Category: Fossil Fuels

Though it’s on my to-do list, I haven’t yet visited the Getty Villa, the sight of J. Paul Getty’s magnificent collection of antiquities. Checking out the video on the website linked above just now made me wonder about who Getty …

Apparently, Oil Money Does Not Buy Happiness Read More »

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When it comes to PR in the energy business, I must confess that I have a suspicious mind. For example, when I see a billboard like this one pictured here, I somehow believe that it must be some sort of …

Public Relations in the Energy Business Normally Means Someone’s Lying Read More »

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As I’ve mentioned in dozens of posts over the years, one of the issues at the core of most of our woes here in the U.S. are screwy interpretations of the First Amendment to our Constitution. Most famously, we have …

How Does Big Oil Misinform Voters About Renewable Energy? Check Out This Cartoon Read More »

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Here’s an author with the right idea: the industrial age, powered as it was by fossil fuels, is at an end.  Within a few years (by 2030 according to the book, though I believe it’s happening more quickly), disruptive technologies …

Disruptive Technologies Have Doomed Fossil Fuels Read More »

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Considering that America has some of the biggest natural gas reserves in the world, and gasoline has become extremely expensive in the past few years, it makes a lot of sense to start using it as vehicle fuel on a …

From Guest Blogger Jordan: Will Natural Gas Powered Vehicles Ever Become Mainstream? Read More »

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I expressed in a recent post how certain areas of the U.S., including Hawaii, can migrate to renewable energy very rapidly.  The operative word there is “can” (expressing the possibility), as distinguished from “will” (expressing the future as it is …

U.S. Government Expands Subsidies to the Fossil Fuel Industry, Throwing Cold Water on the Migration to Renewable Energy Read More »

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Today happens to be my birthday, and I share it with Franz Kafka (pictured here), best known for his short but surreal and deeply disturbing novels of the early 20th Century, in which he so ably points out the absurdity and …

One of Life’s Surreal Elements — An Energy Policy from Hell Read More »

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Wow, these people who do the “Exxon Hates….” videos sure don’t mince words.  Those who recall “Exxon Hates Your Children” will see much of the same style in their current effort, “Exxon Hates America.”        

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Rebecca McKenzie, one of our great interns who did a ton of excellent work in the early days of our sister site SustainabilityRoleModels.com, wrote me a sad note just now: Hi Craig,  Did you see this article on Canada’s approval …

Despite Heavy Protest, Canada Approves Northern Gateway Pipeline: Sad But Not Unexpected Read More »

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If there is one thing that people of all political persuasions can agree upon, it’s that “opinion” and “news” are two different things, and that editorials should not be presented as if they were fact.   This is why I cringed …

The EPA’s Justifications for Its Power Plant Regulations Read More »

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