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Limits to Green Energy Are Becoming Much Clearer
Limits to Green Energy Are Becoming Much Clearer We have been told that intermittent electricity from wind and solar, perhaps along with hydroelectricity, can be the basis of a green economy. Things are increasingly not working out as planned, however. Natural gas or coal used for balancing the intermittent output of renewables is increasingly high-priced […]
Rushing headlong into electrification, the West is replacing one energy master with another
Rushing headlong into electrification, the West is replacing one energy master with another The United States and its allies, such as Canada, the UK, the European Union, Australia, Japan and South Korea, face a dilemma when it comes to the global electrification of the transportation system and the switch from fossil fuels to cleaner forms […]
Global Coal Power Demand On Track For Record As Green Energy Transition Crumbles
Global Coal Power Demand On Track For Record As Green Energy Transition Crumbles There’s no question that the ‘greenification’ of the global economy has returned many industrial countries to coal in 2021. New data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) shows that the amount of electricity generated worldwide from coal is on track to hit a […]
Bright Green Lies
Bright Green Lies
Used Car Battery Problems Take Shine Off China’s ‘Green’ New Energy Vehicles
Workers assemble electric cars in a factory in Zouping, east China’s Shandong Province on Sept. 16, 2014. (AFP/AFP/Getty Images) Used Car Battery Problems Take Shine Off China’s ‘Green’ New Energy Vehicles In the last decade, China has rapidly expanded its “green” new energy vehicle (NEV) industry but recycling and disposing of hundreds of thousands of […]
Wood for the Trees: rush to green hydrogen masks mammoth plans to wood-chip the forests
Wood for the Trees: rush to green hydrogen masks mammoth plans to wood-chip the forests Biomass projects entail wood chips. Image: @john_kinnander, Unsplash Is green hydrogen yet another spin with catastrophic consequences for the environment? Sue Arnold looks behind the greenwash to find wide-scale plans for logging for wood-chips. Dominic Perrottet and his new Treasurer, Matt Kean, […]
The Fantasy of Electrification
The Fantasy of Electrification Recently, I have come across literally hundreds of people defending EVs, their batteries, and electricity generation of all flavors. Of course, this is all fine and dandy, as I am used to the typical arguments in favor of technology of all stripes and often simply post my article about Problems, Predicaments, and […]
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 […]
To Be Sustainable, Green Energy Must Generate Adequate Taxable Revenue
To Be Sustainable, Green Energy Must Generate Adequate Taxable Revenue What allows any type of energy to be sustainable? I would argue that one of the requirements for sustainability is adequate production of taxable revenue. Company managements depend upon taxable revenue for many purposes, including funding new investments and paying dividends to shareholders. Governments depend upon […]
Still More Green Hypocrisy In the EU, This Time Hydrogen
Still More Green Hypocrisy In the EU, This Time Hydrogen Let’s discuss the meaning of “Green” EU style. Hooray More Green Energy! The EU is cheering a new hydrogen project at a refinery in Germany. The plant will be built by Shell and ITM power and will be able to produce about 1,300 tonnes of […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XVIII
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XVIII Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author As per usual, my comment on an article in The Tyee that gives an interesting perspective on the idea of ‘Carbon Footprint’ and individual verses collective actions in addressing the behavioural/consumption changes necessary for effective action on climate change. * * * Great read […]
Lithium, Cobalt, and Rare Earths: the Post-Petroleum Resource Race
Lithium, Cobalt, and Rare Earths: the Post-Petroleum Resource Race Thanks to its very name — renewable energy — we can picture a time in the not-too-distant future when our need for non-renewable fuels like oil, natural gas, and coal will vanish. Indeed, the Biden administration has announced a breakthrough target of 2035 for fully eliminating U.S. reliance […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XIII
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XIII Electrifying everything has become a rallying cry for many people concerned with the ecological/environmental impact of humanity. But do such attempts to mitigate/solve such problems/dilemmas actually do what they claim to? I would argue no. They are simply substituting one set of problems for another set of problems and completely […]
Clean energy minerals shortage: Who knew it could happen?
Clean energy minerals shortage: Who knew it could happen? The race for so-called green energy has spawned another race, one for the minerals needed to make the devices such as solar panels and batteries that produce, store and transmit that energy. A hitherto largely unchallenged economic idea—that we will always have supplies of everything we […]
