In this piece I just wrote on economic incentives for wind, I suppose I should have pointed out this obvious fact: most of the people calling for an end to the subsidies for wind are, in one form or another,…
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Fossil Fuels, Ocean Acidification, and the Oyster Population
If I had to live on exactly three foodstuffs for the rest of my life, I’d choose oysters, mangoes and beer. Perhaps I could do better nutritionally if I were to study the subject seriously, but it would be hard…
From Guest Blogger Tiffany Matthews: The Gradual Rise of Natural Gas
The pressure is on for better strategies to combat climate change. President Obama’s second term is decidedly greener than the first, and it reflects in the people he chose to focus on the energy and environmental policy. Ernest Moniz, a…
Tagged with: Clean Air Act, Climate Change, environmental policy, global warming, international commodity, natural gas, source of electricity
Posted in Fossil Fuels
Posted in Fossil Fuels
How Close Are We To a Progressive Energy Policy?
Here’s a good, readable summary of the predicament in which humankind finds itself vis-à-vis energy, and the path we took to get here, from author Thom Hartmann. He points out that we run our factories, heat and cool our buildings,…
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Here’s an article from Smart Planet on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) that brought a few basic ideas into alignment for me. There may be more scholarly treatments of the subject out there, but the author’s central point is one…
What's the True Price for a Gallon of Gasoline?
Ed Kerr writes: How do we assess “cost” to fossil fuels vs “solar” energy? If the scenario that Malcolm Light posits in a post that he wrote for the Arctic Methane Emergency Group at the Arctic-News.blogspot comes to pass (namely…
Tagged with: Arctic Methane Emergency Group, Arctic-News.blogspot, externalities of fossil fuels, fossil fuels, Malcolm Light, solar energy
Posted in Fossil Fuels
Posted in Fossil Fuels
Eradication of Coal-Fired Power Plants
Everywhere we turn we see increased pressure to get rid of coal in the U.S. California has no coal-fired power plants, but 40% of Los Angeles’ electricity comes from the burning of coal in neighboring states. That, according to this…
Tagged with: Antonio Villaraigosa, coal-fired power plants, eradication of coal, Sierra Club’s “Beyond Coal”
Posted in Fossil Fuels
Posted in Fossil Fuels
Cap and Trade — Complication and Bureaucracy That Won’t Help Clean Up the Environment
When 2GreenEnergy supporter Tim Kingston sent me this note on California’s “cap and trade” program earlier today, I’m sure he knew how I’d react: It’s simply a new way for smart, rich people and their lawyers to make even more…
Tagged with: cap and trade, fossil fuel industry, global climate change, global warming, greenhouse gases, lobbyists, Obama, Tim Kingston
Posted in Fossil Fuels
Posted in Fossil Fuels
Robert Newman’s “A History of Oil”
It’s been at least a year since I recommended this fabulous combination of education and entertainment, in which British comedian/historian Robert Newman presents “A History of Oil. Please do yourself a favor and check it out. Then do us ALL…
Tagged with: fossil fuels, History of Oil, oil companies, peak oil, Robert Newman
Posted in Fossil Fuels
Posted in Fossil Fuels
Renewable Energy Policy Uncertainty Stalls A Fossil Fuel-Free Future, Experts Say
Here in the U.S., late-night comedians like Jay Leno make fun of idiotic headlines, like these, all of which actually appeared in our newspapers: • Winter Forecast – It Will Be Cold • Nearly Half Of U.S. Voters Unsure if Obama Is…
Tagged with: clean energy, energy policy, fossil fuels, Renewable Energy, renewable energy policy
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Posted in Fossil Fuels
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