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About LastTechAge

I am a physicist with years of work in fusion labs, industry labs, and teaching (physics and math). I have watched the tech scene, watched societal trends and am alarmed. My interest is to help us all improve or maintain that which we worked so hard to achieve.

Lynch Poo-Poos Peak Oil

Posted on 2011/02/26 by LastTechAge

Michael Lynch, a long term consultant to the oil industry and Hubbert Peak debunker for over two decades published another Op Ed piece in the New York Times on Friday, February 25, 2011. Since at least 1989, Mr. Lynch has … Continue reading →

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Does a Gold Standard make sense?

Posted on 2011/02/15 by LastTechAge

Last week (2011 Feb 06-12) the question of backing the US dollar with something of value rose up yet again. Last Tuesday, Paul Ryan (Rep. WI) asked (or rather lectured) Ben Bernanke why the price of gold was rising, or … Continue reading →

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Saudi Peak Oil

Posted on 2011/02/11 by LastTechAge

In 2007, Wikileaks released news that US consul cables from Saudi Arabia indicated that Saudi proven reserves were being overstated by nearly 50% and that they were not certain that Saudi’s would be able to maintain promised crude deliveries much … Continue reading →

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Peak oil – Predictive Model

Posted on 2011/01/27 by LastTechAge

Petroleum and other natural resources have finite size. We approach the Peak Oil problem of resource management from a slightly different viewpoint.  Our model looks at the consequences of usage that increases exponentially; the math tools are derived on a … Continue reading →

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Bill Nelson and the 3 product arttributes

Posted on 2011/01/26 by LastTechAge

New York Times yesterday had a Science Times article by Kenneth Chang on NASA’s plight. There are many issues that need careful examination to understand the 40-year mess our country is in. But this post is to make a single … Continue reading →

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This, the final technical society

Posted on 2010/07/10 by LastTechAge

We live in the last human civilization that will use and control technology for its comfort and success; we live in the last technical age for the planet Earth. This is the premise that I plan to examine as the … Continue reading →

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