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Electricity Through Fusion: Hope vs. Reality

Posted on June 8, 2021 by climatechangefork

I am finishing writing this blog on D-Day, Sunday, June 6th. This commemorates the day the Allied forces invaded Normandy on their way to liberating the rest of Western Europe from the Nazi menace. On April 13, 1945, they reached … Continue reading →

Posted in Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Bomb, carbon emissions, CO2, D Day, Education, elections, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, engineering, fusion, Germany, hydrogen, ITER, JET, memorial, Nuclear, Physics, Pollution, Q ratio, Research, Science, tokamaks, Transition | 1 Comment

Utilities: Calculating our Carbon Footprints

Posted on June 1, 2021 by climatechangefork

I have used Table 1 in the last few blogs (starting on May 11th) to show the carbon intensities for the various sources of energy that we use in large buildings (greater than 25,000ft2) in NYC. From there, I’ve shown … Continue reading →

Posted in Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged carbon efficiency, carbon emissions, Carbon Footprint, carbon intensity, CO2, Coal, electric car, Electricity, electricity intensity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, EPA, fuel, Future, Natural Gas, Nuclear, NYC, Oil, scope, Solar, Wind | 1 Comment

Guest Blog: How Electricity Production In America Is Changing

Posted on April 30, 2019 by climatechangefork

This week, guest bloggers Kyle O’Carroll, Daniel Kruglyak, and Vikash Tewari are taking over the Climate Change Fork blog. We are undergraduate students at Brooklyn College, class of 2020. We are all majoring in physics with minors in biochemistry, chemistry, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, Guest Blog, Sustainability, US | Tagged Adaptation, alternative energy, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, biomass, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, Efficiency, EIA, Electricity, electricity generation, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, Environment, Future, generation, Geothermal, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, hydroelectric power, Idaho, kilowatt-hour, Mitigation, Natural Gas, nonrenewable, Nuclear, Oil, Paris, Paris Agreement, petroleum, Policy, Renewable, Science, Solar, stuttering transition, Sustainability, US, West Virginia, Wind | 7 Comments

Back to the Global Energy Transition

Posted on February 13, 2018 by climatechangefork

A short while back, I got an email from a Dutch friend’s brother, who had just finished reading my book on climate change. I have taken out any personal comments but am including his thoughts on renewable energy as well … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Climate Change, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged Adaptation, amortize, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, bbl, btu, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, crude oil, Dieter Helm, Donald Trump, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, Environment, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, fracking, fusion, gas reserve, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, horizontal drilling, kl, Mitigation, mmbtu, oil reserve, peak oil, Physics, Power, Power Plants, Science, Solar Energy, subsidy, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, Yale | 1 Comment

“America First” and the Green Climate Fund

Posted on June 20, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Cumulative Carbon Emissions In his exit speech from the Paris Agreement on Thursday, June 1st (see the previous two blogs), President Trump characterized the parts of the agreement that call for developed countries to help pay for … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, America, America First, business as usual, Carbon, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Coal, developed, developing, DNNer, Donald Trump, Economics, EIA, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, gcf, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, green climate fund, greenhouse gas, incentive, India, IPCC, jobs, Mitigation, Nauru, Obama, OECD, Paris, Paris Agreement, pollutant, Pollution, Population, Power, Power Plants, Science, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Trump, UN, US, Vatican, World Population | Leave a comment

Stabilization of Additional Indicators

Posted on February 7, 2017 by climatechangefork

We have spent the last two weeks examining how to stabilize our main socioeconomic indicators in order to achieve a long-term sustainable existence. Since climate change is one of the main early signs of the emerging human-dominated geological era (Anthropocene), … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, immigration, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, Affluence, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Bangladesh, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Democratization, Desalination, economic, Economic Growth, Economics, Education, Election, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, energy use, Environment, equality, Fossil Fuels, GDP, GDP per capita, Global Population, Global Warming, governance, Government, gravity, greenhouse gas, hunger, immigrant, immigration, India, indicator, influence, Infrastructure, IPAT, IPCC, Japan, migrant, migration, Mitigation, Physical Environment, Physics, politics, Population, Poverty, Power, refugee, rural, Science, sea level, security, socioeconomic, Solar Energy, Stabilization, Stabilizing, Sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable development, Technology, Temperature, UN, urban, US, Water, Water Scarcity, Water Stress, watercycle, Wealth, wealth distribution, World Bank, World Population | 2 Comments

Assessment – Fall 2016: Global Issues, Personal Perspectives and Climate Change

Posted on October 4, 2016 by climatechangefork

Shana Tova! The Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) is here. For me, it’s a family celebration. According to tradition, we are entering into the year 5777, but nobody that I know of dwells too much on the origin of this … Continue reading →

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Regulating Subsidies

Posted on January 19, 2016 by climatechangefork

The figure above shows the price of Brent crude oil as recorded at the end 2014, along with predictions by two respected financial organizations and the futures market for this past year. The real price today (December 30, 2015) is … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Conference, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, Cap and Trade, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, carbon pricing, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CNG, CO2 emissions, coalition, Conference, consumer, Consumers, COP21, decarbonization, diesel, Economics, Education, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy source, energy transition, Environment, FFFSR, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Gasoline, Global Warming, green, greenhouse gas, IEA, IMF, Indonesia, IPCC, Kuwait, Kyoto Protocol, lobby, LPG, Malasia, Mitigation, New Zealand, OECD, Oil, oil prices, Paris, Power, Prince of Wales, Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group, progress, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, subsidies, subsidy, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, UN, UNFCCC, US, Venezuela, Wind | Leave a comment

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Electricity Through Fusion: Hope vs. Reality

Utilities: Calculating our Carbon Footprints

Guest Blog: How Electricity Production In America Is Changing

Back to the Global Energy Transition

“America First” and the Green Climate Fund

Stabilization of Additional Indicators

Regulating Subsidies

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