Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
Metalworking (rec.crafts.metalworking) Discuss various aspects of working with metal, such as machining, welding, metal joining, screwing, casting, hardening/tempering, blacksmithing/forging, spinning and hammer work, sheet metal work. |
Reply |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Yeah, well don't throw away those old overhead belt driven lathes and
lineshafts. We might have to go back to using waterwheel power soon. Tony "TwoGuns" wrote in message oups.com... I think most of us realize we are eventually going to have to find new and better sources of energy. However thanks to our own stupidity and the stupidity of the leaders we have elected to office we are still years away from having new energy sources. The big problem in the next few years is going to be IF there is enough oil available in the World to meet current demands. If there are real shortages and the competition becomes to fierce for the oil that is left higher prices and the possibilty of armed conflicts increase. We need a gradual weaning away from oil while the new sources are being brought online. I am always looking for companies to invest in that offer new types of energy or better ways of using what we already have. One of the companies I have holdings in is a small startup ( and I do mean small) company out of Houston, Texas, Sequoia Interests SQNC on the Pink Sheets. They have a product called DiamondFlo which they are developing that has several possible uses. One of the main benefits of it may be its use in extracting oil from the Tar Sands typical to Alberta and other parts of the world. Do a google for "tar sands Alberta" just to get an idea of the potential supplies of oil in Canada. To read about the DiamondFlo product and its latest test results go to this site: http://www.pinksheets.com/quote/news...RE&symbol=SQNC I wish our leaders would have been wise enough 30 years ago to recognize that alternative clean and renewable power sources were going to be needed but they weren't. I hope they are finally aware of the fact that we need to be working on that problem right now. I hope we can see them pass an energy bill that addresses some of these issues before the summer session ends. Dennis |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
OT maybe but it does affect metalworking
I think most of us realize we are eventually going to have to find new
and better sources of energy. However thanks to our own stupidity and the stupidity of the leaders we have elected to office we are still years away from having new energy sources. The big problem in the next few years is going to be IF there is enough oil available in the World to meet current demands. If there are real shortages and the competition becomes to fierce for the oil that is left higher prices and the possibilty of armed conflicts increase. We need a gradual weaning away from oil while the new sources are being brought online. I am always looking for companies to invest in that offer new types of energy or better ways of using what we already have. One of the companies I have holdings in is a small startup ( and I do mean small) company out of Houston, Texas, Sequoia Interests SQNC on the Pink Sheets. They have a product called DiamondFlo which they are developing that has several possible uses. One of the main benefits of it may be its use in extracting oil from the Tar Sands typical to Alberta and other parts of the world. Do a google for "tar sands Alberta" just to get an idea of the potential supplies of oil in Canada. To read about the DiamondFlo product and its latest test results go to this site: http://www.pinksheets.com/quote/news...RE&symbol=SQNC I wish our leaders would have been wise enough 30 years ago to recognize that alternative clean and renewable power sources were going to be needed but they weren't. I hope they are finally aware of the fact that we need to be working on that problem right now. I hope we can see them pass an energy bill that addresses some of these issues before the summer session ends. Dennis |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Suggested read: "Handbook on Population" by ???
Read it a few years ago. Calculates water and oil useage based on population and trends and tells us how long our resources are going to last, etc. Only a guestimate of course, but interesting info... I won't bother telling you whether it agrees or disagrees with your post. -- Regards, Joe Agro, Jr. (800) 871-5022 http://www.AutoDrill.com http://www.Multi-Drill.com V8013-R |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Everything I have ever read from an "expert" on oil usage predicts 10
more good years, followed by rapidly tightening oil supplies. Same prediction for nearly 30 years. - - Rex Burkheimer Joe AutoDrill wrote: Suggested read: "Handbook on Population" by ??? Read it a few years ago. Calculates water and oil useage based on population and trends and tells us how long our resources are going to last, etc. Only a guestimate of course, but interesting info... I won't bother telling you whether it agrees or disagrees with your post. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
"TwoGuns" wrote in message
oups.com... I think most of us realize we are eventually going to have to find new and better sources of energy. However thanks to our own stupidity and the stupidity of the leaders we have elected to office we are still years away from having new energy sources. Contrary to the prevailing "wisdom" of Liberals and Greens, electricity is neither a free nor clean energy source: most is produced by the combustion of fossil fuels. Our country would have significantly less oil demands, significantly less pollution, significantly more electricity, and significantly lower energy costs if our country were allowed to develop and build modern nuclear power plants (just like France, which the Left in this country seems to worship). So don't just blame our elected representatives: we must also blame all the unelected Leftist groups like Greenpeace, the National Education Association, the ACLU, the mainstream media, etc., who actively block the construction of nuclear power and indoctrinate the general public with irrational fear-mongering anti-nuclear propaganda. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
So don't just blame our elected representatives: we must also blame all
the unelected Leftist groups like Greenpeace, the National Education Association, the ACLU, the mainstream media, etc., who actively block the construction of nuclear power and indoctrinate the general public with irrational fear-mongering anti-nuclear propaganda. ************************************************** ************************************************** ***************************** You are exactly right DeepDiver. The hidden agenda of many of the groups you mentioned seems to be the destruction of the economy of the USA. I remember the big stink that was raised by the Greenies several years ago when a California Condor was supposedly killed because it flew into the blades of a wind generator. If wind generated power isn't acceptable to these folks what is? Nothing |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
OT - Are there ANY metalworking newsgroups around???? | Metalworking | |||
Please limit topics to metalworking | Metalworking | |||
My metalworking project made a magazine cover | Metalworking | |||
MetalWorking Website Up | Metalworking |