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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (163189)	3/14/2009 11:02:41 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361375

Science Magazine on peak coal Robert Frederick, Science Magazine podcast (transcript and voice) [Starts on page 9 of the 18-page transcript] Host – Robert Frederick In related news, coal production may be nearing its peak. According to the World Coal Institute, coal is the largest source of energy for the world's electricity and, at current production levels, there are proven reserves to last 133 years. But as Science news writer Dick Kerr reports, new analysis suggests that coal production may peak as early as 2020, raising questions about when alternatives to coal might become available and about how bad greenhouse warming might get from burning the remaining coal. Here's Dick Kerr. Message 25493067 == How Much Coal Remains? Richard A. Kerr, Science via Environmental News Network (ENN_ The planet's vast store of coal could fuel the world economy for centuries--and fiercely stoke global warming--but a few analysts are raising the prospect of an imminent shortfall --- To a geologist, gauging how much coal the world has left to burn is a fairly straightforward, if daunting, business. Millions upon millions of drill holes have revealed where the coal is. So geologists can just evaluate each seam's quality and the cost of extraction. Add up all the coal worth mining and you've got lots and lots--within the United States, a century or even two of U.S. consumption; globally, 150 years' worth for the world. But there's another, emerging approach to assessing coal resources that yields more sobering results. Rather than go into the field, these analysts go to the record books to see how fast miners have been producing coal of late. By fitting curves to that production history, they come up with a number for the total amount of coal that will ever be mined and a date for the greatest production, the time of "peak coal," after which production inevitably declines. Early results from this curve-fitting analysis of production history show much less coal being mined than geologists ever expected and a peak in coal production looming as early as a decade from now. Message 25493066

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (163189)	3/14/2009 11:54:33 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 361375

re faith in employment and Big Brother means droves of citizens are flocking back to college -- to compete for jobs on the Titanic rather than get skills that are not necessarily taught in colleges. raced through a great book recently.. The End of Suffering.. The Buddha in the World speakingoffaith.publicradio.org (click on...listen now...) The author... Indian blooded.. western educated was amongst the Taliban.... sometime before 911.. he saw first hand..that these 'tribal youths'..understood quite clearly.. the failures of capitalism..and how it discards those who. will not or cannot compete in our dollar based faith................ Unfortunately for us.. mass produced weapons...guns..bombs..cell phones (box cutters..) have allowed them to complete..blood feuds.. we in the west..have created its an interesting ..'view' from one who has seen it first hand.. T