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To keep fossil carbon out of the air, just stop pulling it out of the Earth
To keep fossil carbon out of the air, just stop pulling it out of the Earth Rick Nease / The Detroit Free Press / MCT Expectations for the COP26 climate summit were always low. They had dimmed even further by the time the prominent climate activist Vanessa Nakate of Uganda spoke from the main stage […]
When Surging Floods Meet Expanding Pipelines
When Surging Floods Meet Expanding Pipelines The impact of last week’s deluge sends a sobering message, say engineers and activists. Construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline near Hope, BC, in October. The pipeline is currently shut down due to massive floods and landslides that hit the province last week. Photo by Jonathan Hayward, the Canadian Press. […]
CopOut26, B Grade Cabaret Not Science
CopOut26, B Grade Cabaret Not Science Mercifully, the charade known as Cop 26 has drawn to it’s ignominious end. Almost all commentators are describing this latest Cop as a near total failure. As I have mentioned previously in this space it’s a near total success. The USA created the IPCC to prevent activists scientists from holding […]
OPEC+ Reportedly Threatening Response To Global Coordinated SPR Release
OPEC+ Reportedly Threatening Response To Global Coordinated SPR Release In an apparent ‘threat’ response to headlines suggesting the Biden administration is attempting to coordinate a global SPR release to push down oil prices (and following reports from Japanese media that the government is preparing to release crude from its strategic stockpiles), the Riyadh-based International Energy Forum said OPEC+ […]
To Keep Fossil Carbon Out of the Air, Just Stop Pulling It Out of the Earth
To Keep Fossil Carbon Out of the Air, Just Stop Pulling It Out of the Earth Expectations for the 2021 COP26 climate summit were always low. They had dimmed even further by the time the prominent climate activist Vanessa Nakate of Uganda spoke from the main stage on the Glasgow conference’s next-to-last day. Nakate chided her audience […]
Lack Of New Fossil Fuels Investment May Trigger A New Financial Crisis
Lack Of New Fossil Fuels Investment May Trigger A New Financial Crisis I am an oilfield veteran of 38+ years. Retired from Schlumberger since 2015. My background is drilling and completion fluids. I have authored a number of technical papers on completion topics. I have worked around the world- Brazil, Russia, Scotland, and the Far […]
The Divestment Movement’s Big Month
The Divestment Movement’s Big Month Investors, foundations, universities and governments pulled their assets from fossil fuel companies in record numbers in October. The decades-long push to get large investment funds to pull their money from destructive oil, gas and coal has made several major leaps forward in the past month. One of the biggest occurred […]
What ‘transition’? Renewable energy is growing, but overall energy demand is growing faster
What ‘transition’? Renewable energy is growing, but overall energy demand is growing faster The rise in the renewable energy that’s available is still lower than the rise in global energy demand overall. The shortfall between renewable energy supply and power demand will only widen as economies reopen and travel resumes, with demand already spiking to […]
New Documentary: Headwind”21
New Documentary: Headwind”21 Wow, I was taken aback somewhat by this new documentary just released in September. Of course, I’ve known for quite some time that the “green” and “clean” and “renewable” labels affixed to different projects are nothing more than hype and PR. However, the fact that the people in charge of all of this actually […]
How winter could worsen the global energy crisis.
How winter could worsen the global energy crisis.
Permafrost: a ticking carbon time bomb
Permafrost: a ticking carbon time bomb In Sweden’s far north, permafrost beneath the Stordalen mire is up to thousands of years old. Sheltered by snow-spattered mountains, the Stordalen mire is a flat, marshy plateau, pockmarked with muddy puddles. A whiff of rotten eggs wafts through the fresh air. Here in the Arctic in Sweden’s far […]
How Much of the Worsening Energy Crisis Is Due to Depletion?
How Much of the Worsening Energy Crisis Is Due to Depletion? If society attempts to maintain current levels of energy services throughout the transition, the result will be a spike in both energy usage and carbon emissions. Coal and natural gas spot prices have recently soared to record levels internationally, while oil is trading at over […]
China Rations Diesel Amid Nationwide Fuel Shortages
China Rations Diesel Amid Nationwide Fuel Shortages
Limiting EPA’s Power To Regulate Climate-Changing Gases
Supreme Court To Consider Limiting EPA’s Power To Regulate Climate-Changing Gases The ruling could challenge the Biden administration’s plan to curb carbon emissions right after a key White House proposal died in Congress. The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a set of cases challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, potentially […]
Global Food Prices Set To Soar As The Oil And Gas Crunch Continues
Global Food Prices Set To Soar As The Oil And Gas Crunch Continues Oil and gas prices have risen dramatically this year as a result of underinvestment and recovering demand. Higher fuel prices are weighing on global food supply chains, with transportation and farming costs continuing to climb. The hardest hit will, once again, be […]
