Friday, November 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Oil Shortage
Just in case you missed it, this week an article in the English newspaper The Guardian sent shock waves through the entire energy industry.
Basically, multiple anonymous IEA whistleblowers have reported that oil reserves and new discoveries are being grossly exaggerated to keep oil prices cheap.
One IEA source said, "The fact is there is not as much oil in the world as has been admitted. I think the situation is really bad." Another anonymous IEA agent said that there was intense pressure from America to underplay the rate of decline from exsisting oil fields, adding that "Americans fear the end of oil supremacy because it would threaten their power over access to oil resources."
In addition, Colin Campbell, a former executive with oil giant Total has said on the record, "If the real oil reserve figures were to come out, there would be panic on the stock markets worldwide."
This weeks news makes me think about why Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway just bought Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the company that controls access to cheap clean coal in the Powder River Basin. It's because our access to cheap oil is coming to an end. Where else is American going to get the energy required to sustain our way of life?
Basically, multiple anonymous IEA whistleblowers have reported that oil reserves and new discoveries are being grossly exaggerated to keep oil prices cheap.
One IEA source said, "The fact is there is not as much oil in the world as has been admitted. I think the situation is really bad." Another anonymous IEA agent said that there was intense pressure from America to underplay the rate of decline from exsisting oil fields, adding that "Americans fear the end of oil supremacy because it would threaten their power over access to oil resources."
In addition, Colin Campbell, a former executive with oil giant Total has said on the record, "If the real oil reserve figures were to come out, there would be panic on the stock markets worldwide."
This weeks news makes me think about why Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway just bought Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the company that controls access to cheap clean coal in the Powder River Basin. It's because our access to cheap oil is coming to an end. Where else is American going to get the energy required to sustain our way of life?
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Home Shopping
We went home shopping with Chris tonight, and If I didn't know any better, I'd say we were shopping for a treehouse in the forest.
Can't imagine a more awesome sunroom.
For some odd reason, this was my favorite room in the house. So much color.
The backyard is a big bowl shaped prehistoric meteor strike. They say meteors never hit the same place twice, right?
How many possible uses could this land have? Volleyball court, frisbee golf course, putting green, organic garden... the list is endless.
Can't imagine a more awesome sunroom.
For some odd reason, this was my favorite room in the house. So much color.
The backyard is a big bowl shaped prehistoric meteor strike. They say meteors never hit the same place twice, right?
How many possible uses could this land have? Volleyball court, frisbee golf course, putting green, organic garden... the list is endless.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Wizard of Oz
Sorry for the blogging break, but I got blown away by the scary Omaha wind, just like Dorthy did in Kansas.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Wind
I've always heard the phrase "that wind can take your breath away," but my entire life living in Michigan, I never knew what that meant. Then I moved to Omaha. And now I know what it means just about every single day. Just this morning, the wind took my breath away a half-dozen times on a half-mile walk. And why do I feel like I'm always overdressing for the weather here? Amy says it's because Omahans want to pretend like they have a fall season, so they don't dress warm enough until after Christmas.
Omaha, it's time to face reality. You have no fall season. It went directly from Summer to Winter. Stop wearing sweatshirts with no coat and pretending like you're not cold. And while I'm at it, Omaha, there are some colors that don't go with black. Brown and Navy Blue. You look ridiculous when you can't match colors. But, I suppose it's better than the jean shorts and wife beaters you wear in the summer. You also can't wear white after Labor Day, which should be especially true in the city. Tradition holds that white is the well-to-do man's summer resort clothing, and that clothing gets left at the resort.
Downtown Omaha is not a resort. It's an extremist, unruly beast with swirling, cold gusts of wind that smack you in the face and take you're breath away.
Omaha, it's time to face reality. You have no fall season. It went directly from Summer to Winter. Stop wearing sweatshirts with no coat and pretending like you're not cold. And while I'm at it, Omaha, there are some colors that don't go with black. Brown and Navy Blue. You look ridiculous when you can't match colors. But, I suppose it's better than the jean shorts and wife beaters you wear in the summer. You also can't wear white after Labor Day, which should be especially true in the city. Tradition holds that white is the well-to-do man's summer resort clothing, and that clothing gets left at the resort.
Downtown Omaha is not a resort. It's an extremist, unruly beast with swirling, cold gusts of wind that smack you in the face and take you're breath away.
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