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Impact Assessment: Self-Inflicted Genocide and the Toronto Principle

Posted on December 27, 2016 by climatechangefork

In the beginning of November I got an email from a student at the University of Pennsylvania that said the following: My name is Richard Ling, a student at the University of Pennsylvania and member of the Fossil Free Penn … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, assessment, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropogenic, assessment, Benjamin Franta, boycott, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Christmas, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, Democratization, divest, divestment, DNNer, Economics, Education, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Exxon, ExxonMobil, fossil free, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Genocide, Global Warming, Godwin's Law, greenhouse gas, Gypsies, Hanukkah, Harvard, Heartland, holiday, Holocaust, Investment, Jew, Jewish, Lemkin, Metro, Mitigation, moral, moral evil, Nazi, New Year, Nuremberg, Oil, Oil Companies, Paris, Paris Agreement, Pennsylvania, Philippe Sands, Physics, Poles, Polish, Population, Power, Power Plants, Race, Raphael Lemkin, religion, Rex Tillerson, Rockefeller, Roma, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, shareholder, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Toronto, US | 1 Comment

COP21: Industry Commitments to Sustainability and Using Consumer Pressure to Keep Promises

Posted on January 12, 2016 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog looked at Unilever’s CEO’s attempts to make his company sustainable. Unilever is not alone in promising to be more environmentally friendly in the long term. One of the less discussed achievements of COP21 was the mobilization of … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, COP21, IPCC, Sustainability, UN, UNFCCC | Tagged Adaptation, Apple, Australia, Autodesk, Belgium, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, commitment, consumer, consumer pressure, COP21, Economics, Elion Resources, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Finland, Fossil Fuels, France, Germany, Global Warming, Goldman Sachs, Google, greenhouse gas, H&M, IKEA, India, Infigen Energy, Investment, investor, IPCC, Italy, Marks and Spencer, Mars, Microsoft, Mitigation, Nestle, Netherlands, Nike, Organization, peer pressure, Power, Power Plants, Procter and Gamble, Renewable, Royal Philips, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, Spain, Starbucks, Sustainability, Sustainable, sustainable development, sustainable production, Sweden, Switzerland, Technology, UK, UN, UNFCCC, Unilever, US, Walmart, Wind | Leave a comment

What Do I Think of the World Bank Data? What Do You Think?

Posted on April 7, 2015 by climatechangefork

If you look at the World Bank database’s website, there is a section under Data called Indicators. Scrolling down that page gets us to the section on those that apply to climate change: Climate Change Access to electricity (% of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Comments, Earth Day, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Consumption, Energy Storage, Environment, Facebook, Fossil Fuels, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, GNI, greenhouse gas, indicator, Investment, IPAT, Methane, Mitigation, Physics, Population, Population Density, Poverty, Science, Social Media, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Twitter, World Bank, World Population | 37 Comments

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Storage

Posted on December 30, 2014 by climatechangefork

As I have mentioned before, electric utilities must necessarily store electricity in order to keep up with the fluctuations in consumer demands (July 29 – August 12 blogs). For example, all around the world (where people are connected to electrical … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Agora Energiewende, Clean Energy, client, Climate Change, Coal, Cost, David MacKay, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, EROI, feed-in tariff, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Germany, intermittency, Investment, John Morgan, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Photovoltaic, photovoltaics, Pollution, Power, Renewable, Renewable Energy Act, Solar Energy, Supply, tariff degression, Technology, Utility | 1 Comment

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Producers

Posted on December 23, 2014 by climatechangefork

As I discussed in the in the last blog, the feed-in tariff that was introduced as a key element in the German energy transition has resulted in the Germans paying among the highest electricity rates in the world. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, China, Clean Energy, client, Climate Change, Coal, Cost, Crystalline Modules, duty, E.ON, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, EROI, EU, feed-in tariff, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Germany, Investment, Malaysia, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Photovoltaic, photovoltaics, Pollution, Power, Price, producers, quota, Renewable, Renewable Energy Act, Solar, Solar Cells, Solar Energy, Solyndra, Supply, Tariff, tariff degression, Technology, US, Utility, Wind, WTO | 1 Comment

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Consumers

Posted on December 16, 2014 by climatechangefork

The German Renewable Energy Act (German: Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz, EEG) was designed to encourage cost reductions based on improved energy efficiency from economies of scale over time. The Act came into force in the year 2000 and was the initial spark behind … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Clean Energy, client, Climate Change, Coal, Cost, E.ON, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, feed-in tariff, Fossil Fuels, Gas, Germany, Investment, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Pollution, Power, Renewable, Renewable Energy Act, Solar Energy, Supply, tariff degression, Technology, Utility | Leave a comment

Guest Blog: John Morgan: The Catch-22 of Energy Storage and EROI

Posted on November 4, 2014 by climatechangefork

As I mentioned in my blog on October 21st, I have invited John Morgan to post a guest blog about EROI. This week, he has generously agreed to re-post the article that I mentioned, with an added postscript addressing questions … Continue reading →

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The World and Me

Posted on September 30, 2014 by climatechangefork

As I mentioned in my last blog, it’s been a busy month. Among other events, the semester started, and there was an enormous climate change march in Manhattan (paired with others globally) in anticipation of the United Nations special session … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Ban-Ki Moon, Climate Change, climatechange, decarbonize, deforestation, Democratization, Economics, Education, externality, Global, internality, Investment, NYC, Obama, People's Climate March, peoplesclimate, peoplesclimatemarch, personalize, Science, signs, UN, United Nations | 8 Comments

“My Way or the Highway” Can Be a Problem With the Best of Intentions

Posted on November 26, 2013 by climatechangefork

I am an old guy. My wife is younger but also past her official retirement age. Like everybody else, we try to prepare for retirement times by investing our savings. She is also an academic so we share the responsibilities. … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptability, Adaptation, Advocacy, Cap and Trade, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Desalination, Diversify, Economics, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Fukushima, Investment, Jim Hansen, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Parallel Processing, Power Plants, Technology, Wastewater, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress | 2 Comments

Conflicts and Navigation

Posted on February 18, 2013 by climatechangefork

The perspective of sustainability that I have advocated in the last three blogs was aimed toward the horizon and focused on maintaining equilibrium with the physical environment. I proposed reaching this equilibrium through a combination of recycling our resources, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Economics, Environment, Game, Global Warming, Horizon, IEC, Investment, Keynes, Lori Scarlatos, NIMBY, Obama, Romney, Science, Sustainability | 4 Comments

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Impact Assessment: Self-Inflicted Genocide and the Toronto Principle

COP21: Industry Commitments to Sustainability and Using Consumer Pressure to Keep Promises

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Storage

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Producers

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany – Consumers

Guest Blog: John Morgan: The Catch-22 of Energy Storage and EROI

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