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Canada Spent $23 Billion to Support Pipelines in Just Three Years
Canada Spent $23 Billion to Support Pipelines in Just Three Years Taxpayers should understand the financial and climate risks of the big commitment, says an independent report. Governments’ financial support for pipelines is financially and environmentally risky, says a report. Photo from Trans Mountain. Canadian pipelines have received over $23 billion in support from federal and […]
The concept of Peak Sun Hours
The concept of Peak Sun Hours Further to my recent post about the intermittency of solar power, I thought I’d tackle some of you more mathematically challenged and hopefully bring more light (no pun intended) to the problems facing those who believe in 100% renewables running complex civilisation. If on a perfect cloudless sunny day you plot the […]
California Begs For More Electricity As Shift To Renewable Power Leaves State In The Dark
California Begs For More Electricity As Shift To Renewable Power Leaves State In The Dark
European Bank For Reconstruction And Development Ends All Upstream Oil Financing
European Bank For Reconstruction And Development Ends All Upstream Oil Financing The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will no longer invest in oil and gas exploration and production, the bank’s Managing Director Harry Boyd-Carpenter told Reuters as the institution pledged to align all its activities to the Paris Agreement goals from the end of next […]
Microprocessor Fab Plants need electricity 24 x 7
Microprocessor Fab Plants need electricity 24 x 7 Preface. I explain in both of my books, When Trucks Stop Running and Life After Fossil Fuels why heavy duty transportation and most manufacturing can’t be electrified, as well as why the electric grid can’t stay up without natural gas to balance intermittency and provide baseload and long-term power […]
Why Isn’t the US Preparing for EMP War Like the Rest of the World?
Why Isn’t the US Preparing for EMP War Like the Rest of the World? You’re likely already familiar with the 2009 EMP Commission Report. It was this report that raised the issue of EMP-preparedness for the American public. It’s notorious stating that just one year after an EMP attack, 90% of the American population would be dead, […]
A bombshell report from closely followed International Energy Agency
A bombshell report from closely followed International Energy Agency (Photo: Courtesy of IEA) Climate researchers and policy experts around the world are singing praise of a study just released by the stodgy International Energy Administration in Paris. “Quite amazing,” said one. “Heartening,” said another. A third one called it, “one of the most important climate […]
Cramming cities full of electric vehicles means we’re still depending on cars — and that’s a huge problem
Cramming cities full of electric vehicles means we’re still depending on cars — and that’s a huge problem This week, the NSW government announced almost A$500 million towards boosting the uptake of electric vehicles. In its new electric vehicle strategy, the government will waive stamp duty for cars under $78,000, develop more charging infrastructure, offer rebates […]
Exxon Mounts Feeble Walkback After Lobbyist Caught on Camera Telling Truth About Anti-Climate Agenda
Exxon Mounts Feeble Walkback After Lobbyist Caught on Camera Telling Truth About Anti-Climate Agenda The oil giant would like you to know that statements from its “Senior Director for Federal Relations” in no way represent its position on federal climate policy One of ExxonMobil’s top lobbyists has been caught on camera revealing what many critics […]
More on the thermodynamic black hole…
More on the thermodynamic black hole… I recently wrote about the thermodynamic black hole; articles about ERoEI keep popping up in my in tray that truly baffle me…… As Alice Friedemann told Chris Martenson in the podcast I discussed in the aforementioned blog post, “everyone disagrees on what to leave in or out of their ERoEI […]
Myth #19: Nate Hagens dismisses the insistence we can achieve Net Zero!! (by 2050 or any date)
Myth #19: Nate Hagens dismisses the insistence we can achieve Net Zero!! (by 2050 or any date) “When people use the term “Net Zero” it’s mostly shorthand for maintaining economic growth while doing some magical technological salvation in the future.” — “There is an increasingly popular theme in climate change media called “Net Zero emissions.” The […]
Who is Professor Thomas W. Murphy, Jr. and What Does He Know About Energy and Resource Decline?
Who is Professor Thomas W. Murphy, Jr. and What Does He Know About Energy and Resource Decline? I have mentioned Tom Murphy many times in this blog precisely because facts don’t lie. If anyone wants to truly know where we are as a species on this planet, Tom can definitely tell you. Don’t get me […]
Unstoppable Oil Could Be Nail In Coffin For Stocks
Unstoppable Oil Could Be Nail In Coffin For Stocks Stock investors worried about inflation should pay close attention to the rising price of oil. It could be the final kick needed to derail the consumer-spending spree behind the U.S.’s surging growth. From groceries to housing materials to gasoline, life is getting expensive for the average […]
Brace For Shock At The Pump: WTI Surges Above $75 As OPEC+ Raises Output Less Than Expected
Brace For Shock At The Pump: WTI Surges Above $75 As OPEC+ Raises Output Less Than Expected Brace for shock at the pump. WTI crude prices surged by over $2, rising more than 3% to $75.8/bbl… … the highest since 2018… … amid reports that ahead of the conclusion of today’s OPEC, JMMC and OPEC+ […]
