Category Archives: Climate Change

Previous blogs in this series (starting on March 26th) emphasized how the current global shift in electricity generation and energy supply, combined with global electrification, serves as one of the main tools for decarbonization. One key feature discussed in this … Continue reading →

As was shown in a previous blog, the global spread of electricity is a recent phenomenon that took place in the second half of the last century and the beginning of this century. In approximately the same time span, the … Continue reading →

Power lines in the Netherlands with a dark cloud cover (From September 5, 2023, “Utility Pricing”) Happy Earth Day and happy birthday to both my wife and this blog. Climate Change Fork is now 12 years old! The top figure … Continue reading →

Before moving on to global perspectives of electricity generation, I want to talk about a recent perspective that appeared in last week’s NYT Climate section. The article makes the point that the recent growth in the use of electricity in … Continue reading →

This series of blogs was initiated by two conferences that were organized by my school, with a focus on the ongoing energy transition (decarbonization of the energy sources) from fossil fuels, which emit greenhouse gases that have a toxic impact … Continue reading →

Figure 1 – Characteristics of 16 distributed generation utilities in the US (Source: “Quantifying net energy metering subsidies,” from the Electricity Journal; there may be a pay barrier for the full PDF article) Last week’s blog started from the broader … Continue reading →

Figure 1 – Bi-directional electric grid (Source: Ipsun Solar) The top picture in this blog illustrates a possible future electric grid that is designed to encourage the shift to decarbonized sustainable energy. Most sustainable energy sources are directly or indirectly (e.g., … Continue reading →

Many people blame Hillary Clinton’s 2016 loss on her description of half of Trump’s supporters as “deplorables,” a term under which she included people who are racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic, etc. One word she didn’t include in her description … Continue reading →

 Figure 1 – Timeline of the aeons, eras, periods, and epochs (Source: World Economic Forum) Over the last two weeks or so, the papers were full of existential issues. At the top (so it seemed) was President Biden’s advanced age. … Continue reading →

My previous blog emphasized the importance of immigration in equilibrating demographic transition in many countries with below-replacement fertility rates. However, reliance on immigration for population growth makes it a major political issue. This blog starts to explore the political ramifications. … Continue reading →