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Mainstream to jetstream
Mainstream to jetstream A couple of decades ago, renewable energy was almost an outlier: the new kid on the block. But now, solar and wind are not just mainstream: in both developed and emerging economies, they are the preferred option when it comes to power generation. A powerful synergy of enabling factors and demand-side attributes is propelling […]
Hydropower dams and the ways they destroy the environment
Hydropower dams and the ways they destroy the environment Preface. Hydropower comprises 71% of renewable energy worldwide. Nations like the U.S. and Europe have dams that have reached the end of their lifespan, so more are being torn down than built. In the U.S. 546 dams were removed between 2006 and 2014. This contains excerpts […]
The true feasibility of moving away from fossil fuels
The true feasibility of moving away from fossil fuels One of the great misconceptions of our time is the belief that we can move away from fossil fuels if we make suitable choices on fuels. In one view, we can make the transition to a low-energy economy powered by wind, water, and solar. In other versions, […]
How State Power Regulators Are Making Utilities Account for the Costs of Climate Change
How State Power Regulators Are Making Utilities Account for the Costs of Climate Change The electricity powering your computer or smartphone that makes it possible for you to read this article could come from one of several sources. It’s probably generated by burning natural gas or coal or from operating a nuclear reactor, unless it’s derived […]
Why All the Uproar Over the Green New Deal?
Why All the Uproar Over the Green New Deal? Pulp mill, Longview, Washington. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Same ol’ same ol’ battle: The more things change, the more they stay the same On August 21, 2009, The Wall Street Journal reported that “…many scientists say deep emissions cuts are necessary … to prevent … dangerous consequences of global warming,” and also reported […]
March 28, 2019 Book review of Bryce’s “Power hungry: the myths of green energy and the real fuels of the future”
March 28, 2019 Book review of Bryce’s “Power hungry: the myths of green energy and the real fuels of the future” Preface. This is a book review of: Robert Bryce. 2009. Power Hungry: The Myths of “Green” Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future. This is a brilliant book, very funny at times, a […]
Oil Industry Ponders Getting ‘Dragged into Low-Carbon Future’ While Claiming it ‘Stepped up’ on Climate
Oil Industry Ponders Getting ‘Dragged into Low-Carbon Future’ While Claiming it ‘Stepped up’ on Climate The fossil fuel industry’s faith that the modern world economy will be powered by its products for the indefinite future is usually unwavering. But cracks in that faith recently appeared in Houston at the top annual oil industry conference, known as CERAweek. The […]
Icebergs and bankers
Icebergs and bankers On Saturday March 16, tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Paris demanding action on climate change. At the same time and not far away, a group of gilets jaunes protestors were demonstrating, sometimes violently, against the economic policies of President Macron—one of which increased the tax on gasoline and diesel […]
Could a Green New Deal Save Civilization?
Could a Green New Deal Save Civilization? To fully and systematically address the climate/energy crisis, the plan will have to be far broader in scope than what is currently being proposed. And while we need to mobilize society as a whole with a World War II-level of effort, the reality is that there’s never been […]
Open Energy 4: Renewable energy versus nuclear: dispelling the myths
Open Energy 4: Renewable energy versus nuclear: dispelling the myths Don’t believe the spurious claims of nuclear shills constantly doing down renewables, writes Mark Diesendorf. Clean, safe renewable energy technologies have the potential to supply 100% of the world’s electricity needs – but the first hurdle is to refute the deliberately misleading myths designed to […]
The Future is Rural: Food System Adaptations to the Great Simplification
The Future is Rural: Food System Adaptations to the Great Simplification The Future is Rural challenges the conventional wisdom about the future of food in our modern, globalized world. It is a much-needed reality check that explains why certain trends we take for granted–like the decline of rural areas and the dependence of farming and the […]
MIT: The Energy System Of The Future Is Closer Than We Think
MIT: The Energy System Of The Future Is Closer Than We Think Thanks to continuously declining costs, a hybrid renewable electricity generation system that combines wind, solar, and storage could become competitive with the cheapest fossil fuel electricity in the United States—combined-cycle natural gas generation, an MIT professor suggests. John Deutch, an Institute Professor at MIT, […]
The Renewable Revolution Has A Lithium Problem
The Renewable Revolution Has A Lithium Problem As the global middle class rapidly expands, so too does the worldwide demand for energy and its subsequent carbon footprint. Global climate change will be one of the greatest, if not the single greatest, challenges of this next century, and one of the few feasible solutions that is […]
Challenges to the Integration of Renewable Resources at High System Penetration
Challenges to the Integration of Renewable Resources at High System Penetration Preface. This overview of challenges for wind and solar written in 2010 is still true today. We are far from being able to reach even a 50% renewable grid (excluding hydropower from the total) given the lack of storage, the problem that the best […]
