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Emissions reductions and world energy demand growth
Emissions reductions and world energy demand growth A major obstacle to cutting global CO2 emissions is growth in world energy demand. In this post I examine world energy growth projections from a number of different sources and compare them with the growth trends that will be necessary to meet emissions reductions goals. It goes without saying […]
Energy limits: Why we see rising wealth disparity and low prices
Energy limits: Why we see rising wealth disparity and low prices Last week, I gave a fairly wide-ranging presentation at the 2016 Biophysical Economics Conference called Complexity: The Connection Between Fossil Fuel EROI, Human Energy EROI, and Debt (pdf). In this post, I discuss the portion of the talk that explains several key issues: Why we are right now seeing so many […]
Duality in climate science
Duality in climate science A commentary published in Nature Geoscience (online Oct. 2015) Brief Abstract: The commentary demonstrates the endemic bias prevalent amongst many of those developing emission scenarios to severely underplay the scale of the 2°C mitigation challenge. In several important respects the modelling community is self-censoring its research to conform to the dominant political and economic […]
Energy round-up: tectonic shifts
Energy round-up: tectonic shifts Photo credit: gnuckx Three things you shouldn’t miss this week Chart: Is the global economy becoming less energy intensive? Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2015 Article: Fossil fuel divestment is rational, says former Shell chairman – Mark Moody-Stuart is also worried about the lack of industry progress in addressing climate change. Article: BP sees ‘tectonic […]
Why We Have an Oversupply of Almost Everything (Oil, labor, capital, etc.)
Why We Have an Oversupply of Almost Everything (Oil, labor, capital, etc.) The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article called, Glut of Capital and Labor Challenge Policy Makers: Global oversupply extends beyond commodities, elevating deflation risk. To me, this is a very serious issue, quite likely signaling that we are reaching what has been called Limits to […]
Something To Consider Before Buying In To Rooftop Solar
Something To Consider Before Buying In To Rooftop Solar Green energy has moved to the forefront of the national conversation on energy production even as oil prices sit near decade lows. The simple fact that solar power and wind power now command so much attention speaks to how the country’s views on energy have changed. […]
With corporate energy, we’re stuck in the dark ages – let’s switch to public ownership
With corporate energy, we’re stuck in the dark ages – let’s switch to public ownership It is clear that Britain has an energy problem. The privatisation and ‘liberalisation’ of the energy market has left us with six dominant suppliers from which over 90% of us buy our energy. 1 in 10 households in the UK are in […]
The end of global development as we know it | News | Engineering for Change
The end of global development as we know it | News | Engineering for Change. Development professionals do their work under the assumption that the developing world will some day look a lot like the developed world. But there’s a good chance that they’re wrong. A practical look at the world’s energy supply, and interesting […]
How Global Fossil Fuel Dependence Hasn`t Changed In 20 Years
How Global Fossil Fuel Dependence Hasn`t Changed In 20 Years. Whilst enjoying the good natured exchanges on this blog concerning the pros and cons of new renewable energy sources I decided to dig deeper into the success of Green energy policies to date. Roger Andrews produced this chart the other day and the low carbon energy trends […]
