Sunday, February 1, 2015

War and Energy

Putin and the EU: Two half-crippled, hyper-bureaucratized empires at it again, the corrupt and backward vs the stagnant and surrender-prone:
http://www.xenosystems.net/quote-note-147/


A look at oil price and oil investment trends:
http://www.xenosystems.net/oil-pulse/
Extrapolating low-medium oil prices ($50-$80/bbl) for 10-15 years seems reasonable to me: see Spandrell in the comments. The main novel risk of a price rise comes from the possibility that the shale investments may not continue producing for very long compared to the conventional investments in the past.


This should mean significantly cheaper, more versatile car batteries within 5-10 years:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201406719/abstract

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