Moving oil by ship or barge to refineries
Frittelli, J., et al. May 5, 2014. U.S. Rail Transportation of Crude Oil: Background and Issues for Congress. Congressional Research Service. Barge One river barge can hold 10,000 to 30,000 barrels of...
View ArticleSuper Rust Corrodes hundreds of ships and could sink the oil industry
Blame it on super-rust, a virulent form of corrosion that has destroyed hundreds of ships and could sink the oil industry. By Richard Martin, June 2002. Wired Magazine. Key points (see the full article...
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Oil shortages: Transportation needs to go back to high inventories, not...
Huge amounts of fuel are wasted as trucks arrive half full with just the needed parts at factories and warehouses and return empty. As oil shocks strike, fuel will be less available. Large inventories...
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Barges are more energy efficient than rail and truck
[After reading two congressional hearings, one in 2008, and another in 2013, about how the inland waterway system was falling apart, and had been for 30 years, I was curious to know why such an...
View ArticleCongressional hearings on why the Inland water way system is falling apart
[There are extracts from 2 hearings below. Alice Friedemann. www.energyskeptic.com] U.S. SENATE. Jan 31, 2013. Harbor maintenance trust fund & the need to invest in the nation’s ports. S. HRG....
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When Trucks Stop Running, So Does Civilization. Energy and the Future of...
When Trucks Stop Running, So Does Civilization. Energy and the Future of Transportation. January 16, 2016 by Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com Also see: When Trucks Stop Running: Table of...
View ArticleNAS 2015 report on how to fix our falling-apart inland waterway system
[After reading two congressional hearings, one in 2008, and another in 2013, about how the inland waterway system was falling apart, and had been for 30 years, I was curious to know why such an...
View ArticleNRC study on transporting ocean containers inland
[I was interested in this research because if trucks can’t be electrified, civilization ends (see “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the future of Civilization” (Springer 2015)). This paper doesn’t...
View ArticleSex, crime, and death on the high seas. A U.S. Senate investigation of the...
Senate 113–642. July 24, 2013. Cruise Industry Oversight: recent incidents show need for stronger focus on consumer protection. U.S. Senate hearing. 169 pages. Since 2011, cruise lines voluntarily...
View ArticleThe Dark side of Cruise ships. Garbage. Sewage. And more.
[ I detest cruise ships which destroy the ambiance of small towns in Alaska and everywhere else they go. While cruise ships disgorged their sewage and garbage in Alaska’s Skagway harbor, passengers...
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How climate change will affect energy production and transportation
[ Climate change and extreme weather will harm oil and gas exploration and production, fuel transport, thermoelectric power generation (coal, natural gas, nuclear, geothermal, solar concentrated...
View ArticleThe latest monster ships could be a disaster
Gray, W. 20 November 2013. Don’t abandon ship! A new generation of monster ships will be even harder to rescue. NewScientist. Should any of the new monster-sized ships run aground or sink, the...
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The coming crash in 2020 from high diesel prices for cleaner emission of...
Preface. Ships made globalization possible, and play an essential role in our high standard of living, carrying 90% of global goods traded. But the need for a new, cleaner fuel may cause the next...
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Quartermaster Meigs was essential to winning the Civil War
Preface. This is a book review of Robert O’Harrow’s 2016 book “The Quartermaster.Montgomery C. Meigs. Lincolns general, master builder of the Union army”. I can’t believe I never heard of him, but he...
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Barges are more energy efficient than rail and truck
[After reading two congressional hearings, one in 2008, and another in 2013, about how the inland waterway system was falling apart, and had been for 30 years, I was curious to know why such an...
View ArticleBattery powered container ships
Preface. You’d need 100,000 metric tons of batteries taking 40% of cargo space to go from Asia to Europe in 31 days on an 18,000 TEU container ship, and it is hard to imagine how or how long it would...
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Barges are more energy efficient than rail and truck
[After reading two congressional hearings, one in 2008, and another in 2013, about how the inland waterway system was falling apart, and had been for 30 years, I was curious to know why such an...
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Hydrogen: The dumbest & most impossible renewable
PetroRabigh hydrogen production unit, Saudi Arabia. Source: tradearabia.com Preface. This post originally appeared in Skeptic Magazine in 2008 as “The Hydrogen Economy. Savior of Humanity or an...
View ArticleWhy methanol is not an option to replace gasoline or diesel
Preface. Methanol, or CH₃OH, is primarily used to make chemicals for plastics, paints, and cosmetics. It is made from coal or natural gas. “Green” methanol is made from biomass or biogas from landfills...
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The latest monster ships could be a disaster
Preface. The article below makes the case for the hazards of one of these enormous ships running aground or sinking, blocking a major shipping line, leaking oil, and possibly impossible to salvage. In...
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