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[IPAMS Wildcatter Weekly] Wildcatter Weekly June 5, 2008: Based on the estimated amount of water that will be used (depleted) by each well drilled, the PBA estimates that fluid minerals activities on BLM lands will deplete 4046 acre-feet of water each year for the next 15 years.

[Umediapost's Blog] Co2 refrigeration: CO2-rich natural gas reservoirs found in underground formations found primarily in the western United States and in Canada are another source of recoverable carbon dioxide.  CO2 from both natural and industrial sources is used to enhance production of oil from older wells by injecting the carbon dioxide into appropriate underground formations.  Carbon dioxide is used in selectively, primarily in wells which will benefit not only from re-pressurization, but also from a reduction in viscosity of the oil in the reservoir caused by a portion of the CO2 dissolving in the oil.  (The extent to which carbon dioxide will dissolve in the oil varies with the type of petroleum present in the reservoir.  If the viscosity reduction effect will be minimal, nitrogen, which is usually less expensive, may be used as the pressurant instead.)

[Guardian Unlimited: Comment is free] Go renewable, not nuclear | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: To be honest i think its impossible to see a serious attempt to tackle carbon emissions without a reinvestment in nuclear power, at least in the short term, however skeptical of nuclear we may all be (me included).With nuclear making up 20% of our current power needs failure to at least keep this level constant into the future would require a huge growth in renewables just to maintain the emission staus quo, risking a growth in emissions as fossil fuels fill in some of the energy gaps. With the government currently committing to 20% renewables by 2020, not an overly soft target in itself, any gains this would bring would be totaly wiped out by the loss of carbon clean nuclear power., and as this is a situation which we cannot afford nuclear becomes a nessicary evil

[Emptywheel] Oil and Water and Leaky Hydraulics Don't Mix? | Emptywheel: ‘I agree, but what we’re dealing with is a mindset that says to itself, this really was an act of god ”” if you listen to the radio interview that EW links to, the guy readily agrees with the host’s comment that this was just Mother Nature throwing us an unusual curve ball. The crew did everything they were supposed to do, ran all the tests they were supposed to run, but Mother Nature came up with something unexpected, and you just have to accept that, he seems to be saying’

[BBC World Have Your Say] IS NUCLEAR THE FUTURE ? « BBC World Have Your Say: why does your green peace panelist believe we will continue our dependence on carbon fuels? Secondly, I agree nuclear waste is problematic, but why should a very small, and contained volume of waste be worse than emmiting tons of carbon into the atmosphere, and the pollution involved with fuel mining and spillage (both at the pump, during transport, and capture?

[John Quiggin] John Quiggin » Is Peak Oil here already ?: If prices are going to come down, then there’s a strong incentive to pump more in the short term, use secondary recovery from depleted wells and so on. If prices are going to stay high, there’s a strong incentive to bring large new fields online, even if they are in high cost locations.

[Energy and Capital] The Great Divide on Energy Policy: We should use accurate and unbiased models of the future growth and decline curves of all forms of energy for policymaking—models based on historical data, not faith. If the data says we're likely to recover another 1.2 trillion barrels of oil worldwide and no more, then we should not assume that future drilling and technological progress will somehow turn that into 3 trillion barrels of recoverable oil.

[Clusterfuck Nation] Climate, Oil, War, and Money - Clusterfuck Nation: James Hansen is saying, "dealing with climate change allows no room for the compromises that rule the world of elected politics. 'This is analagous to the issue of slavery faced by Abraham Lincoln or the issue of Nazism faced by Winston Churchill,' he said.

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