[ExI] <nettime> US to become 'net energy exporter' (fwd)
Tomasz Rola
rtomek at ceti.pl
Fri Jan 11 23:13:48 UTC 2013
(The following info is probably known already by people reading, but
here goes - TR)
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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:05:00 +0100
From: Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org>
To: <nettime-l at kein.org>
Subject: Re: <nettime> US to become 'net energy exporter'
Resent-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:47:28 +0100
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On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 09:08:31AM +0100, Felix Stalder wrote:
> It's hard to wrap one's head around the number of possible
> implications this shift in energy extraction has. One thing seems
Or maybe not
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/9751
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/9748
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/9744
> clear, oil/gas production will not peak any time soon. So neither
Au contraire, the peak was 2006. The curve
has been flat since.
> the breakdown of fossil fuel civilization is taking place, or will
> increased oil/gas prices drive the shift towards renewable energy
> sources.
Globally, renewable energy sources have a negligible
substition rate. Humanity currently runs on 16 TW,
and is projected to require ~30 TW by 2050 (assuming
it doesn't contract or collapse before).
Assuming linear growth you need an annual substitution
rate of 1 TW/year, which translates to about 3 TWp
for solar photovoltaics, the only technology capable
of scaling. Total annual deployment rate is currently
~30 GW, so we're two orders of magnitude too low.
> So, things are likely to continue the way they are. Not really a
> sustainable path, isn't it.
We're still on track for the World3 limits to growth
scenario, which predicts peak population by around
2030.
So it goes.
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