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Tag Archives: electrical power
Paris – The Beginning
Figure 1 – New windmill being installed on the Champs-Élysées in Paris (Photo by Patrick Kovarik/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images) This blog will be posted one day after the scheduled opening of the COP21 meeting in Paris. The last … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Antarctica, attack, Ban-Ki Moon, Canada, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, climate, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Conference, COP21, Cycle, Economics, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, environmentalist, Fossil Fuels, Francois Hollande, Global Population, greenhouse gas, guidelines, Hawaii, IPCC, Justin Trudeau, keeling, Keeling Curve, march, Mauna Loa, Mitigation, OCO-2, oscillation, Paris, place de la republique, Pope Francis, Population, Power, protest, refugee, Science, shoes, Solar, stuttering energy transition, Sustainability, Syria, Technology, terrorist, UN, UNFCCC, US, whorf, windmill, World Population
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The Extended Golden Rule
Last week I looked at how Pope Francis used the Golden Rule “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (Mt 7:12) as an anchor for his call for global change. I ended with an attempt to … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Albedo, Anthropogenic, biosphere, California, Clean Energy, Climate Change, cloud, condensation, Desalination, do unto others, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy balance, energy budget, energy cycle, energy flow, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Fresh Water, freshwater, Global Population, Global Warming, golden rule, greenhouse gas, Lake, Mitigation, Ocean, Pope, Pope Francis, Population, Power, Power Plants, rain, river, saltwater, Science, Sea-Level Rise, snow, Solar, Solar Energy, solar radiation, stream, Sustainability, Technology, Temperature, vapor, Water, Water Cycle, water distribution, Water Stress, World Population
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The Drop in Oil Price and What it Means
The test of any major transition is in its response to a sharp perturbation. Often such disturbances come in the form of a major war. Fortunately, the present global energy transition is being tested in a much more peaceful manner. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Biofuel, BP, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Cars, Clean Energy, Climate Change, crude oil, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, Energy Consumption, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, Global Warming, hybrid car, Hydroelectric, Hydropower, Market, Market Prices, Oil, oil price, oil prices, Photovoltaic, Power Plants, Prediction, Renewable, SEIA, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, Wind, wind power
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NIMBY as a Business Strategy
The June 9, 2015 blog focused on traditional NIMBY arguments in the context of attitudes toward wind farms. The main issue I raised was that if we are making the statement that we object to wind farms because they are … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Batteries, Battery, Berkshire Hathaway, business, Catholic, Christia, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Denis Ladyzhensky, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Elon Musk, Emissions, encyclical, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, Future, Germany, Guest Blog, Jewish, muslim, net metering, NIMBY, Omaha, oracle, Papal Encyclical, Photovoltaic, Pope, Pope Francis, Power, Power Plants, Prediction, SEIA, Sofia Ahsanuddin, Solar, Storage Capacity, Technology, Tesla, US, utilities, Utility, Warren Buffett, Wind, wind farm
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NIMBY: Wind vs. Fossil Fuels
Last week I focused on Texas. In spite of its strong inclination toward state autonomy, reluctance to implement new taxes, and its heavy dependence on fossil fuels, it is playing a vital role in the energy transition: The state is … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Democratization, Economics, EIA, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Georgetown, Germany, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Mitigation, NIMBY, Pollution, Power, Power Plants, public opinion, Renewable, Roscoe Wind Farm, Solar Energy, stuttering energy transition, Sustainability, Technology, Texas, Texas Interconnection, Transition, turbine, US, Wind, wind farm
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Texas
Carbon taxation in any form will probably never make it in Texas. It’s a red state that likes its independence, especially when a Democrat presides in Washington. Historically, its residents have shared an intense hatred of regulations and taxes. To … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Baytown refinery, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, deregulated, Economics, EIA, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, federal tax credits, Fossil Fuels, Georgetown, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, high voltage, Power, power lines, Power Plants, Science, Solar Energy, Spindletop, Sustainability, Tax, Technology, Texas, Texas Interconnection, transmission
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Back to the United States: Smaller Scope, Bigger Hope?
Lately I have been looking at Canada’s progress in the stuttering energy transition, however the United States might be a better focal point for assessing the impact that bottom-up policies (from smaller regions below the level of sovereign states) can … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Canada, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, carbon pricing, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Democratization, Drought, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Hawaii, IPAT, Mitigation, Nuclear, Population, Power, Power Plants, RGGI, Science, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Texas, United States, US, Years of Living Dangerously
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British Columbia and the Stuttering Transition
Last week I focused on various localities worldwide that are taking steps to limit the use of fossil fuels through carbon pricing – either in the form of Emission Trading Systems (ETS), also known as cap and trade, or by … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Alberta, BC, British Columbia, Canada, Cap and Trade, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, carbon pricing, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Cleantech, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Conference, Economics, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, ETS, EU, Fossil Fuels, GDP, global energy transition, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Kathryn Harrison, Mitigation, Physics, Power, Power Plants, Science, Solar Energy, stuttering energy transition, Sustainability, Technology, Temperature, temperature rise, US, Vancouver
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Back to the Stuttering Transition – One Scale Down from Sovereign States: British Columbia
One of the lessons that I learned at the Vancouver conference was to start thinking a bit smaller when talking and writing about the global energy transition. From the beginning, I have referred to this as a stuttering energy transition … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, British Columbia, Canada, Cap and Trade, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, carbon pricing, Carbon Tax, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Conference, Economics, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, ETS, Fossil Fuels, GDP, global energy transition, Global Population, Global Temperature, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, India, Kathryn Harrison, Kyoto Protocol, Mitigation, mountain pine beetle, Nuclear, Pacific Coast, Physics, Power, Power Plants, RGGI, Rocky Mountain Range, Rocky Mountains, Science, Solar Energy, stuttering energy transition, Sustainability, Technology, Temperature, temperature rise, US, Vancouver
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