The world is getting sophisticated, largely due to the high technification levels that Humanity has developed in the last decades. One area in which mecanization stands out is warfare; from battle fields where infighting was something common, we have gone to a stadium where there are guided missiles controlled from thousand miles away, soldiers recording on-line their assaults so that, those who rule the roost, from miles away, can follow a live transmission over who falls, how they fall and therefore be able to give orders on how to continue the assault.
Tuesday, May 4
Sunday, February 7
Blackout - Connie Willis
Written by Connie Willis. It is part of a two volume series about time travelers. The second volume is called 'All clear'.
It won the 2011 Hugo award as 'Best novel'.
Friday, August 22
Hubbert peak theory
M.King Hubbert was an american geoscientist, that during the 50s developped a prediction model for the production of the oil and natural gas reserves. The theory posits that for any given geographical area, from an individual oil-producing region to the planet as a whole, the rate of petroleum production tends to follow a bell-shaped curve. It is one of the primary theories on peak oil.
Choosing a particular curve determines a point of maximum production based on discovery rates, production rates and cumulative production. Early in the curve (pre-peak), the production rate increases because of the discovery rate and the addition of infrastructure. Late in the curve (post-peak), production declines because of resource depletion.
In 1956, Hubbert predicted the US oil production and pointed that during the 60s or beginning of the 70s. The peak came in 1970, at the same time that the first great energy crisis.
Since then, the Hubbert theory, that also predicted the world peak in 2000, has been a greatly accepted model within the scientific community, not in the oil industry.
Choosing a particular curve determines a point of maximum production based on discovery rates, production rates and cumulative production. Early in the curve (pre-peak), the production rate increases because of the discovery rate and the addition of infrastructure. Late in the curve (post-peak), production declines because of resource depletion.
In 1956, Hubbert predicted the US oil production and pointed that during the 60s or beginning of the 70s. The peak came in 1970, at the same time that the first great energy crisis.
Since then, the Hubbert theory, that also predicted the world peak in 2000, has been a greatly accepted model within the scientific community, not in the oil industry.
Sunday, November 11
Brittle Power
In 1982, Armory B. Lovins, chairman of the Rocky Mountain Institute (devoted to sustainability and energy efficiency), prepared a report for the Pentagon explaining why the U.S. domestic energy infrastructure is very vulnerable to disruption, by accident or malice, often even more so than imported oil. In 2001 after the 11th of September, this report was published under the name of 'Brittle Power'.
The book explains why the US grid is so fragile and vulnerable by external attacks. It defends the creation of distibuted and spread energy production centers to avoid the dependence over the large production centers, that in case of suffering an attack, would unserve a high percentage of the population.
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