A Fracking Great Shift of Power
A nice play on words, but in fact fracking is one component of this blog article on UK energy and security:http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2012/1...ft-of-power-2/
Back to fracking for a moment:
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There are two issues to consider with shale gas, what happens if the UK can develop its own shale gas resources and what will happen if and when everyone else does.......(Later)...Whether UK shale gas can compete with cheap US LNG, Russian, Norwegian or Qatari LNG is yet to be seen but I think we should be pushing hard to find out.
Lots of links to follow, but I enjoyed the PPT on the Qatar supplied LNG terminal in Wales and the maps of pipelines.
UK actuaries' warning re. pensions
On Thursday a report was issued by a team of reputable UK actuaries, along with a 3-hour public presentation:
http://www.actuaries.org.uk/events/o...tuarial-advice
Yesterday the Guardian posted this article which explains their concerns:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainabl...ies?intcmp=122
I've examined the report, which is concise (26 pgs) & very readable.
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Arctic ice loss (new graph)
Arctic ice shrinks to its annual minimum in (early) September and usually maxes out in April.
This graph uses one colour for each month, then graphs the monthly averages by year (based on PIOMAS data). The resulting image makes it look as if we're painting ourselves into a corner/bulls-eye.
Original posting is here:
http://neven1.typepad.com/blog/2013/...loss.html#more
Damning study of biofuels
The latest item from US military researchers is a devastating critique of biofuels.
The biofuels industry has had over a month to respond/conduct damage control, but so far appears to have done nothing to refute Capt. Kiefer's data or his conclusions.
A review of this study was posted this morning:
http://www.resilience.org/stories/20...ogram-i-review