The Future of Energy

The Future of Energy

What needs to be understood about energy? It's mainly a question of cheap versus costly energy and how that is being shaped by government approaches to tax or not to tax.

1. How energy uses are being shaped

The shape of solar capture devices:

http://www.energyfutures.qld.gov.au/how_does_solar_energy_work_.cfm

The shape of weapons:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaped_charge

The shape of human bodies:

http://weeksmd.com/?p=3209

The shape of devices to capture and use energy:

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/turning-power-charger

The natural shapes of our environment and energy capture and use:

http://www.project2061.org/publications/sfaa/online/chap5.

The shape of wind turbines:

http://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Wind-Turbine.html

The shape of buildings:

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/archi/programmes/cost8/case/energy/office.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-energy_house

http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/wind-power-rotating-skyscraper/

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/bahrain_install.php

http://webecoist.com/2008/11/16/wind-turbine-power-generators/

http://wn.com/skyscraper_design_and_construction

http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/worlds-largest-wind-turbine/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10566553

http://www.bellona.org/filearchive/fil_Practical_implementation_of_wind_energy_projects_considerations_and_regulations_NVE.pdf

Tubular wind turbines:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16395-invention-treehugging-wind-turbine.html

Wind dynamics:

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/wind-power-turbine-designed-from-sycamore-tree-seed.html

Wind energy products for houses:

http://www.mwands.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=43_54&products_id=386&zenid=2294c9e5dc26880248f84c0ec9e84e4e

Solar innovation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_Australia

http://www.solarsystems.com.au/154MWVictorianProject.html

http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/2010/10/gigawatt-of-new-solar-energy-by-year.html

http://www.solar-products-blog.com/?p=1435

http://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/solar/water-limits-changed-design-of-biggest-solar-project

Moving away from coal:

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Coal_plant_conversion_projects

Moving to solar energy:

http://www.wvcoal.com/201012082440/Research-Development/nasa-hydrogasifies-coal-with-solar-power.html

http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/12/converting-coal-plants-for-clear.html

Next blog topics on energy....stay tuned to Woooosh!

2. What drives us to greater and greater energy use?
3. How communities determine whether or not to tax energy use
4. Why competition is important
5. How Market signals are distorted by government
6. Creating the right incentives for energy use efficiency
7. Who is doing what right or mostly right
8. The consequences of bad energy use policies and practices
9. That promotes efficient energy use
10. What can decelerate energy use and promote efficiency
11. The main energy industry players and their motivations
12. Which players are strongest and what strategies will they employ

Oil Prices as Energy Shortages Appear with Growth of Demand

The future of energy is probably that we will consume more at an accelerating rather than decelerating rate.

What will be the rate rate of acceleration in energy use and what determines it?

How will the demand for energy be met?

Why is solar energy so important?

Can energy needs be met by chance discoveries?

What are the technologies of energy use, supply and alternatives:

http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/

http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/technology/future-energy/

http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/headlines/

What are supply and demand for energy sources:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/forecasting.html

http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/

What the IMF has to say:

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2010/06/guillaume.htm

What speculators have to say:

http://moneymorning.com/2011/01/25/150-dollar-oil-four-ways-profit-crude-prices-rocket/

Woohs stream at http://woohs.blogspot.com taps into many streams of thought and action. There is no end to motion, just evolution and unrelenting change, seen or unseen. Energy is motion both in reality and calculation. Take time to rest even though all inside you is always moving. Your massive relative pause gives opportunity for other smaller streams to catch up. Take time to meditate so that you can see with your mind what lies within and beyond.