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 …
Category: Fossil Fuels
From Guest Blogger Jayde Ferguson: Diesel Generators Proving Key to Managing Australia’s Energy Crisis
Tagged with: energy efficiency, green energy, solar energy, solar power, sustainability, Wind Energy
We’re Saying Goodbye To Fossil Fuels, But Not As Soon As We’d Like
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 …
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The Rapid Migration from Fossil Fuels: Check Out Ireland
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 …
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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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A Look At Fossil Fuels
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 …
Fueling Our Transportation: Eventually We Need To Make a Choice
2GreenEnergy super-supporter comments on my post “What Exactly Is the Attraction of Fuel Cell-Based Transportation?” There is work going on to develop low cost robust fuel cells capable of running directly on liquified / compressed natural gas. Vehicles using this …
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The Plight of Coal
Effective February 17, 2017, The Forest Service, part of the US Department of Agriculture, has reversed its initial ruling and will permit, once again, coal mining in the North Fork region of approximately 4.2 million acres of land located within the …
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Peak Oil Is a Defunct Idea–But Does It Really Matter?
As shown in the graphic below, the concept of peak oil is pretty much dead and buried. In fact, there are supplies of all three fossil fuels to last indefinitely, as our technologies for extraction become more sophisticated.
Coal Is On Its Way Out
According to this article, soon-to-end 2016 will mark the third consecutive year that the international demand for coal has fallen. This is particularly good news, in that the development of carbon capture and sequestration technology has stalled (as if that’s …
Things Looking Good for ExxonMobil, Russia
Those who object to strident, bold and straightforward language are very likely not to groove on this piece from Dr. Joe Romm, Founding Editor of Climate Progress (“the indispensable blog,” as NY Times columnist Tom Friedman describes it). It’s called …
