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From Firewood To Fracking – 250 Years Of Energy Sources
From Firewood To Fracking – 250 Years Of Energy Sources With EIA forecasting $250/bbl crude oil in the next 20 years, one wonders how long before ‘muscle’ or ‘firewood’ returns as the world’s major energy source? Source: @MaxCRoser
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 […]
How the climate change debate got hijacked by the wrong standard of proof
How the climate change debate got hijacked by the wrong standard of proof Everyone loves a courtroom drama–especially one that pits a feisty, but a determined criminal defense attorney against the awesome power of a prosecutor who has the resources of the state behind him or her. We see such David and Goliath stories every week on […]
Quebec City climate-change march draws 25,000 people
Quebec City climate-change march draws 25,000 people March is in advance of premiers’ summit next wee A climate-change march drew about 25,000 people to the streets of Quebec City on Saturday, as protesters try to encourage premiers to take a tougher stance on climate and pipeline regulations. Energy East pipeline project changes encouraging, expert says Dramatic […]
The Law of Diminishing Returns
The Law of Diminishing Returns Part one of a four-part video series. Released in conjunction with Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels. Is modern society hitting our defining moment, the point of diminishing returns? In this brand new short video released today, Richard Heinberg explores how — in our economy, the environment, and energy production — we may well be. When […]
Can We Really Cut CO2 Levels By Leaving Fossil Fuels In The Ground?
Can We Really Cut CO2 Levels By Leaving Fossil Fuels In The Ground? Population growth in the world’s developing economies, particularly Africa and Asia, has been and will continue to be a primary driver of demand for energy resources into the near and distant future. As more babies are delivered into the world, they will […]
The hidden reasons behind slow economic growth: Declining EROI, constrained net energy
The hidden reasons behind slow economic growth: Declining EROI, constrained net energy It should seem obvious that it takes energy to get energy. And, when it takes more energy to get the energy we want, this usually spells higher prices since the energy inputs used cost more. Under such circumstances there is less energy left […]
Earth’s Second Lung Has Emphysema
Earth’s Second Lung Has Emphysema Many consider forests as the ‘lungs’ of the planet — the idea that trees and other plants take up carbon and produce oxygen (the carbon and oxygen cycles). If we are to be fair though, the oceans store about 93% of the Earth’s carbon pool (excluding the lithosphere and fossil […]
Canada’s Energy Policy Should Not Be an Oil and Gas Policy
Canada’s Energy Policy Should Not Be an Oil and Gas Policy I was out for dinner with a friend the other night and, naturally, the conversation turned to food, energy policy and how they are linked. As our server was well aware, and as almost any restaurant employee could tell you, language is important. Culinary […]
Texas Town First Of Many To Switch To 100% Renewable Power
Texas Town First Of Many To Switch To 100% Renewable Power On March 18 the city of Georgetown, Texas announced that it would soon be generating 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. Georgetown agreed to purchase the power from a 150-megawatt solar farm that is to be constructed by SunEdison and online in 2016. Coupled […]
Dramatic UK Emission Drop Just a ‘Taste of What Could Be Achieved
Dramatic UK Emission Drop Just a ‘Taste of What Could Be Achieved UK greenhouse gas emissions fell by 8.4 percent between 2013 and 2014, according to official figures released today by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Carbon emissions fell by 9.7 percent. A 23 percent reduction in coal use and record warm temperatures were the main […]
Goldilocks Is Dead
Goldilocks Is Dead Five years ago I wrote an article for Reuters titled “Goldilocks and the Three Fuels.” In it, I discussed what I call the Goldilocks price zone for oil, natural gas, and coal, a zone in which prices are “just right”—high enough to reward producers but low enough to entice consumers. Ever since […]
US Could Slash Global Warming Emissions By Curbing Fossil Fuels Extraction On Public Lands
US Could Slash Global Warming Emissions By Curbing Fossil Fuels Extraction On Public Lands The U.S. Department of the Interior this week announced new fracking regulationsthat will serve as the only federal rules enforcing any kind of safety measures on the controversial drilling technique when they go into effect in a few months. The rules only apply to […]
Wind May Win The Renewable Race – But At What Price?
Wind May Win The Renewable Race – But At What Price? You only need to drive the long, lonely stretches of highway in west Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Colorado or even parts of California to know that wind farms have become prolific across America. In fact, there are over 48,000 wind turbines spinning their blades in at […]
Mark Carney defends Bank of England over climate change study
Mark Carney defends Bank of England over climate change study Governor hits back at Nigel Lawson’s description of research into effects of global warming on insurance industry as ‘green claptrap’ Climate change is one of the biggest risks facing the insurance industry, the governor of the Bank of England has said after a former Conservative chancellor dismissed […]
