Energy Predicament

Notes Toward a Better Understanding of Six Intersecting Pieces of the Energy Puzzle: Climate Change, Peak Resources, Nuclear Proliferation, Food Security, Speculative Finance, and Geopolitics

June 8, 2011

Arable Land and World Population


From the Dupont Advisory Committee on Agricultural Innovation and Productivity for the 21st Century: Report and Recommendations
Posted by DCH at 6/08/2011
Labels: H. Food and Water

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  • A. Introduction (3)
  • B. Defining the Problem (25)
  • C. Capital Markets (48)
  • D. Patterns of Dependence (12)
  • E. Climate Change (79)
  • E. Climate Skeptics (13)
  • F. Peak Oil (60)
  • G. Nuclear Power (27)
  • H. Food and Water (65)
  • I. Geopolitics (62)
  • J. Iran and Non-Proliferation (16)
  • K. Infrastructure (5)
  • L. The Oil Market (36)
  • M. Natural Gas (37)
  • N. Coal (21)
  • O. Tar Sands (13)
  • P. Wind and Solar (30)
  • R. Consumption and Efficiency (29)
  • S. Population (2)
  • T. Pandemics (5)

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      • World Coal Consumption Grows by 7.6% in 2010
      • The Only Answer is Denial
      • Arable Land and World Population
      • World Biofuels Production
      • Energy Return on Investment: Then, Now, and Later
      • World Oil Chokepoints
      • No Grade Inflation for China
      • Arab Revolt and Energy Investments
      • US Petroleum Consumption Falls
      • Top 10 Nuclear Power Operators
      • Canadian Oil Sands and Geopolitical Perplexities
      • Nuclear Reactors Under Construction
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Preface

  • Point of Origin
  • My Basic Position
  • Charts, Graphs, and Tables
  • Maps

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DISCLAIMER

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Important Essays, Reports, Websites

  • 50 Doomiest Stories of 2013
  • 50 Doomiest Graphs of 2010
  • Basic Documents on Climate Change
  • Breakthrough Institute
  • CERA: Future of Global Oil Supply
  • Climate Policy Initiative Report
  • Colin Campbell Speech to House of Commons, 1999
  • Colorado College: State of the Rockies
  • Earth Policy Institute
  • Encyclopedia of Earth
  • Energy Information Administration
  • Energy Watch Group Oct 2007 report
  • Global Climate Change Impacts in U.S.
  • Global Footprint Network
  • Global Water Partnership
  • Grantham Center
  • Interactive: The Global Oil Diet
  • Journal of Energy Security
  • Matt Simmons on Peak Oil
  • Rocky Mountain Institute: Reinventing Fire
  • Spencer Weart: The Discovery of Global Warming
  • Thomas Homer-Dixon
  • World Bank: Consequences of Global Warming
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