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Epsilon Theory – Salient Partners | Signs and Portents
Epsilon Theory – Salient Partners | Signs and Portents. Like the criminals that Bruce Wayne fought as Batman, we investors are a superstitious, cowardly lot. We are constantly ascribing way too much import to this sign or that sign, constantly freaking out over the meaning and significance of this market event or that market event. […]
China’s Nuclear Power Gamble Is Mind-Boggling
China’s Nuclear Power Gamble Is Mind-Boggling. The numbers that define China’s progress over the last 50 years are staggering. Over 300 million people lifted out of poverty. Over 160 cities with more than 1 million inhabitants. Over 630 million Internet users.. And now, following the recent climate change deal with U.S., China has a massive […]
The Unwelcome Reality For U.S. Coal Exports
The Unwelcome Reality For U.S. Coal Exports. While the oil and gas industry likes to claim that fracking is not an especially water intensive process, a new report has found that there are more than 250 wells across the country that each require anywhere from 10 to 25 million gallons of water.The American Petroleum Institutesuggests that the typical fracked […]
Can Green Bonds Bankroll A Clean Energy Revolution? by Marc Gunther: Yale Environment 360
Can Green Bonds Bankroll A Clean Energy Revolution? by Marc Gunther: Yale Environment 360. To slow global warming, tens of trillions of dollars will need to be spent in the coming decades on renewable energy projects. Some banks and governments are issuing green bonds to fund this transformation, but major questions remain as to whether […]
Energy & The Economy – Crash Course Chapter 22 | Peak Prosperity
Energy & The Economy – Crash Course Chapter 22 | Peak Prosperity. Chapter 22 of the Crash Course is now publicly available and ready for watching below. In the past few chapters on Energy Economics, Peak Cheap Oil, and the false promise of Shale Oil, we’ve gone into great detail to show how our economic growth is deeply […]
Eight Pitfalls in Evaluating Green Energy Solutions | Our Finite World
Eight Pitfalls in Evaluating Green Energy Solutions | Our Finite World. Does the recent climate accord between US and China mean that many countries will now forge ahead with renewables and other green solutions? I think that there are more pitfalls than many realize. Pitfall 1. Green solutions tend to push us from one set of resources […]
Depression-Level Collapse In Demand: In Historic First, Glencore Shuts Coal Mines For 3 Weeks | Zero Hedge
Depression-Level Collapse In Demand: In Historic First, Glencore Shuts Coal Mines For 3 Weeks | Zero Hedge. In a historic move showing just how profound the collapse in global commodity demand and trade is, earlier today the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Australia’s biggest coal exporter Glencore, which last year concluded its merger with miner Xstrata creating […]
‘China to avoid dangerous maritime route thanks to gas deal with Russia’ — RT Op-Edge
‘China to avoid dangerous maritime route thanks to gas deal with Russia’ — RT Op-Edge. Most of China’s energy resources are imported via the Pacific, and is threatened by the US military presence. The gas deal with Russia allows China to minimize the risks, China-based journalist Brendan O’Reilly told RT. Russia and China have agreed […]
Energy Balance: Regenerative Agriculture: The Transition.
Energy Balance: Regenerative Agriculture: The Transition. In the face of peak oil and in order to curb carbon emissions, methods of farming that depend less on oil and natural gas, respectively to run machinery and to make synthetic fertilizers, must be sought. Such options are to be found within the framework of regenerative agriculture, but […]
German village Feldheim the country’s first community to become energy self-sufficient – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
German village Feldheim the country’s first community to become energy self-sufficient – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). The rural village of Feldheim, 80 kilometres south of Berlin, is at the vanguard of Germany’s energy revolution, boasting a wind farm, solar plant, biogas and biomass facilities. Germany is undergoing an energy transformation called Energiewende, which aims […]
Peak Cheap Oil – Crash Course Chapter 20 | Peak Prosperity
Peak Cheap Oil – Crash Course Chapter 20 | Peak Prosperity. Energy is the lifeblood of any economy. But when an economy is based on an exponential debt-based money system and that is based on exponentially increasing energy supplies, the supply of that energy therefore deserves our very highest attention. But we need to be careful here because it’s […]
Russia-Ukraine Gas Deal Comes at Price – Truthdig
Russia-Ukraine Gas Deal Comes at Price – Truthdig. Aid from the International Monetary Fund will enable Ukraine to pay billions in debt to Russia’s primary gas company and allow Ukraine to buy fuel through the winter. But the IMF deal entails major reforms to the country’s energy industry. The details of those reforms were not […]
AmeriScan: October 29, 2014 | Environment News Service
AmeriScan: October 29, 2014 | Environment News Service. ‘Secret’ Decision to Hide Nuclear Plant Quake Risk Challenged … Concerts Aim to Turn Out Youth Vote for Climate … U.S. Enters the ‘Age of Renewable Energy’ … New California Homes Must Provide EV Charging … EPA Okays Pesticide Mix Hazardous to Butterflies … Keystone XL: TransCanada […]
About that Shale Oil ‘Miracle’… | Peak Prosperity
About that Shale Oil ‘Miracle’… | Peak Prosperity. Our work here at Peak Prosperity largely centers on trying to use facts and data to shift people’s actions towards the more positive and sustainable things that we not only can do, but should do. There’s nothing preventing us from behaving in ways that increase the Earth’s abundance rather […]
Wind Energy Too Unreliable For UK, Study Finds
Wind Energy Too Unreliable For UK, Study Finds. A conservative British think tank has concluded that wind energy can’t be relied on to meet the United Kingdom’s power needs and must be supplemented with fossil-fuel power plants. A study issued Oct. 27 by the London-based Adam Smith Institute (ASI) says there are wide fluctuations in the output […]
