For those who believe themselves experts on the energy future, please review these referenced web sites. They are quite illuminative.
Without the energy needs outlined in "The Oil Drum" reference, our collective lifestyle, The American Way of Life, is completely unsustainable. Yes, I did anticipte this. I taught my children how to raise and handle horses.
If there are rebuttal web sites, please let me know.
The Oil Drum
A sober analysis of peak fossil energy. All, repeat all, energy in the future is destined to be electricity, either solar (aside: wind and wave are basically solar), or gravity (tide) based.
Energy and Population
Without Hot Air
Once The Oil Drum blog is read, please read one of the best reviews of alternative energy technologies I've read. Especially, for the windies, focus on the concept of "energy density".
David McKay
Then on To Water. On water, reflect on this: Electricity uses 58% of US irrigation withdrawals. 39.4% of Total Fresh water Withdrawals.
Ground Water Use Water Use
and then reflect on water supply for future consumption by humans, agriculture, and Coal, Nuclear, Natural Gas, or Solar Thermal Steam Raising Plants for Steam Turbine electricity production.
A Desalination Project
There is good news. This is the largest desalination project in the US, and a clear indication of a direction.
And finally, without the energy needs outlined in "The Oil Drum" our collective lifestyle, The American Way of Life, is completely unsustainable. Yes, I did anticipte this. I taught my children how to raise and handle horses.