The top American comedians whose fodder is U.S. politics include household names like Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert, and John Oliver. Now, I’ve heard these people themselves warn audiences: this is not a valid way to find and ingest news; this …
The Politics of Coal: Here’s an Interesting and Entertaining–Yet Factual–Source Read More »
Re: my post on the subsidies for and taxation of the oil industry the other day, frequent commenter and 2GreenEnergy opposionist writes: The oil industry is already America’s largest taxpayer and most valuable taxpayer…..Attempting to build into the tax system …
Quandary: The Oil Industry Is Both Important and Destructive Read More »
In response to my recent piece calling for an end to subsidies for the oil companies, senior energy analyst Glenn Doty writes: Actually, while the oil subsidies – like the renewable subsidies – are terribly structured, they are defensible. Right …
Here’s something that will put a smile on a few faces, i.e., those investors whose meager integrity and broken moral compass enables them to support coal as an energy source. According to Energy Matters: Nearly all publicly traded US coal …
Burning Coal Is Choking Our Planet and Its People, But Strangely, That’s OK Read More »
Here’s an article (with great graphics) that helps us understand the limits to the power of the Trump administration in the outcome of our civilization. Can he slow down the integration of renewables into the grid-mix? Yes, at a certain …
Australia is experiencing a major energy crisis. Supply limitations and skyrocketing wholesale energy costs mean Federal and State governments are shelling out millions of dollars to keep ailing energy supply networks operating, while implementing emergency measures to sustain critical power …
Jeff Merkley, a progressive senator from Oregon (a progressive state) is introducing legislation that provides a plan by which the country can wean itself off fossil fuels by 2050. Though the details of the plan aren’t available, they include the …
We’re Saying Goodbye To Fossil Fuels, But Not As Soon As We’d Like Read More »
Just another day on an absurd planet. Ireland is in the process of removing fossil fuels from its country, joining several European/Scandinavian countries that are moving swiftly in the same direction. Meanwhile, back in the good ol’ U.S., we’re moving …
The Rapid Migration from Fossil Fuels: Check Out Ireland Read More »
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 …
Yes, It’s True, Fossil Fuels Are Nearing the End of the Trail Read More »
Here’s a letter, written by a member of the pro-nuke group of which I’m a part, published recently in Physics Today. Though these folks seem to have an unnatural enmity towards renewable energy, they make many excellent points about the …
