Over the last 200 years when the world populated from 1 to 8 billion, we learned that crude oil is virtually useless, unless it’s manufactured (refineries) into oil derivatives that are the basis of the fuels to move the heavy-weight and long-range needs of more than 50,000 jets moving people […]
Will the UAW strike perpetuate the Death Spiral already mandated for the automobile industry?
Increased labor costs are potentially insurmountable and uncontrollable challenges facing the automobile industry for the government mandates in wealthy countries for lower emission EV’s. The UAW strike that began September 15th by 146,000 UAW union members seeking a 46 percent pay raise, and a 32-hour week with 40 hours of […]
Carnage of Child Labor and Ecological Destruction “Elsewhere” Acceptable to Wealthy Countries
Wealthy countries’ actions, to meet their emission goals, show little concern for the humanity atrocities and the environment degradation in “other” countries. Global cobalt demand soared with the advent of cell phones and laptop computers. Cobalt improves battery performance, extends driving range and reduces fire risks. Now, cobalt, lithium, and other […]
Unsold Electric Cars May be Signaling a Death Spiral for the Auto Industry
Endless government subsidies to encourage EV sales seem unable to sway the logical thinking and the numerous concerns of the average citizens to buy into EV’s. With new EV inventories beginning to increase on dealer lots, the auto industry has many challenges such as locating the buyers that may have […]
The “Energy Conundrum”- “Renewables” Only Generate Electricity, But Oil is the Basis of All Products
Originally published on CFact Wind and solar can only generate intermittent electricity, while oil is the basis for all the products in society. Summary: From the proverb “you can’t have your cake and eat it too” tells us that you can’t rid the world of crude oil and continue to […]
China Seeks Military Dominance Through Fossil Fuels
Originally published on CFACT As the world watches, China has been aggressively building its fleet of ships and aircraft, in anticipation of a potential attack on Taiwan by the Chinese. To support that military domination, China is also aggressively building its fossil fuels refining capabilities to power those ships […]
Limitations to Mining for Electricity
Just for electricity from EV batteries, and the electricity occasionally generated from wind turbines and solar panels, the World Bank estimates that more than three billion tons of metals and minerals could be required over the next three decades to power the technologies for a global electricity transition. The transition […]
“Renewables Only Generate Electricity, But Manufacture Nothing For Society”
“World leaders are not cognizant enough to know that renewables only generate electricity, and thus have no plans for the replacement of what is now manufactured from fossil fuels, which are supporting the 8 billion on this planet! Epoch Times TV produced this 1-minute YouTube clip for Social Media, about the elephant […]
An Easy Guide to Rational Energy Policies
Originally published at CFact.org The elephant in the room is a supply chain backup plan for products now supporting humanity that is required before we electrify the world. There are extensive technical and lengthy discussions and proposed solutions, both pros and cons, about climate change, rising oceans, extreme weather […]
Today’s Economic Challenges Exacerbated by Ponzi Schemes
To begin with, we have the ongoing national debt Ponzi scheme being perpetrated on US taxpayers. The unsustainable national debt is the elephant in the room that the ruling class and the media refuse to talk about. Under President George W Bush, the national debt doubled, from $5 to $10 trillion. […]