Apparently, there are people who believe that the decorative heaters we see in our restaurants and higher-end homes burn glass (rather than propane).
Tag: fossil fuels
Investing in Oil and Gas
From this ad: Attention Accredited Investors: Have you ever considered investing in Oil & Gas? Yes, I did. In fact, in the early 1980s, I was a consultant to a company that owned Chevron stations all over Northern California. That …
End of the World
The cartoon here would be a lot funnier if it didn’t so accurately depict the behavior of our global corporations. Whether it’s plastics, fossil fuels, fast food nearly devoid of nutrition, exorbitantly expensive drugs, products with planned obsolescence, weapons of …
We Need To Stay Away From Right-Wing Propaganda
A friend is calling for President Joe Biden to be impeached, based on his failure to provide Americans with enough cheap energy. As source material, he cites this piece from Tucker Carlson. I reply:
Pipeline Rupture Creates “Eye of Fire” in Gulf of Mexico
Our society lives with more or less constant reminders that fossil fuels, while extremely well suited to the 20th Century need to be phased out as quickly as feasible. Some of these reminders are more spectacular than others, as shown …
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Trump Adminstration: A Method To Its Madness
World health officials could scarcely believe what they encountered earlier this year in Geneva at the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly, as the U.S. opposed a resolution that would encourage breast-feeding.
News from the World Bank Is Good for Everyone But the Oil Companies
The World Bank (New York headquarters shown at left) was formed at the end of World War II for the purpose of reducing poverty around the globe. Currently, it has 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over …
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Fossil Fuel Alternatives
I often mention the dictionary.com “word of the day,” and how it often provides good subject matter for my mom and I to joke with one another. I also subscribe to the Spanish word of the day at spandict.com, in …
“Energy Matters” Offers Some Good News, But As Usual, There’s More To the Story
If you’re looking for a summary of news from the entire energy industry: fossil fuels, nuclear, renewables and all the peripheral technologies, you may want to check out Energy Matters; regular 2GreenEnergy readers will note that I quote something this source at least …
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Yes, It’s True, Fossil Fuels Are Nearing the End of the Trail
When I say that the fossil fuel industry is approaching the end of its days, my words, understandably, are taken cum grano salis. But what about when those same words are delivered by the CEO of Shell Oil? Shell …
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