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Sorry Cranky Conservatives! Carbon Pricing Wins the Day
Sorry Cranky Conservatives! Carbon Pricing Wins the Day The Supreme Court ruling is good news for anyone invested in a habitable planet. But fixing the climate is going to take more. ‘There’s no court we can appeal this to,’ Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said on Thursday, before vowing to continue his fight. What taxpayer-funded mischief […]
Book and Film Expose the Illusion of “Green” Technology: “Bright Green Lies”
Book and Film Expose the Illusion of “Green” Technology: “Bright Green Lies” Technology can be and has been beneficial in many ways. Unfortunately, it’s been disastrous in others. For example, utility “Smart” Meters have been nothing but trouble for people and the environment in numerous ways including fires and explosions (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Ditto on 5G (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). […]
Between the Devil and the Green New Deal
BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE GREEN NEW DEAL We cannot legislate and spend our way out of catastrophic global warming. From space, the Bayan Obo mine in China, where 70 percent of the world’s rare earth minerals are extracted and refined, almost looks like a painting. The paisleys of the radioactive tailings ponds, miles long, […]
OPEC+ Will Keep A Lid On Oil Production
OPEC+ Will Keep A Lid On Oil Production OPEC+ will likely decide to keep oil production essentially steady for another month, according to four Reuters sources. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have both spoke out in favor of the need to tread lightly when it comes to how much oil is put into the market. […]
How Will We Pay for the Energy Transition?
How Will We Pay for the Energy Transition? Earlier this month, the International Renewable Energy Agency said the world needed to invest $131 trillion by 2050 in order to limit the estimated global rise in average temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius. That’s 30 percent more than what is currently planned. It’s also equal to investments of $4.4 […]
For BC’s Two Pipeline Fights, It’s Spring Forward
For BC’s Two Pipeline Fights, It’s Spring Forward TMX and Coastal GasLink face resurging opposition across the province as Trudeau invites Biden to talk climate change. People listen as protesters opposed to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project gather at a park just below a construction site at the company’s Burnaby Terminal tank farm after […]
Governments Are Making Taxpayers Subsidize Corporate Cleanup of Oil and Gas Wells
Governments Are Making Taxpayers Subsidize Corporate Cleanup of Oil and Gas Wells Companies are responsible for dormant wells, but the public is helping foot the bill. Oil and gas companies are required to clean up their old wells. But governments have decided taxpayers should subsidize them as part of the pandemic response. Photo by Larry McDougal, […]
Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet
Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet Where is humanity going? How realistic is a future of fusion and space colonies? What constraints are imposed by physics, by resource availability, and by human psychology? Are default expectations grounded in reality? This textbook, written for a general-education audience, aims to address these questions without either […]
The last of the fossil fuels ?
The last of the fossil fuels ? If the story of humankind starts with the invention of fire, then wood is the fuel that changed the world. But fast forward a million or so years to the Anthropocene age, and more than a third of the people on this planet are still so impoverished that […]
Walter Youngquist: Geodestinies
Walter Youngquist: Geodestinies Preface. I was fortunate enough to know Walter for 15 years. He became a friend and mentor, helping me learn to become a better science writer, and sending me material I might be interested in, and delightful pictures of him sitting in a lawn chair and feeding wild deer who weren’t afraid […]
No Roaring USA Shale Industry to Respond to OPEC+
No Roaring USA Shale Industry to Respond to OPEC+ There is no roaring U.S. shale industry to respond to OPEC+ and balance out global supply, according to Rystad Energy. Even though North American production can pick up due to current price levels, there is not a roaring U.S. shale industry to respond to OPEC+ and […]
Shale Giants Proving OPEC Right
Shale Giants Proving OPEC Right Saudi Arabia’s bet that the golden age of U.S. shale is over appears to be a safe one – for now, at least. (Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia’s bet that the golden age of U.S. shale is over appears to be a safe one — for now, at least. A round-up […]
