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Telling the Truth About Our Future
Telling the Truth About Our Future Renewable energy is a poor substitute for fossil fuels. That’s because renewables are a diffuse form of energy and produce power only about one-third of the time. That doesn’t stop renewable energy true-believers from trying to bend the laws of physics to tell a story that’s not true. EROI** (energy […]
Does Renewable Energy Have a Higher EROI Than Fossil Fuels?
DOES RENEWABLE ENERGY HAVE A HIGHER EROI THAN FOSSIL FUELS? There is new momentum behind the idea that renewable energy has a higher energy return on investment (EROI) than fossil fuels. That contrasts with decades of consensus that the EROI of oil, for example, ranges from 18 to 35 while the range for solar is from 6 […]
Corn for ethanol & soy for biodiesel tremendously destructive
Corn for ethanol & soy for biodiesel tremendously destructive The Green Gold Rush to make biodiesel has begun in earnest in California. It would not be profitable without subsidies from LCFS credits, federal RIN D5 credits, and Blenders Tax Credits at $3.32 a gallon, which is enough to cover production costs, according to Van der […]
Fossil Fuel Companies Received $5.9T in Subsidies Worldwide
Fossil Fuel Companies Received $5.9T in Subsidies Worldwide Fossil fuel subsidies shield us from the real price at the pump Oil Refinery at Night 2020 was a banner year for fossil fuel subsidies worldwide propping up the world’s oil companies with $5.9T in subsidies according to the International Monetary Fund. Conservative estimates put US subsidies to oil companies […]
5 Signs a Civilization is About to Fail
5 Signs a Civilization is About to Fail
THE ENERGY DISASTER KICKING INTO FULL GEAR: World Is Totally Unprepared For What’s Ahead
THE ENERGY DISASTER KICKING INTO FULL GEAR: World Is Totally Unprepared For What’s Ahead There’s more evidence finally surfacing in the media of the dire energy predicament the world is now facing. The negative ramifications of peak oil and the falling EROI were going to hit the world economy within the next 2-5 years, but […]
Energy Return on Investment (EROI).
Energy Return on Investment (EROI). This is the text of a book review that I wrote, and which has just been published online in the journal Science Progress. Energy Return on Investment: A Unifying Principle for Biology, Economics and Sustainability. CHARLES A. S. HALL, Springer 2017 ISBN 9783319478203; xii + 174 pp; £37.99 The preeminent mathematical […]
The Massive Increase Of Central Bank Paper Assets Warns Of Financial Danger Ahead
The Massive Increase Of Central Bank Paper Assets Warns Of Financial Danger Ahead By purchasing increasingly worthless paper assets, we can thank the central banks for propping up the global economy for the past decade. Since the 2008 financial crisis, the top central bank’s have acquired $13 trillion worth of assets on their balance sheets. […]
The real Energy Return of Crude Oil: smaller than you would have imagined
The real Energy Return of Crude Oil: smaller than you would have imagined A simple but important study by Luciano Celi shows what is the real energy return that oil companies manage to attain. Much smaller than you would have believed, in several cases it is today well below 10. Which means that renewable energies […]
Something about the Oil companies’ EROI
Something about the Oil companies’ EROI Researchers involved in the energy sector know very well what the EROI (acronym of Energy Return on Investment) is and how frequently is cited in scientific publications, in spite of differences of definition among researchers. Well aware of the fact that we arrived last in the middle of a […]
Pedro Prieto: many solar panels won’t last 25-30 years, EROI may be negative
Pedro Prieto: many solar panels won’t last 25-30 years, EROI may be negative Preface. Pedro Prieto and Charles Hall wrote the definitive book on the EROI of solar power, “Spain’s Photovoltaic Revolution. The Energy Return on Investment” and has built many commercial facilities himself and witnessed the failure of solar panels long before the supposed 25-30 […]
