As we pay our respects to America’s fallen soldiers this Memorial Day, let’s take a moment and remember what put so many of them in harm’s way in the first place: our dependence on oil. While we’re at it, let’s …
Category: Fossil Fuels
Being on Big Oil’s Radar Screen — Is That Good?
Duke Brooks (old friend from school forty years ago) comments on my piece about the Koch brothers’ sponsorship of PBS’s NOVA: “I have heard that the Koch brothers speak very highly of you, by the way.” Ha! You’re kidding, of …
Fossil Fuel Industries Likely To Remain Insanely Profitable
The reader who asked me about this article on renewable energy from RealClearScience poses this follow-up: So the article didn’t stress the importance of a “level playing field” which I understand is of major importance. So, your overall impression is that …
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PBS’s “Electric Nation”
The PBS special “Electric Nation” is a reasonably fair-minded and certainly non-hysterical treatment of the various modes of how we in the U.S. generate electricity. Personally, had I written the show, I would have been quite a bit more hysterical, …
What’s the Plan For Phasing Out Fossil Fuels? Which Do You Want To Hear First? The Good News or the Bad News?
Germany has installed enough photovoltaics that, at this point, coal-fired power plants are beginning to become unprofitable. This is driven by a combination of factors, e.g., that coal isn’t asked to provide power at the peak of the day, when …
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Oil: Following the Money
Oil is a product that sells for more than 50 times what it costs to manufacture. And we’re wondering why the world is beholden to it? Linked above is a good story analyzing this.
Humanity Faces Crisis: A Quick Analysis
Scientists tell us that the threat of climate change (not to mention the other issues associated with the depletion of natural resources in the face of population growth) is the most important event facing mankind in the entire history of …
New EPA Regulations on Coal-fired Power Plants
A friend just sent me this article describing the new EPA regulations on coal-fired power plants. I respond: Thanks. Kind of moot, though, don’t you think? The regulations don’t apply to currently existing or already permitted plants? It’s not as …
Bill Paul’s Earth Preservers Interviews Bill McKibben of 350.org
My friend and 2GreenEnergy financial guru Bill Paul runs the organization “Earth Preservers” that is doing fantastic work in bringing the fundamentals of clean energy and sustainability to a world that desperately needs to come to grips with these basic …
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Is Chevron Looking at Synthetic Fuels? It’s Hard To Tell
I’m taking a short break from working the “Doty Windfuels” booth, here at the 239th meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego. I’ve had some truly wonderful conversations — some productive, some — shall I say — enigmatic? …
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