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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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How Much Water Does The Energy Sector Use?

How Much Water Does The Energy Sector Use? Water and energy have a symbiotic relationship. Energy is needed to move water to people and businesses. Water, in turn, is necessary to produce energy. Of course, different types of energy require varying levels of water use. Take electricity generation as an example. For the United States, electricity […]

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This Week In Energy: Asian Energy Empire Expansion

This Week In Energy: Asian Energy Empire Expansion This week saw WTI prices break the psychological $50 threshold, compounding trader and oil company woes further. However, recent price updates from certain shale areas in the U.S. would seem to indicate many producers arereceiving far less for their oil (as low as $34 per barrel in some […]

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Peak Oil: Same Nonsense, Different Day Pt 2 – Peak Oil Matters

Peak Oil: Same Nonsense, Different Day Pt 2 – Peak Oil Matters. This is a follow-up to my most recent post, in which I offered a few observations on commentary attempting to debunk the concept of peak oil courtesy of this recent article by John Kemp. [Quotes here are from the Kemp article unless noted otherwise.]  Economist James Hamilton, […]

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