Reading (continued)

The Bottomless Well: The Twilight of Fuel, The Virtue of Waste, and Why We will NEVER run out of Energy

In an effort to better understand and then to be better able to communicate the ideas of this book I am going to post summaries of the book.  I may go chapter by chapter I may not.  We will see how it goes.  But, I know you have all been waiting to find out more about the book soooo… I will give you an excerpt from the preface.

There are seven great energy heresies we propound in this book:

1. The cost of energy as we use it has less and less to do with the cost of fuel.

2. “Waste” is virtuous. 

3. The more effecient our technology, the more energy we consume.

4. The competitive advantage in manufacturing is now swinging decisively back toward the United States.

5. Human demand for enegy is insatiable.

6. The raw fuels are not running out.

7. America’s relentless pursuit of high-grade energy does not add chaos to the global environment, it restores order.

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