A Methanol Economy Way Out Of Here - 2

In the first post of this series, we touched upon the subject of methanol as well as "a methanol economy".

Of course methanol was confused with ethanol as usual, but the two are worlds apart, even though they are from the same chemical "family".

This subject is timely again because our laws have just changed to allow 15% ethanol ("E15" is 15% ethanol, "M15" is 15% methanol) to be used in fuels distributed and sold "at the pump".

We will also discuss the economic energy wars, a struggle of propaganda vs. reality, a struggle between big oil propaganda vs. science, the people, and progressive government officials.

We are already covering, in another Dredd Blog series (The Peak of The Oil Wars), the military invasion type of economic wars that are taking place world wide, or have already taken place, but are now presented in the corporate media as aftermath.

The graphic above is the cover of a book written primarily by Nobel Prize winning scientist Dr. George Olah, a book which has been reviewed in technical publications.

For those who don't want to read a book about it, there is a Wikipedia Article that deals with the issue.

This morning the program Morning Joe, on MSNBC, continued the long term propaganda campaign designed by its owners, General Electric (GE), which is "owned" by the Pentagon.

Bush II regime officials were on that program casting the propaganda campaign around, a propaganda campaign we had coincidently posted about just yesterday concerning The Iraq Oil War, and the Bush II regime's part in it.

We also characterize the oil baron side of the economic wars as MOMCOM in a previous series.

The battle lines show that MOMCOM has the other side outnumbered a hundred to one, meaning that civilization as we know it is not represented equally and fairly in these wars, so civilization will lose this war.

The irony is that as civilization goes down it will take MOMCOM down with it, sorta like a mass murder-suicide case.

Some song lyrics seem appropriate:

Sometimes I feel so low-down and disgusted
Can't help but wonder what's happening
to my companions
Are they lost or are they found,
have they counted the cost it'll take to bring down
All their earthly principles
they're gonna have to abandon ?
There's slow, slow train coming up around the bend.

...

All that foreign oil controlling American soil
Look around you,
it's just bound to make you embarrassed
Sheiks walking around like kings,
wearing fancy jewels and nose rings
Deciding America's future
from Amsterdam and to Paris
And there's slow, slow train coming up around the bend.

...

Well, my baby went to Illinois
with some bad-talking boy she could destroy
A real suicide case,
but there was nothing I could do to stop it
I don't care about economy,
I don't care about astronomy
But it's sure do bother me
to see my loved ones turning into puppets
There's slow, slow train coming up around the bend.

(Slow Train, Bob Dylan). In conclusion, the bottom line is:

1) there are methanol, ethanol, solar, wind, and other ways to avoid the demise of current civilization,

2) MOMCOM rejected them in favor of an oil addiction death,

3) which shows MOMCOM is criminally insane,

4) MOMCOM has the blood guilt on its hands for the murder of an entire civilization.

The guilt belongs to all governments of all nations who do not want to end their denial, and who choose triage as the future of their countries.

The End of MOMCOM?

We have reported the awareness the military has concerning the effect of global warming on military tactics and strategy.

We have reported on the imperialism induced by national addiction to oil, together with the growing tension all that brings to the table of foreign relations.

Still, somehow it seems out of place for MOMCOM to remove the "O" out of the name, to remove the oil from the military oil media complex doesn't it? (MGMCOM ... military green media complex?)

But evidently that is what is happening, albeit on a small scale for the time being:

The 150 Marines of Company I, Third Battalion, Fifth Marines, will be the first to take renewable technology into a battle zone, where the new equipment will replace diesel and kerosene-based fuels that would ordinarily generate power to run their encampment.

Even as Congress has struggled unsuccessfully to pass an energy bill and many states have put renewable energy on hold because of the recession, the military this year has pushed rapidly forward. After a decade of waging wars in remote corners of the globe where fuel is not readily available, senior commanders have come to see overdependence on fossil fuel as a big liability, and renewable technologies — which have become more reliable and less expensive over the past few years — as providing a potential answer. These new types of renewable energy now account for only a small percentage of the power used by the armed forces, but military leaders plan to rapidly expand their use over the next decade.

(NY Times). The military showing more saavy than the congress underscores a travesty. Perhaps that will begin to change if the White House and military step out and set an example.

The military has controlled the development of a lot of science, so I am struggling to see a silver lining on the dark clouds approaching.

Perhaps the military could look at the notion of The Methanol Economy, as well as tidal generators for development within our existing infrastructure.

Natural Economy vs National Economy

We have discussed the reality that the fate of California (and other states of course) can determine the fate of our national economy. California's current natural economy is troubled because they are running out of water.

The natural economy can "fail" and destroy the state economy. "This ain't no party. This ain't no disco. This ain't no foolin' around" goes the song.

Yes, this is stone cold for real:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency Friday because of three years of below-average rain and snowfall in California, a step that urges urban water agencies to reduce water use by 20 percent.

"This drought is having a devastating impact on our people, our communities, our economy and our environment, making today's action absolutely necessary," the Republican governor said in his statement.

Mandatory rationing is an option if the declaration and other measures are insufficient.

The drought has forced farmers to fallow their fields, put thousands of agricultural workers out of work and led to conservation measures in cities throughout the state, which is the nation's top agricultural producer.

Agriculture losses could reach $2.8 billion this year and cost 95,000 jobs, said Lester Snow, the state water director.

(Breitbart, emphasis added). Everyone knows that jobs are the fundamental player in our national recovery plans at this time.

The fact that environmental failure in California is already causing job loss shows us that the natural economy is already impacting the state and national economy.

One of the reasons that global climate change must be taken seriously, then, is the fact that it can damage or destroy national economies.

Nations printing more money or borrowing more money won't start or stop the rains, droughts, storms, and rising oceans.

It will take the greatest of efforts to keep damage to the environment down to current levels, but we are not going to be able to make that goal.

Saving civilization may be the only option remaining to us.

The continuation of Beavis & Butthead national policies will guarantee both natural and national economic collapse at some point in our future or our children's future.

The notion that economy can prevail over environmental concerns is a false notion at the macro level. When the environmental penalty comes it is too late to avoid its impact on economy.