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Two Contradictory Versions of “Too Expensive”

Posted on September 15, 2020 by climatechangefork

I’m still in lockdown but I have the resources to communicate with the world. I have the opportunity to expose myself to different kinds of information while avoiding exposure to the pandemic. The piece below came from Forbes magazine, which, … Continue reading →

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Big Oil’s in Trouble: What’s Next?

Posted on September 8, 2020 by climatechangefork

The political fight over mitigation of climate change now spans more than two generations. The fossil fuel industry has long seen mitigation as a direct threat to its business model. It has, whether directly or indirectly, used institutions such as … Continue reading →

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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

Negative Energy Pricing

Posted on June 9, 2020 by climatechangefork

Last week, I outlined some markers of how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the global energy transition and how that ties in with climate change in the long run. For instance, the global decrease in GDP and the resulting drop … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy | Tagged Battery, carbon emissions, CO2, Coal, conservation of energy, conversion, coronavirus, covid, COVID 19, crude oil, Demand, Economics, Economy, Electricity, Energy, energy transition, fossil fuel, GDP, Germany, greenhouse gas, Hydroelectric, lockdown, negative energy pricing, Oil, pandemic, Physics, Power, power company, power plant, power prices, primary energy, Renewable, Solar, Supply, Sustainability, Sustainable, US, Weather, Wind | Leave a comment

Earth Day in a Pandemic

Posted on April 21, 2020 by climatechangefork

Tomorrow is the 50th Earth Day, my wife’s birthday, and the 8th birthday of this blog. Happy Birthday to everybody. This year, however, Earth Day will not be the same festive occasion that will include community events out in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy | Tagged China, Climate Change, coronavirus, COVID 19, Drought, Earth Day, Economy, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, EPA, GDP, Himilaya, India, megadrought, Oil, Policy, Pope Francis, Price, renewable energy, shutdown, social distancing, Solar, Southwest, US, Wind | 1 Comment

Coal Intensity & Coal Consumption

Posted on October 30, 2019 by climatechangefork

Today I am continuing my series (which started October 15th) examining the early signs of the global energy transition. In the previous two blogs my emphasis was on use of primary energy and electricity. This week, I’m looking at coal … Continue reading →

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Primary Energy: What Fraction Do We Use for Electricity Production?

Posted on October 22, 2019 by climatechangefork

Last week I looked at changes in electricity use (from 2000-2014), as a fraction of primary energy use, specifically as an early indicator of the energy transition to a more sustainable mix. I paid special attention to a group of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Bangladesh, Brazil, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, China, Clean Energy, CO2 emissions, Coal, electrical power, Electricity, electricity access, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, France, Germany, heat, high income, India, Indonesia, Japan, low income, Mexico, middle income, Natural Gas, Nigeria, Nuclear, Oil, Pakistan, Physics, primary energy, Renewable, Russia, secondary energy, Solar, Sustainability, Thermodynamics, Turkey, UK, US, Wind | 1 Comment

Income Inequality: Climate Apartheid

Posted on August 20, 2019 by climatechangefork

About three months ago (May 14, 2019) I featured a student-written guest blog on income inequality. That blog centered on transportation. It wasn’t the first time that we have addressed the issue on Climate Change Fork. Previous blogs that focused … Continue reading →

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Graduation: Congrats to My Students!

Posted on May 21, 2019 by climatechangefork

Classes ended this week. By the time that I post this blog, my students’ final exams will also be history. The last four guest blogs were written by students in my Physics and Society course—a research-based course that I offer … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Tag Archives: Oil

Two Contradictory Versions of “Too Expensive”

Big Oil’s in Trouble: What’s Next?

Extreme Weather & the Energy Transition

Negative Energy Pricing

Coal Intensity & Coal Consumption

Primary Energy: What Fraction Do We Use for Electricity Production?

Income Inequality: Climate Apartheid

Graduation: Congrats to My Students!

Guest Blog: How Electricity Production In America Is Changing

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