Diesel

BF Randall

-I have not yet written about the turbojet engine but it is nearly as important to Civilization as Rudolph Diesel's engine.

-All mining, farming, construction, aviation - WORK - of Civilization is competing for their share of a tiny fraction of Crude Oil. This is a limiting factor for growth. Costly diesel / jet fuel = No Growth.

-Skip the 90 minute podcast. This is what I was trying to say.

-My response to the lectures about the heaps of Minerals Civilization will require for the "energy transition" is that they don't see the literal Oceans of Crude Oil it will take to mine and produce all the Stuff. Diesel is a limiting factor only because of where we get it.

-Advice:

1. Expand Nuclear♾Power as quickly as possible, especially🔥because we get "paid" 2x: (i) High Process 🔥for stuff we need (e.g. synfuels); and (ii) Steam for lots of⚡️(Co-Generation). Hard to overstate how much this weird trick will save. See

@cal_abel

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-2. Until Civilization can affordably make Diesel Fuel from #NotCrude, there is great value in conserving Diesel Fuel. For every Barrel of DF not wasted, we won't waste several Barrels of Crude Oil (and the heat) needed to make it = Savings that Matter Most. Who likes food?

-Advice 1 & 2 are the only way we can possibly even come close to achieving the aspirational goals of "sustainability" and such. The Second Law is just too powerful.

-         "Climate Change" "Net Zero" "ESG" "Carbon Emissions" "Renewable Energy" "Green Energy" "Clean Energy" "Just Stop Oil" "Energiewende" "Extreme Weather" "Low-Carbon Energy Systems" "Taxonomy" "NRDC" "Atomkraft? Nein, Danke!"

-Build as much Nuclear♾Power as possible. Civilization will thrive. Mother Earth will be less burdened. We are taxing her too much for no good reason. Uranium-233, uranium-235, and plutonium-239 are her gifts to us. We’ve been given to know how to use them safely. Stop bickering