nintey bucks a barrel

okay - technically $91.05 right now...

That kinda blows. But.

BUT

if it pushes the price per gallon WAY up, we might see some of the cool stuff JB posted about today come to the US, and not only that, have it take over and reduce consumption by a huge amount. Sure, diesel isn't "THE" answer. But. BioDiesel is a far more efficient source of renewable hydrocarbon power than ethanol. Algal sources for fuel can, from some projections, cover over 50% of all current demands for diesel fuel in North America. And i'm pretty damn confident that with streamlining technology and waste stream feeds that number could be higher. Algal production is key.

Now all this kinda was spurred on by being burnt out reading about electron tomography and moving on to something like the rise in sea level. Seein at RI is all mostly at sea level, it is something i think about alot.

But even the most outrageous "projections" say it will rise less than one meter in 100 years. Basing it on rates of increase and all that. (the data is all out there, i'm pulling this entry out of my butt and not linking anything cause it is speculation, if you want "real" science - google scholar the crap). And it ain't science if everyone agrees. Keep that in mind.

I had a wacky idea. Esp with all the masses of reservoirs at record low levels. Now, lets set up some desalination plants, run some new pipelines and pump/clean some sea water up into the dried up lakes... Solar, wind or tidal power as an energy source... Set em up year round...

Heck we could refill all those long dried up california reservoirs and they can stop diverting the Colorado river. Sure. It would be a nightmare/expensive construction project getting the pipe line installed... and you know the de-sal plant won't be effective enough. But... it'd be a good place to start.

Maybe algae can be used to purify the water further before it heads down to the consumption reservoir and of course the algae would be used to make biodiesel and biomass to both power any energy needs in the region.

Nah it wouldn't be enough to offset the melting... but damn it would be a good thing.

Heck maybe if they used sea water to fight the fires in Cali the salt would help stunt the new growth of fire susceptible foliage. Win win? no? I guess the firemen would be pissed when their equipment starts corroding. But, talk about unending supply of water to knock down the flames with...

Well... since i started writing (since there's been mountains of distractions) oil is up to $91.44 (on the NYM). And holy crap. Gold is up almost $17? Yowza.

This increase in transportation will make it all the more fiscally attractive to source product as locally as possible.

Go to the farm yourself. Get the stuff there.

Reduce your footprint, embrace alternative energy sources... don't sit passively...
Every little tiny bit makes a difference. Do you part.
peace
G