The tar sands in Canada. The tides. Oil shales. Coal. Breeder reactors. Nuclear fusion. Biomass.
- The Drive Act [will make things worse]. Can’t get no satisfaction.
SIDE NOTE: $42 a gallon
“Last year alone, the American forces in Iraq burned through more than 1.1 billion gallons of fuel… A study produced by the U.S. Military Academy estimated that delivering one gallon of fuel to U.S. soldiers in Iraq cost American taxpayers $42 — and that doesn’t include the costs of the fuel itself… the U.S. is spending $923 million per week on fuel-related logistics in Iraq.”
http://www.wealthdaily.com/articles/oil-iraq-war/1208
Duration : 0:10:32
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November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
The average piece …
The average piece of “crust” is useless as a source of uranium or thorium, it’s typically mined from rich deposits. Only breeder reactors can significantly extend nuclear fuel life.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
Neither fission, …
Neither fission, fusion, wind turbines or solar energy is immediately useful for vehicles or a direct replacement for oil. There’s an enormous amount of work to do before electrical energy can be a drop-in replacement for personal transport.
Rail can be electrified easily and so can mining. Very large container ships can run directly with a small nuclear reactor(as many ice breakers, sub marines and naval ships already do).
The rest is really hard.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
continued
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continued
…Fusion will probably surpass fission in economics at some point, but I doubt it will be this century or the next.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
“Somebody is making …
“Somebody is making a big bet that nuclear fusion will come through, because nothing else is going to be enough to fuel transportation after fossil fuel use declines significantly.”
Your average crust contains 3 ppm uranium and 10 ppm thorium. That’s the equivalent of over 100 barrels per tonne of the Earth’s crust. We’ve have several centuries worth of U-238 already mined. There are many thousands to several billions of years worth of fission fuel left depending on what ore grade is acceptable
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
There’s no way that …
There’s no way that plastics derived from sugarcane is going to work, the world agriculture system is in pretty close balance with demand, which will only continue to grow in the future. I was under the impression that most rubber is of the synthetic variety ?! The seaweed idea sounds interesting though.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
Well, a lot of …
Well, a lot of rubber still comes from the rubber tree, though it’s true that the most used plastic is polyethylene (polyester textiles, drink bottles, …) made from ethylene (needed for synthetic rubbers & produced in the petrochemical industry). Surprise!, world’s largest ethylene complex is located in Iran. Bio-derived polyethylene (sugar cane) and Bioplastics seem to be in their infancy. ‘Don’t know about raw materials, but the silver bullet for energy has to be the sea: tides and seaweed.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
Somebody is making …
Somebody is making a big bet that nuclear fusion will come through, because nothing else is going to be enough to fuel transportation after fossil fuel use declines significantly. I’m still not sure about the lifetime and actual efficiency of solar panel array, how much would it take to generate 500 GW? In any case, the raw material for plastics, rubber and asphalt remains oil, and every day the amount of infrastructure that needs to be maintained, .i.e, road resurfacing, grows every day.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
Foringjar is …
Foringjar is starting to figure out why Einstein rode a bicycle. Lighter and more aerodynamic would certainly help in conserving fuel, cars don’t have to turn into bicycles, but when one thinks of China’s/India’s potential market for internal combustion engines, we could start to run out of oil (including tar sands/heavy, say pumping 30 mbarrels/day) within 20 years, as it is production is in decline now. This Roscoe fellow is really with it.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
How about the …
How about the politicians in D.C. start using bicycle showing us the example? How about more space on the road for bicycles, restrictions for cars in shopping area of the town?
That’ll help reduce the use of gas but I don’t see that happening. In fact, I’m seeing the opposite. They keep building new roads more lanes for the cars and less space for the bicycles, at some area, no bike lane at all.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
Thanks for posting …
Thanks for posting this. It’s a shame the AGW debate eclipses this in the media. In the end its aims are similar yet I fear it will undermine the economics and damage our ability to make the transitions needed to renewables.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
poor guy, he should …
poor guy, he should be president.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
Only 882 views…. …
Only 882 views…. I guess most people like to merely cover their eyes when their train is running out of track.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
“In 2005, Matthew …
“In 2005, Matthew Simmons bet John Tierney and Rita Simon, $2500 each that the price of oil in 2010 will be at least $200 per barrel.”
Oil was then $50 a barrel. $64 in 2007. The price in dollars has doubled in a single year. With a FED interest rate of 2 per cent, oil will probably hit $200 by 2009.
“Monetary policy is calibrated for now to promote rising employment and moderating inflation.” (D. Kohn, FED VC, communicating with planet Earth)
One silver bullet: a strong dollar.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
Yes, Nemesis is …
Yes, Nemesis is catching up with Americans addicted to oil and credit, this channel has no importance so lack of comments here doesn’t mean anything, what saddens me is the lack of debate in the U.S. Congress. It’s a bleak assembly where elected officials read long speeches before empty seats. M. Simmons, an energy adviser to the Bush administration, believed -in 2005- that oil was too cheap and should be about $182 a barrel!!! Jefferson was right, banks are more dangerous than standing armies.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
I think this page …
I think this page really explains the problem we’re facing. A speech by a congressman on a subject that may be the most important subject ever, and all I see here are 3 responds.
Congressman Bartlett did mention in ‘A Crude awakening’ than not one in a hundred americans really know what we’re facing.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
We got no silver …
We got no silver bullet but I feel that if we use all of the options and be more fuel effiecent it wont be too bad. But that is still some time off.
In the short term(next 18 months) I think we should worry about oil hitting $200/barrel.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
thank you for …
thank you for uploading this jaralero it gave me a lot of answers.
But it seems like we all are screwed lol
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 am
Roscoe Bartlett did …
Roscoe Bartlett did an excelent job here. I would love to have those sheets in ppt.