Tag Archives: Oil

Guest Blog by Denis Ladyzhensky: Blessings and Climate Change

Posted on April 28, 2015 by climatechangefork

As I mentioned in last week’s blog, April has been a very busy month for me. One of the events I attended was a celebration of my liberation – and that of many others – from Bergen-Belsen and the nightmares … Continue reading →

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Assessment – Spring 2015 – Earth Day

Posted on April 21, 2015 by climatechangefork

Tomorrow is Earth Day and my wife’s birthday – time to celebrate. It’s also time for the spring assessment of the blog. Everything is blossoming around me and seems to be awakening from a very cold winter. Last week I … Continue reading →

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India – Energy Policy

Posted on March 10, 2015 by climatechangefork

Today I will focus on India’s current energy use and the policy decisions that are associated with its energy needs. Next week I will focus on future plans with an emphasis on mitigation and adaptation to climate change. This should … Continue reading →

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The Stuttering Energy Transition and the Sharp Drop in Oil Price

Posted on January 13, 2015 by climatechangefork

Economically, the recent global event that has attracted everybody’s attention is the sharp and major decline in oil prices. Figure 1 shows the decline. I am writing this blog on Friday, January 9th, and the price of Brent Crude is … Continue reading →

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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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Back to the Sustainable Energy Transition: The Physics of Sustainability and Some Tweets About it.

Posted on October 21, 2014 by climatechangefork

In the last blog I strongly advocated simplifying the conversation about climate change, focusing on how we can get from the present “business as usual” scenario to an “environmentally friendly” scenario that will not result in an environment inhospitable to … Continue reading →

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Risk

Posted on September 16, 2014 by climatechangefork

We are not very good at estimating risk. This is especially true of large, infrequent risk. Recently a judge fined BP for being “grossly negligent” in the blowout on the deep water horizon oil rig disaster that killed 11 workers … Continue reading →

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I’m Back – Some Notes on Iceland and Sustainable Energy

Posted on July 1, 2014 by climatechangefork

Well, it’s now July 1st, and I am back home from my combined vacation, family meeting and conference in Iceland. My jet-lag is still in full swing but not enough to freeze me out of the blog schedule. The conference … Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of Sovereign Islands

Posted on August 13, 2013 by climatechangefork

My July 30th blog described Mauritius as a country concerned with climate change, as evidenced by its hosting our conference on the topic, and the creation of its own task force, “Maurice Ile Durable” (MID) to examine all aspects of … Continue reading →

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