Construction and Farming in the 21th Century
May 3, 2009 by Filed Under: Construction, DIY, Farming
Kicking the habit: the Oil Depletion Protocol
May 3, 2009 by Filed Under: Energy, Low-tech solutions
“By agreeing to reduce oil imports and exports by a specified amount each year, about 2.6 percent, signatory nations will help mitigate the negative consequences of an over-reliance on cheap oil and help prepare for a global decline in the world’s oil supply.
The premise of the Protocol is inherently straightforward: oil importing nations would agree to reduce their imports by an agreed-upon yearly percentage, referred to as the World Oil Depletion Rate, while oil producing nations would agree to reduce their rate of production by their National Depletion Rate.
This simple and sensible formula will produce, in effect, a global rationing system. If the entire world adopted the Protocol, global consumption of oil would decline by almost 3 percent per annum, thus stabilizing prices, preserving the resource base, and reducing competition for remaining supplies.”
Redefining Wildernis
April 25, 2009 by Filed Under: Photography
By mikel uribetxeberria at a new f*cking wilderness. Via Pruned. More.
Economy = Energy
“The world economy will contract for at least the next 50 years as oil production declines since oil is such an important proportion of world energy use and oil energy facilitates the production of other energy forms (e.g. coal mining, solar, wind). There may be some local and temporary economic growth in regions with local concentrations of available energy but, on the whole, contraction will be the rule”. Read.
Hybrid windmill
April 23, 2009 by Filed Under: History, Obsolete technology, Steam, Wind Power, Windmills
Corn-grinding windmill, equipped with an auxiliary steam engine (Rotterdam, the Netherlands, circa 1900). Source: “Geschiedenis van de techniek in Nederland“.
Wooden pipelines
“All those things that make wood so good for building houses and boats apply to pipes”. See & read. More here and here. Related: wooden bridges.
