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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

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

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

First-Principle Chemistry: Carbon Intensity

Posted on May 18, 2021 by climatechangefork

My last two blogs (May 4th and 11th) dealt with the challenges inherent in a new law that mandates carbon footprint reduction within large buildings in New York City, where I live and work. As with many other laws, there’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Energy, law, Sustainability | Tagged Carbon Footprint, carbon intensity factor, chemistry, CO2, CO2 emissions, Emissions, Energy, law, Methane, mole, Natural Gas, New York, NYC | 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

Fake News

Posted on January 16, 2018 by climatechangefork

I am an old guy; my bucket list is modest but I am trying to check off the remaining items while I can still fully enjoy them. There’s only one that remains out of my reach: I want to travel … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, IPCC, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Carbon, Carbon Cycle, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, climate science, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, denier, Donald Trump, Edward Teller, Elon Musk, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, fake, fake facts, fake news, fake science, false, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Google, greenhouse gas, hockey stick, James Hansen, Mars, Methane, News, pollutant, Pollution, reproducible, Science, scientist, Stephen Hawking, Trump, US, venus | Leave a comment

Back to Climate Change: A Summary of What Happened in July

Posted on August 8, 2017 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 – Melting Siberian permafrost results in craters Figure 2 – Detachment of Antarctican Iceberg the size of Delaware Even though I was on a vacation in Asia and Australia for a month, in this day and age … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Change, Sustainability, UN | Tagged Adaptation, Al Gore, alarmist, Antarctica, Anthropocene, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, crater, David Wallace-Wells, Delaware, DNNer, Donald Trump, doomsday, Economics, Emissions, End of Now, Energy, energy transition, Environment, EPA, fear, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, iceberg, impact, inconvenient, IPCC, Media, Methane, Mitigation, News, Paris, Paris accord, Paris Agreement, Physics, Power, Science, Siberia, Sustainability, teach, teacher, Technology, Trump, UN, US, worst-case | 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

Yes We Can 3: The Alcohol Debate

Posted on November 25, 2014 by climatechangefork

This will be the last in the series of blogs on EROI that started with John Morgan’s guest blog (November 4). The set of data in all three blogs was based on a paper by Weißbach et al. that suggested … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, alcohol, Biofuel, Carbon, Clean Energy, Climate Change, corn, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Consumption, energy generation, energy return on investment, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, Environment, EPA, EROI, ethanol, Fossil Fuels, Global Population, greenhouse gas, Hubbert Peak, Hydropower, John Morgan, Joseph, Methane, Mitigation, Population, Power, Power Plants, RFS, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, Thanksgiving, USDA, Water, Weißbach, Wind, World Population | 4 Comments

Where is our Tipping Point?

Posted on January 21, 2013 by climatechangefork

The spring semester is about to start. I am preparing to teach a new course on Physics & Society. I was chatting about the new course with a friend – a distinguished physicist. His comment was – don’t “forget” to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Albedo, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Sensitivity, Genocide, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, IPCC, Methane, Permafrost, Physics, Physics & Society, Quants, Revkin, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, Temperature, Tipping Point, Weatherall | 3 Comments

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Universal Hydrogen Economy: Part 2

The End of Oil?

Energy Companies Shifting Greener

First-Principle Chemistry: Carbon Intensity

The American Jobs Plan & Power Generation by Source

Fake News

Back to Climate Change: A Summary of What Happened in July

Yes We Can 3: The Alcohol Debate

Where is our Tipping Point?

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