Tag Archives: Carbon

Guest Blog: John Morgan: The Catch-22 of Energy Storage and EROI

Posted on November 4, 2014 by climatechangefork

As I mentioned in my blog on October 21st, I have invited John Morgan to post a guest blog about EROI. This week, he has generously agreed to re-post the article that I mentioned, with an added postscript addressing questions … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Australia, Battery, Brave New Climate, buffered, Carbon, Chemistry in Australia, civil engineering, Clean Energy, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, energetic needs, Energy, energy return on investment, Energy Saving, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, EROEI, EROI, Fossil Fuels, Germany, Guest Blog, Hydropower, Investment, John Morgan, Mitigation, Oil, Peter Lang, Power, Power Plants, RMIT, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, Technology, Thermodynamics, unbuffered, US | 5 Comments

Energy Storage Selection

Posted on August 12, 2014 by climatechangefork

This will be the last blog to deal directly with storage technologies. I listed the various technologies in the July 29th post, then followed that up last week, mainly focusing on estimates of future capacity and the investments that will … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Battery, Capacity, Carbon, Cars, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Demand, Discharge Time, Economics, Education, Electric Cars, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Gigafactory, Li-ion Battery, Panasonic, Power, Power Quality, Storage, Storage Capacity, Supply, Tesla | Leave a comment

Energy Transition in the US??? – The World is Watching and So Are We

Posted on June 17, 2014 by climatechangefork

Unless my editors (LCG Communications) decide differently, this blog will be posted about two weeks after the EPA and President Obama announced the new proposal to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. My folder library is already full … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Balance, Carbon, Chamber of Commerce, China, Clean Air Act, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Economics, Electrical Grid, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Environment, EPA, EU, Fossil Fuels, greenhouse gas, India, Natural Gas, Obama, Obamacare, Power, Power Plants, Recession, Reference Year, Regulations, Renewable, Russia, US | Leave a comment

Europe in June: The Schedule of the Sixth International Conference on Climate Change

Posted on June 10, 2014 by climatechangefork

By the time that this blog is posted I will be in England on my way to the Netherlands and France, ending up in Reykjavik, Iceland. In Iceland I will attend the Sixth International Conference on Climate Change. This is … Continue reading →

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Self-Imposing Red Lines

Posted on May 20, 2014 by climatechangefork

Recently, this has become a trend among politicians and organizations: draw a line in the sand (if possible, draw the line in a red color), with an accompanying threat – if you cross this line we (or I) will do … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education | Tagged 350.org, Carbon, Climate Change, Climate Change Fork, CO2 emissions, Fifth IPCC Report, Geoengineering, Global Warming, IPCC, Lesley Stahl, President Obama, red line, Showtime, Sustainability, Sustainable, Syrian War, unburnable carbon, Years of Living Dangerously | 1 Comment

“My Way or the Highway” Can Be a Problem With the Best of Intentions

Posted on November 26, 2013 by climatechangefork

I am an old guy. My wife is younger but also past her official retirement age. Like everybody else, we try to prepare for retirement times by investing our savings. She is also an academic so we share the responsibilities. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptability, Adaptation, Advocacy, Cap and Trade, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Desalination, Diversify, Economics, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Fukushima, Investment, Jim Hansen, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Parallel Processing, Power Plants, Technology, Wastewater, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress | 2 Comments

Out Of Date?

Posted on October 22, 2013 by climatechangefork

In the last few blogs (starting with the September 24 blog) I alternated between two topics – the continuing discussion of fresh water stress and my reactions to the beginning of the publication of the 5th IPCC report (AR5). Here, … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Carbon

Guest Blog: John Morgan: The Catch-22 of Energy Storage and EROI

Energy Storage Selection

Energy Transition in the US??? – The World is Watching and So Are We

Self-Imposing Red Lines

“My Way or the Highway” Can Be a Problem With the Best of Intentions

Out Of Date?

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