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What a Week! – Scotland and the Climate Change March

Posted on September 23, 2014 by climatechangefork

I have written a great deal on the stuttering energy transition that we are all going through, and the difficult journey we are having in trying to replace our energy sources with more sustainable ones (just put the term “stuttering” … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Alpha Centauri, Ban-Ki Moon, Climate Change, climatechange, Economist, Global Warming, NYC, People's Climate March, peoplesclimate, peoplesclimatemarch, Scotland, UK, UN, Universe | 3 Comments

Risk

Posted on September 16, 2014 by climatechangefork

We are not very good at estimating risk. This is especially true of large, infrequent risk. Recently a judge fined BP for being “grossly negligent” in the blowout on the deep water horizon oil rig disaster that killed 11 workers … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, BP, Climate Change, corn, drilling, Environment, Global Warming, green market, Insurance, loss potential, Mitigation, Oil, risk, risk assessment, risk management, Sandy, Sea-Level Rise, spill | 1 Comment

Income Inequality – Climate Change

Posted on September 9, 2014 by climatechangefork

I just came back from a very intense week in Israel. I went there in the “middle” of a war between Hamas and Israel, which paused for a cease-fire a day after my arrival. This war has been between a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, America, Boko Haram, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Drought, Economics, Egypt, Emissions, End of Now, Environment, greenhouse gas, Hamas, Income, Income Inequality, Inequality, IPAT, Iraq, ISIS, Israel, laws of war, Libya, NIC, Nigeria, Obama, Physics, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Terrorism, Tom Friedman, Ukraine, War, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress, Years of Living Dangerously, Yemen | Leave a comment

Income Inequality – Piketty

Posted on August 19, 2014 by climatechangefork

Summer is about to end and school will start soon. In a few days I will be going on a short trip to Israel to give two talks – one at the Weizmann Institute about water management and climate change, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged 1%, 99%, America, Australia, Books, Canada, Capital, Capitalism, Climate Change, Congress, Data, de Blasio, Discipline, Economics, Election, France, Free Speech, Fundamental Law, Global Population, Hawking Index, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Income, Income Inequality, Inequality, Interdisciplinary, Jordan Ellenberg, Joseph Stiglitz, New York, NYC, Physics, Reading, Science, Science Magazine, Stephen Hawking, Supreme Court, Thermodynamics, Thomas Piketty, UK, US, Water | Leave a comment

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

The Economics of Energy Storage

Posted on August 5, 2014 by climatechangefork

Two of the last three blogs (July 15 and July 29, 2014) discussed the role that energy storage plays in the transition to more sustainable energy sources. In my last blog, I tried to discuss the available technologies. This week, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education | Tagged 2DS, Adaptation, Baseline, Breakthrough, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Economics, Electricity, Energy, Energy Storage, EU, Gigawatt, IEA, India, Kilowatt, kwh, Power, Research, Storage, Technology, Thermal, Unit, United States, US, Watt, World Bank | Leave a comment

Storage – the Technologies

Posted on July 29, 2014 by climatechangefork

A quick note: this week’s post is a bit of a science challenge and requires some further investigation by the reader. Please click through to the links and email me if you have any questions. The Energy Storage Association (ESA) … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education | Tagged Batteries, Car Battary, Chlorination, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Electricity, Electrolysis, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, ESA, Fossil Fuels, Hydroelectric, Lead-Acid; Faraday, Pool, Power Plants, Salt Water Chlorination, Science, Solid State, Swimming, USGS, Water | Leave a comment

Sustainable China?

Posted on July 22, 2014 by climatechangefork

In the last blog I started to discuss the role that energy storage plays in the transition to more sustainable energy sources. While I had originally planned to focus this blog on the various energy storage technologies, I will instead … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Biofuel, Bloomberg, Cars, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Coal, EDGAR, Electric Cars, Electric Vehicles, Electricity, Elisa Wood, Emissions, Energy, Energy Consumption, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Hydroelectric, Power Plants, Renewable Energy World, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, United States, Wind | Leave a comment

The Missing Link – Energy Storage

Posted on July 15, 2014 by climatechangefork

In my last blog (July 8, 2014), I tried to summarize my goals for this blog, and take account of my progress to date. I ended with a short paragraph that described my efforts to educate my readers on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Carrying Capacity, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Consumers, Delivery, Demand, Desalination, Distribution, Economics, EIA, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Sources, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Geothermal, Hydroelectric, Joseph, Management, Nuclear, Oceans, Photovoltaic, Power Plants, Reservoir, Resources, Science, Solar, Storage, Sustainability, Technology, Thermal, Thomas Piketty, Usage, Variability, Wind | Leave a comment

Keeping Score = Quarterly Reports

Posted on July 8, 2014 by climatechangefork

On the evening of July 4th, I was sitting with my wife on our terrace – watching the beautiful firework display over New York City and New Jersey. As it happened, the New York Times that day came with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged 4th of July, Adaptation, America, Bastille Day, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Data, Declaration of Independence, Economics, Economist, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fireworks, France, Global Warming, Independence, Jefferson, Mitigation, Quarterly Reports, Ranking, Revolution, Sustainability, Thomas Piketty, Transformation, UN, United States, World Bank | Leave a comment

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What a Week! – Scotland and the Climate Change March

Risk

Income Inequality – Climate Change

Income Inequality – Piketty

Energy Storage Selection

The Economics of Energy Storage

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The Missing Link – Energy Storage

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