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The Cold Hard Truth About Renewable Energy Adoption
The Cold Hard Truth About Renewable Energy Adoption The energy transition is essential but complex and challenging. The pace of the transition and the balance between future and current energy security are key issues. Economic and logistical barriers, as well as geopolitical and environmental concerns, need to be addressed for a successful transition. The future […]
Analysis: How low-sulphur shipping rules are affecting global warming
Analysis: How low-sulphur shipping rules are affecting global warming In 2020, international regulations to reduce air pollution from shipping imposed strict limits on the sulphur content of marine fuels. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) rules have had some success in improving public health. Global emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2) – a health-damaging air pollutant – have dropped by […]
The Oil and Energy Macro
The Oil and Energy Macro U.S. oil reserves reached a new record in 2022. Crude oil and condensate proved reserves exceed 48 billion barrels (Figure 1). Reserves declined from 1969 to 2006 then increased with additions from the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and Tight Oil. Tight oil accounted for 27 billion barrels (56% of total) […]
The Permian Shrugs Off Below-Zero Natural Gas Prices in Texas
The Permian Shrugs Off Below-Zero Natural Gas Prices in Texas Natural gas prices at the Waha hub slumped to a negative value of -$2.00 per MMBtu in April. Major pipeline operators in the Permian basin haven’t yet seen any effect of the negative gas prices at the Waha hub in West Texas on activity. In […]
Ukrainian Drones Hit Major Rosneft Refinery in Russia
Ukrainian Drones Hit Major Rosneft Refinery in Russia Just as Russia had started to bring back some refinery capacity damaged by Ukrainian drone attacks earlier this year, a new wave of drone attacks hit a major refinery owned by Rosneft, for a second time. Rosneft’s Ryazan refinery southeast of Moscow caught fire after the overnight […]
Build It, And The Wind Won’t Come
Build It, And The Wind Won’t Come Weather-dependent generation sources are…weather dependent: Last year, despite adding 6.2 GW of new capacity, U.S. wind production dropped by 2.1%. Damaged wind turbines at the Punta Lima wind project, Naguabo, Puerto Rico, 2018. Photo: Wikipedia. Three years ago, in the wake of Winter Storm Uri, the alt-energy lobby and […]
The Four Key Reasons Why The U.S. Will Never Stop Targeting Russia’s LNG Sector
The Four Key Reasons Why The U.S. Will Never Stop Targeting Russia’s LNG Sector LNG has become the most important swing energy source in an increasingly insecure world. Energy exports remain the foundation stone of Russia’s essentially petro-economy. Russia’s LNG industry is closely associated in Russia with President Vladimir Putin personally. Perhaps even more than […]
The Dark Origins of the Davos’ Great Reset
The Dark Origins of the Davos’ Great Reset Important to understand is that there is not one single new or original idea in Klaus Schwab’s so-called Great Reset agenda for the world. Nor is his Fourth Industrial Revolution agenda his or his claim to having invented the notion of Stakeholder Capitalism a product of Schwab. Klaus […]
Notes from the edge of civilization: Apr. 28, 2024
Notes from the edge of civilization: Apr. 28, 2024 No one wants EVs, but governments keep subsidizing them; Canada’s economy is being zombified; Education — higher and otherwise — is still woke, but not awake; and, cursive as cure. TRUTH IN ADVERTISING: Even Ford’s own marketing materials admit that EVs are a product “drivers really want… but […]
China can’t quit coal by 2040, researchers say, despite global climate goals
China can’t quit coal by 2040, researchers say, despite global climate goals A general view of a coal mine during a Huawei-organised media tour, in Yulin city, Shaanxi province, China April 24, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab BEIJING, April 23 (Reuters) – China’s coal consumption will fall by just one-third by 2040, according […]
Kazakhstan’s Oil Flows to Germany Threatened as Russia Demands Transit Fees
Kazakhstan’s Oil Flows to Germany Threatened as Russia Demands Transit Fees Russian pipeline operator Transneft has warned Kazakhstan’s oil companies that ship crude to Germany via Transneft’s Druzhba pipeline that the customers of the Kazakh firms have until June to pay for metering services or risk a halt to supplies, trading sources told Reuters on Thursday. In […]
Big Oil’s Dangerous Radioactive Secret
Big Oil’s Dangerous Radioactive Secret DeSmog writer Justin Nobel’s new book explores how workers bear the brunt of the oil and gas industry’s hidden contaminated waste. Left, Petroleum 238 cover. Credit: Sabrina Bedford, design; Julie Dermansky, photo. Right, author Justin Nobel. Credit: Karen LeBlanc. In Paris, France, there are fine cafés and famous landmarks. But […]
The Politics and Policy of a National Climate Emergency Declaration
The Politics and Policy of a National Climate Emergency Declaration If climate and energy policy matter, then here are the three questions to ask instead Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that the Biden Administration is once again considering declaring a national “climate emergency,” explaining that such a declaration could be used to “halt [fossil fuel] exports, drilling.” Today, I […]
What did they expect?
What did they expect? My house backs on to a railway line which is now exclusively for passenger trains. It wasn’t always this way though. There was a time when the relative peace was broken six times a day by the roar of freight trains heading up the Rhymney Valley. Their destination was the coal […]
Designing Collective Security | Olivia Lazard
Designing Collective Security | Olivia Lazard Navigating existential crisis in a time of political and social upheaval We’re breaking all kinds of records at the moment: cities are boiling at 62C, ocean temperatures are literally off the charts, and governments have increased the global defence budget to an alarming $2440 billion. War costs life, and not just human […]
