Ensuring that oil remains the predominant transportation fuel is vital to enabling rich people to get richer. The fact that war is the main tool to maintain this situation is also key to enormous wealth; the U.S. “defense” budget has …
Category: Fossil Fuels
Big Money Still Controls Planet’s Energy
When I was in college in the 1970s, I recall hearing people say, “We’ll have solar energy when the Rockefellers own the sun.” Nothing’s changed too much in half a century.
Is Coal the Fuel of the 21st Century?
From Frontieras North America: Over a century ago, John D. Rockefeller transformed oil into one of the world’s most valuable industries. Now, thousands of investors believe something similar could be happening with coal. Frontieras North America has developed patented technology …
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“No War Required”
The shot at left was taken in 2006, during another war in the Middle East. We often talk about the “externalities” of fossil fuels, normally referring to things like lung disease, climate change, ocean acidification, and so forth. But we …
ExxonMobil Lowering Carbon Emissions? Sure.
Exxon: We’re investing in innovative technologies to reduce carbon emissions while supporting the needs of heavy industry. As a marketing consultant, here’s my advice to Exxon: Keep your money in your pockets. There is no conceivable investment in public relations …
Nobody’s This Stupid
I wonder if the jackass who sent me the meme here is “for real,” because I can’t imagine that anyone is so ignorant that he doesn’t know that: 1) Displacing fossil fuels is a huge boon to the environment, especially …
“Protecting Your Energy Future”
If you think Chevron is helping protect your energy future, you’re a pawn in their evil game. Big Oil is using its power to corrupt our lawmakers in an effort to make themselves even richer, while ruining this planet. …
Ruining Our Planet with Coal
No one knows how much damage Trump will have inflicted on Earth’s environment by the time he leaves office. Another unanswerable question: how long it will take the world to repair that damage. Coal is a highly effective tool in …
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Execs at Oil Companies May Not Be Fine People, But They’re Not Idiots
This seems to indicate that Big Oil, though heavily dependent on the GOP for its success in the United States, recognizes its responsibility to its shareholders, and is unwilling to make asinine business decisions just to make Trump happy.
The Costs of War
One of the most important externalities of the consumption of fossil fuels is the cost of war. By that, we mean a combination of the hard costs of operating (by far) the world’s largest military, but also the horrific loss …
