tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post9177669343382074790..comments2024-03-19T01:48:39.709+00:00Comments on Power and Control: The Cities Are Getting RestlessM. Simonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-81891519197076694122009-07-25T06:26:34.382+00:002009-07-25T06:26:34.382+00:00...billlions are to die in one more generation.
C...<em>...billlions are to die in one more generation</em>.<br /><br />Channeling the astronomer chap, are we?<br /><br />Relax, Kodachrome.<br /><br /><em>Phosphorus is the eleventh most abundant element in the lithosphere... <br /><br />...To illustrate the complexity of these assessments, USGS data is used where reserves are defined as those commercially exploitable at a cost of less than $35/tonne. Supposing a cost of around $60/tonne, this would more than double the available commercial phosphate deposits in the USA. It is reasonable to assume a similar situation in other phosphate producing countries, using USGS assumptions. Consequently, with an eventual increase in price for phosphate, a reclassification of some resources to reserves would be the outcome</em>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/phosphate-recovery/p&k217/steen.htm" rel="nofollow">link</a><br /><br />As for energy, the US has a domestic supply of coal and oil adequate for 200 years at present rates of use. More than enough time to bring polywell or proven nuclear technology on line to alleviate the pending reductions in fossile fuels.linearthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201292791445921817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-48493983617173923212009-07-24T22:41:09.851+00:002009-07-24T22:41:09.851+00:00Whether polywell succeeds in becoming a commerical...Whether polywell succeeds in becoming a commerical energy source or not won't stop the collapse from depletion of oil and coal. Neither will its success or failure prevent the looming phosphate depletion which will cause starvation on a scale not yet seen before: billlions are to die in one more generation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282587.post-4842484058432183932009-07-23T18:13:25.765+00:002009-07-23T18:13:25.765+00:00I believe it was Margret Thatcher who said "t...I believe it was Margret Thatcher who said "the problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples money."<br /><br />California is the first blue state that has finally run out of other peoples money.<br /><br />But not the last, thanks to the public employee pension issue.<br /><br />And the recession, with a ~30% drop in Federal revenue, combined with the deficit spending that makes the Bush administration look mild by comparison, and the coming ever sooner crunch from Social Security, means the Federal Government will have to face up to limits in the not to distant future.<br /><br />Even if the recession doesn't turn into a depression.LarryDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10955273945502612268noreply@blogger.com