Greenpeace is well known for its aggressive posture vis-a-vis environmental justice, and, in particular, for its demand that our civilization phase out fossil fuels in favor of conservation, efficiency solutions, and renewable energy. Among other things, that means putting a …
Category: Fossil Fuels
Making Fossil Fuels Obsolete
This morning I explained to a friend that, in my estimation, Buckminster Fuller was a super-human engineer, architect, author and visionary. He’s perhaps best known today for some terrific quotes he made during his long and rich life, including my …
A Great Deal of News re: Renewables Energy Will Be Bad Until We Fix This
My fine friend Brian McGowan writes about this article, which offers bad news for the solar industry in Nevada: You know about this right? Yes, I’m aware of it. But it doesn’t come as any surprise given the way we regulate …
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The Coal Empire Fights Back
From an email I just received from the League of Conservation Voters: Craig — BREAKING: Minutes ago, the White House announced a temporary pause to new coal mining leases on public lands, effectively stopping production of at least 3.5 billion …
Huge U.S. Coal Company Declares Bankruptcy
Here’s good news about the demise of coal. “Over the past several years, a confluence of economic challenges and regulatory hurdles has hobbled the coal industry,” John Drexler, Arch’s chief financial officer, said in a filing with a US bankruptcy …
Huge US Coal Company Declares Bankruptcy
Here’s good news about the demise of coal. “Over the past several years, a confluence of economic challenges and regulatory hurdles has hobbled the coal industry,” John Drexler, Arch’s chief financial officer, said in a filing with a US bankruptcy …
Interesting Renewable Energy Questions on Quora
Here’s one on “Alternate Histories (Hypothetical Historical Scenarios)” What would the world look like today if fossil fuels never existed? Without access to abundant cheap energy from fossil fuels could a society have developed using different technologies that would allow them …
More on Oil's Dominance in the World
Re: My recent post Making the Transition from Oil, my friend from Germany writes: Wow, thank you for this insightful response to my question. It is my hope that oil will lose its economic advantage in the near future. It’s …
Making the Transition from Oil
A friend from Germany writes: My boyfriend and I were discussing offshore drilling last night, he thinks this will gain momentum once oil prices go up. I am optimistic about renewables and a phasing out of fossil fuels within the …
In This Month’s Scientific American: "The Carbon Capture Fallacy"
I don’t yet have access to the full version of the article whose “teasers” are here, but I infer from its title that its reasoning is consistent with the position that Scientific American has taken on CCS (carbon capture and …
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