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Jul. 10th, 2006 10:36 pmI got our car back from the shop. One new starter motor later and it starts the first time now. Unfortunately, my bike needs to go in next; the derailleur needs a lot of adjusting, and all the good shops are backed up. I read somewhere, but lost where, that a lot of bikes have been being sold lately. I wonder if it's true?
Monday's miles: 14.3
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1072.3
Miles out of Rivendell: 614.3
Miles out of Lothlórien: 152.3
Miles to Rauros Falls: 256.7
Total indigenous UK production of crude oil and NGLs in the first quarter of 2006 was 8.4 per cent lower than a year earlier. (PDF link, United Kingdom Dept. of Trade and Industry.) There's a neat chart on p. 8, figure 3.1. The important thing to remember about UK fields is that they're all expertly managed, most-modern best-practices offshore. Figure 3.2 is also interesting. There have been a variety of comments to the effect that offshore fields deplete more rapidly than land fields, and an assortment of reasons are given. The UK case is interesting because it's an example of such factors in action.
Meanwhile, this Iranian oil analyist thinks that we are at absolute peak and has apparently spent a lot of time over the last few years saying so. That puts him in the most pessimistic of camps - the ASPO thinks production will rise through 2010.
The Complexity of Rock
Anybody know much about solar, or a good place to start researching? (Other than Google, thanks.) I do know that here in the Cascadia region, the best dollar-return use of solar is for water pre-heating. I'd be looking for local recommendations if anybody has one.
Monday's miles: 14.3
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1072.3
Miles out of Rivendell: 614.3
Miles out of Lothlórien: 152.3
Miles to Rauros Falls: 256.7
Total indigenous UK production of crude oil and NGLs in the first quarter of 2006 was 8.4 per cent lower than a year earlier. (PDF link, United Kingdom Dept. of Trade and Industry.) There's a neat chart on p. 8, figure 3.1. The important thing to remember about UK fields is that they're all expertly managed, most-modern best-practices offshore. Figure 3.2 is also interesting. There have been a variety of comments to the effect that offshore fields deplete more rapidly than land fields, and an assortment of reasons are given. The UK case is interesting because it's an example of such factors in action.
Meanwhile, this Iranian oil analyist thinks that we are at absolute peak and has apparently spent a lot of time over the last few years saying so. That puts him in the most pessimistic of camps - the ASPO thinks production will rise through 2010.
The Complexity of Rock
Anybody know much about solar, or a good place to start researching? (Other than Google, thanks.) I do know that here in the Cascadia region, the best dollar-return use of solar is for water pre-heating. I'd be looking for local recommendations if anybody has one.
