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 …
Category: Fossil Fuels
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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The Designers of Our Electricity Grids Couldn't Foretell the Future
In response to my post on Thomas Edision, Frequent commenter Brian McGowan notes that, in the early days of electrification, the Wizard felt that many American households should employ batteries powered by wind turbines to be entirely self sufficient in …
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Big Oil’s Role in Our Energy Future
In response to my piece comparing Big Oil to Big Tobacco, Matthew Baxter writes: Just like big tobacco is around 20 years after people were predicting their imminent demise – big oil is likely to still be around in 20 …
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Big Energy Faces Tough Challenges
From my feed at Quora.com, a reader asks: What are the biggest obstacles/challenges facing the energy industry? Do you literally mean “challenges facing the energy industry,” e.g., the oil companies? If so, you need to understand that this is very …
A Weird Time for the U.S. to Approve the Extraction of Fossil Fuels on Federally-Owned Land
Unfortunately, the folks at Greenpeace are best known for their civil disobedience. I say “unfortunately,” not that I have a problem with refusing to comply with harmful laws, but because the vast majority of what these people do is far …
From Guest Blogger Lizzie Weakly: Understanding the Sudden Decline in Gas Prices
Driving is not as expensive as it has traditionally been in recent years, largely because gas prices– one of the largest day-to-day expenses with driving– have been low. While over 200,000 oil workers have lost their jobs, many consumers have …
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