Tag Archives: Gas

Universal Hydrogen Economy: Part 2

Posted on November 2, 2021 by climatechangefork

This week, we’re back to our discussion about the hydrogen economy. The Economist published a great summary of the related challenges we’re facing right now: Today’s hydrogen business is, in global terms, reasonably small, very dirty and completely vital. Some 90m … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, chemical, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, decarbonize, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EU, Gas, green, greenhouse gas, hydrochemical, hydrogen, Methane, Mitigation, Oil, petrochemical, Policy, Renewable, Solar, Technology | Leave a comment

Learning from COVID-19 to mitigate the energy transition

Posted on October 19, 2021 by climatechangefork

Two years ago, I wrote a blog, “Cherry-Picking Data in an Energy Transition: Renewables & Polar Bears” (September 17, 2019) that took stock of where we stood in the ongoing energy transition. I am repeating the photos from that blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy | Tagged Adaptation, alternative energy, Carbon, Climate Change, CO2, commitment, covid, Emissions, Energy, energy supply, Fossil Fuels, Gas, low carbon, Mitigation, Oil, Pollution, Renewable, stuttering transition, Transition | Leave a comment

The End of Oil?

Posted on October 12, 2021 by climatechangefork

The UN COP26 is almost here: The latest round of global climate talks will take place from 31 October to 12 November 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Thousands of government delegates and people from civil society, business and the media … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electric Cars, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, automotive, BYD, Cars, CCS, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, CO2, CO2 emissions, Economy, Electric Cars, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Gas, greenhouse gases, hydrogen, hydrogen economy, Investment, jobs, Methane, Mitigation, Oil, Oil Companies, Paris Agreement, Pollution, Technology, Tesla, Toyota, volkswagen | Leave a comment

The Price of the Green Shift

Posted on October 5, 2021 by climatechangefork

I started this series of blogs about energy companies and their shift toward greener power sources with a citation from an earlier blog (July 17, 2013), quoting then-CEO of ExxonMobil, Rex Tillerson, who opined, “What good is it to save … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy | Tagged carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, Chevron, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Exxon, Fossil Fuels, Gas, green, Natural Gas, Oil, power plant, Renewable, Rex Tillerson, Shell, shortage, Solar, subsidize, UK, utilities, Wind, Wyoming | 2 Comments

Energy Companies Shifting Greener

Posted on September 28, 2021 by climatechangefork

What does it mean for oil companies to shift toward being “greener”? How can we measure that change? More than 8 years ago, I talked about how we can use the amount of unextracted fuels as a marker for this … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, Cap, carbon capture, carbon emissions, CCS, Clean Energy, clean power, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, exploration, extraction, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Germany, greenhouse gases, hydrogen, Iceland, Methane, motivator, new mexico, Oil, Oil Companies, Texas, trees | 1 Comment

External Pressures on Oil Companies May Prompt Change. We’ll See.

Posted on September 21, 2021 by climatechangefork

I posted my first blog here on Earth Day, April 22, 2012. I’m now approaching 500 (498) blog posts. Almost all of them, directly or indirectly, have focused on climate change and the energy transition that we are necessarily going … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Extreme Weather, politics, Sustainability | Tagged BP, Chevron, Clean Energy, Climate Change, climate change denier, commitment, denier, Drought, Energy, energy transition, Extreme Weather, Exxon, fire, Flood, fossil fuel, Gas, Global Warming, green, Heartland Institute, Hurricane, IPCC, motivation, Netherlands, Norway, Oil, renewables, Shell, Solar, US | 1 Comment

Electricity Generation: Carbon Intensity and Composition

Posted on May 25, 2021 by climatechangefork

Two years ago (June 18, 2019), I discussed higher-education carbon emissions. This included the lists that organizations such as the Sierra Club made to rank campuses across the country by their emissions. We split emissions into three categories: Scope 1 … Continue reading →

Posted in Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged carbon emissions, carbon intensity, CO2, Coal, EIA, Electricity, Emissions, energy production, EPA, fossil fuel, Gas, generation, heat, heat rate, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Oil, petroleum, primary energy, secondary energy | Leave a comment

The American Jobs Plan & Power Generation by Source

Posted on April 13, 2021 by climatechangefork

Last week, when I discussed the new $2.3 trillion “American Jobs Plan,” I listed the costs of items that directly address climate change mitigation. The second most expensive item was the $174 billion program for electric vehicle incentive. A few … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Electric Cars, Sustainability, US | Tagged Adaptation, American jobs plan, Biden, carbon emissions, carbon zero, Climate Change, CO2, Coal, coronavirus, economic, Economy, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, fossil fuel, fuel, Gas, Global Warming, IEA, Infrastructure, low carbon, Methane, Mitigation, NOAA, Nuclear, Oil, Power, power plant, renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Sustainable, temperature rise, Wind | 3 Comments

Production Gap: Actual Emissions vs. Paris Promises

Posted on March 30, 2021 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Relative country contributions to total global carbon emissions and percentages of emissions over time, 2017 The new administration and the accompanying new leadership of many federal offices have strongly signaled a renewed and strengthened dedication to confront … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Sustainability, US | Tagged China, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, Emissions, Environment, fossil fuel, Future, Gas, Global Warming, India, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, production gap, promise, temperature rise, UN, UNEP, US | 2 Comments

Energy Resilience: Winter in Texas

Posted on February 23, 2021 by climatechangefork

I have written often about resilience and its importance in our energy transition. You can put the word into the search box and see a plethora of posts. Most of them focus on California and Australia, where climate change has … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Extreme Weather, Sustainability, US, Water | Tagged Adaptation, arctic melt, Australia, California, Climate Change, Coal, Don Quijote, Electricity, energy transition, Extreme Weather, fossil fuel, freeze, Gas, Global Warming, nuclear power, Renewable, renewable energy, resilience, Solar, storm, Texas, Water, Wind, windmill, winter, winterize | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Gas

Universal Hydrogen Economy: Part 2

Learning from COVID-19 to mitigate the energy transition

The End of Oil?

The Price of the Green Shift

Energy Companies Shifting Greener

External Pressures on Oil Companies May Prompt Change. We’ll See.

Electricity Generation: Carbon Intensity and Composition

The American Jobs Plan & Power Generation by Source

Production Gap: Actual Emissions vs. Paris Promises

Energy Resilience: Winter in Texas

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