Tag Archives: Europe

Back from Germany

Posted on September 13, 2022 by climatechangefork

A field of dead sunflowers in Farsleben, Germany I have described Germany’s energy transition in earlier blogs (December 9 – 30, 2014, and October 1 – 8, 2019). As I mentioned in last week’s blog, I followed my trip to … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Extreme Weather, Russia/Ukraine, Sustainability | Tagged air conditioner, cooling, Demand, Drought, Economics, Economy, Energy, energy transition, EU, Europe, Flood, Gas, Germany, heat, heating, Hydropower, Market, nuclear power, Oil, Renewable, resilience, Russia, Supply, Transition, Ukraine, Wind | 4 Comments

Confusions: From Ukraine to Oil Companies

Posted on May 10, 2022 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog focused on globalization. Per definition, we are part of the global picture and from this perspective, we have a direct interest in whatever global conflict emerges. Two of our present global conflicts can serve as guides: the … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Energy, Russia/Ukraine | Tagged BP, Chevron, Climate Change, climate change denier, climate denier, denier, Economics, Economy, energy transition, EU, Europe, Exxon, Gas, globalization, information, misinformation, Net-Zero, News, Oil, propaganda, Russia, sanctions, Shell, stocks, Ukraine | Leave a comment

April 2022

Posted on April 12, 2022 by climatechangefork

Monument for our April 13, 1945 liberation in Farsleben, Germany The “official” start of spring this year was on March 20th. However, this month started with April Fool’s Day and it seems that if the world’s events were divided among … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged agression, AR6, change, Coal, covid, Economy, Europe, Farsleben, Future, Germany, Holocaust, IPCC, liberation, monument, Oil, Policy, Report, Russia, sanctions, Ukraine, War | 1 Comment

“Peak” Oil: Self-Limiting or Open-Ended?

Posted on March 15, 2022 by climatechangefork

The Age of Oil started around 1800, when drilling techniques started to become available to extract oil from the ground. Figure 1 shows the oil price changes normalized to a constant US$ (2014) from the American Civil War until 2015. … Continue reading →

Posted in Russia/Ukraine, Sustainability | Tagged alternative energy, availability, covid, COVID 19, Demand, drilling, economic, Economy, electric grid, Energy, energy intensity, EU, Europe, fluctuation, Gasoline, GDP, Germany, Growth, impact, invasion, Oil, OPEC, power grid, prices, renewables, Russia, Supply, Ukraine, US | 1 Comment

Breaking With Business as Usual

Posted on July 20, 2021 by climatechangefork

My last three blogs focused on our collective attempts to limit anthropogenic global warming to an increase of 1.5oC in global temperature or, failing that, no more than 2oC. The series of blogs started with a detailed road map recently … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability, US | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Biden, business as usual, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, commitment, Emissions, EU, Europe, Future, green climate fund, IPCC, law, Mitigation, Paris Agreement, Policy, proposal, radiative forcing, SPM, Trump | Leave a comment

COVID and Climate: Learning From One to Use On the Other

Posted on October 27, 2020 by climatechangefork

I have mentioned the concept of “constructive destruction” in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic before (June 16, 2020). By necessity, our status quo is being disrupted, but that also means we are beginning to grow in unexpected ways. At … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, politics, Trump, US | Tagged bacteria, Biden, Bill Gates, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, CO2, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Debate, disease, Donald Trump, Economy, elections, Europe, fact, Fauci, fossil fuel, Future, ice melt, Joe Biden, lockdown, Oil, pandemic, Pennsylvania, Permafrost, permafrost melt, president trump, Science, Texas, Transition, Trump, truth, US, virus, zero carbon | 13 Comments

School Energy Use: Smart Grids & the Long Term

Posted on July 14, 2020 by climatechangefork

Last week I outlined my school’s effort to measure its energy use during the COVID-19 lockdown. As I mentioned there, I got the data following my (approved) visit to the campus. While I was there, I realized that even without … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Brooklyn College, Calgary, conversion, covid, COVID 19, CUNY, Electricity, Energy, energy distribution, energy transition, EU, Europe, Future, Microgrid, New York, NY, NYC, PG&E, Portland, Power, power source, School, smart grid, Solar, sustailable, Sustainability, Technology, Weather, Wind, zero carbon | 2 Comments

Extreme Weather & the Energy Transition

Posted on June 23, 2020 by climatechangefork

All over the world, people are getting tired of the lockdowns and frozen economies, and yet the virus is still on the rise in many places. As countries and states reopen, carbon emissions are resurging. Here is what that means … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Sustainability, Trump, US | Tagged Adaptation, Brazil, China, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, Donald Trump, Election, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EU, Europe, financing, Freddie Mac, Future, green new deal, greenhouse gas, India, Investment, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Oil, pandemic, Population, Recession, Renewable, renewable energy, Sustainable, US | 3 Comments

Scaling Properties of COVID-19

Posted on May 5, 2020 by climatechangefork

Saturday was a beautiful spring day. The Brooklyn green market downstairs was open. The street and the market were relatively (in the pandemic era) crowded; well managed social distancing was enforced but many people went without masks. The talk of … Continue reading →

Tagged Bangladesh, Bill Gates, Brazil, Brooklyn, case, China, coronavirus, COVID 19, death, Distribution, Economy, effect, epidemic, essential workers, Europe, Future, hot spot, India, Indonesia, Infrastructure, Italy, medical, Mexico, New York, Nigeria, NYC, outbreak, Pakistan, pandemic, Population, Poverty, repercussion, Russia, social distance, Spain, UK, US, virus | Leave a comment

Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst: COVID-19

Posted on April 28, 2020 by climatechangefork

Last week, I promised to shift my focus to COVID-19’s impact on developing countries. So far, most of the media attention has been limited to the coronavirus’ impact on richer countries (e.g. US, Europe, Australia, Canada, etc.). The exact definition … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change | Tagged Anthropogenic, asymptomatic, carbon intensity, chart, Chris Murray, Climate Change, coronavirus, COVID 19, Cuomo, death, Deborah Birx, Economics, Economy, epidemic, epidemiology, Europe, Future, GHG, Global Warming, Health, healthcare, hospital, ICU, IHME, infection, lockdown, methodology, metrics, model, modeling, pandemic, Prediction, social distance, social distancing, spanish flu, Stabilization, stabilize, symptom, test, US, WHO | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Europe

Back from Germany

Confusions: From Ukraine to Oil Companies

April 2022

“Peak” Oil: Self-Limiting or Open-Ended?

Breaking With Business as Usual

COVID and Climate: Learning From One to Use On the Other

School Energy Use: Smart Grids & the Long Term

Extreme Weather & the Energy Transition

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