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Pulling Back The Curtain On The Energy Transition Tale
Pulling Back The Curtain On The Energy Transition Tale OK, I am going to try to keep this quite short and to the point. Everyone familiar with me knows that I have been rather outspoken against what are commonly called “technofixes” for a considerably long time. Of course, this has always been for very good […]
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Energy Transition Tale
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Renewables Need Big Oil To Thrive
Renewables Need Big Oil To Thrive We need the expertise, experience, and financial backing of Big Oil to drive wind energy forward in the U.S., following years of strong investments from oil firms across the country kickstarting the industry. As activists and international agencies continue to criticize Big Oil for its role in climate change and […]
This ship is sinking
This ship is sinking Is there time to rearrange the deck chairs as in the Paris Agreement, or should we just start passing out lifejackets? Many people still hope we’ll make a manageable transition to a low-impact economy. I’ve pretty much lost hope for that outcome, primarily because two factors now must be included in […]
A Stronger Electricity Grid Is Crucial to Cutting Carbon. Does that Make It Green?
A Stronger Electricity Grid Is Crucial to Cutting Carbon. Does that Make It Green? A proposal to lay cables beneath the Columbia River is met with skepticism from an Indigenous activist and the river’s advocates. Wind etches the Columbia River’s surface downstream of Squally Point, at right in the distance. Around the bend lies The […]
The prolific, inimitable Nate Hagens strikes again: This time with a new book on the human predicament
The prolific, inimitable Nate Hagens strikes again: This time with a new book on the human predicament “This will be the century which tests the human potential for mediocrity against the human potential for greatness.” — … “Earth’s currently most successful large creature is now in a predicament; a predicament brought about by a compelling combination of […]
Yellen Urges Development Banks To Stop Fossil Fuel Funding
Yellen Urges Development Banks To Stop Fossil Fuel Funding U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is prepared to gather together the heads of development banks to persuade them to stop fossil fuel project funding, according to Bloomberg. The Treasury Secretary intends to “articulate our expectations that the MDBs align their portfolios with the Paris Agreement and net-zero […]
The show is over.
The show is over. Climate strike in Lausanne Tomorrow 150 weeks will have passed since we started to school strike for the climate. During this time more and more people around the world have woken up to the climate- and ecological crisis, putting more and more pressure on you — the people in power. Eventually […]
Book review of Fruits of Eden: David Fairchild & Americas Plant Hunters
Book review of Fruits of Eden: David Fairchild & Americas Plant Hunters Preface. Botanist David Fairchild is one of the reasons the average grocery store has 39,500 items. Before he came along, most people ate just a few kinds of food day in day out (though that was partly due to a lack of refrigeration). I have longed […]
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 […]
Mere statistics
Mere statistics In the current political climate, fossil fuels are deemed to have no redeeming features. The fact that everything we take for granted, from abundant food to high life expectancy and from clean drinking water to an absence of slavery, is based on fossil fuels is entirely overlooked. The transition to non-renewable renewable energy-harvesting technologies – […]
‘Net-Zero’ Emissions May Not Be as Green as You Think
‘Net-Zero’ Emissions May Not Be as Green as You Think ‘Undefined’ term reduces political pressure to take real action on climate change and hedges bets on future solutions, says expert. Governments describe forests as large carbon sinks that pull emissions from the air. But they use ‘dodgy accounting’ that doesn’t look at the whole picture […]
Depleted Gas Stocks Force Europe To Use More Coal
Depleted Gas Stocks Force Europe To Use More Coal With power demand recovering from the pandemic, European utilities are using more coal as natural gas inventories are unusually low for this time of the year due to a cold snap in late winter and early spring. This year, despite the record-high carbon price in Europe, […]
Government plans to reduce dependency on fossil fuels won’t work
Government plans to reduce dependency on fossil fuels won’t work Preface. Yikes! These government plans won’t help the energy crisis at all! The only items I like are getting Yucca mountain ready to take nuclear waste – it’s my top priority of “what to do”. We need to sequester nuclear wastes while there is still […]
The jump to pumps: how Finland found an answer to heating homes
The jump to pumps: how Finland found an answer to heating homes How to heat homes and workplaces without relying on fossil fuels is one of the more difficult challenges for moving rapidly to zero carbon economies. Within the European Union (EU), the heating sector is the most energy and carbon-intensive, accounting for nearly 50% […]
