Malkiel

Peak Oil as a Function of Earth's Volume

An awful lot of the energy use out there such as providing electricity, heat, and hot water to a modest size home can be shifted to easily scavenged sources such as wind, solar, and tidal. We are just moments away from the paradigm shift, but like the computer revolution we need a couple of key technical inventions to make it to market in order for the consumer to throw their money at the new paradigm. A couple of years of Obama stimulus money applied to revising the electrical grid would make it possible for home users in the US to sell power back to the grid from their solar or wind equipment, thereby jump-starting an industry. I can see what business Chrysler and GM should be looking at, and it ain't cars, it's making parts for the energy conversion of the planet...