Tag Archives: Power

Analyzing Global Energy Inflation

Posted on June 14, 2022 by climatechangefork

In almost every news broadcast, fuel inflation holds the top spot. This is not surprising. With an energy inflation growth of around 30% per year (see Figure 1) and the average price of gasoline at around $5/gallon (occasionally up to … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy | Tagged Adaptation, Biden, Brazil, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, CO2, CO2 emissions, covid, COVID 19, CPI, decarbonization, decarbonize, economic, Economy, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, EU, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, GHG, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, inflation, Infrastructure, LNG, Military, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Oil, oil company, pandemic, petrostate, politicians, politics, Power, Price, renewable energy, Russia, sanctions, security, Solar, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, Turkey, Ukraine, US, vaccination, vaccine, Wind | 2 Comments

Fog of War: A Dark Sky

Posted on March 8, 2022 by climatechangefork

(Source: EverEdge) Unsurprisingly, this blog will be a continuation of last week’s post, focusing on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As with almost all wars (I took part in a few) the “fog of war” has already taken over and … Continue reading →

Posted in Russia/Ukraine | Tagged Energy, Gas, invasion, Lavrov, Nuclear, Oil, oligarch, OPEC, Power, Russia, stock market, Ukraine, War | Leave a comment

Conclusions From COP26

Posted on November 23, 2021 by climatechangefork

This semester, I am teaching two courses directly related to climate change. I start both with an exploration of the basic science involved. It’s a multidisciplinary topic that requires using first principles to address the overlap of the physical, natural, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Sustainability, UN | Tagged Adaptation, Brazil, Brooklyn College, car, Carbon, CCS, China, Climate Change, climate finance, CO2 emissions, Coal, committment, COP26, Electricity, emission, Energy, fossil fuel, Gas, Glasgow, greenhouse gas, India, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Net-Zero, Oil, pact, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, pledge, Power, Renewable, Research, resilience, Science, Scotland, Solar, Technology, US, Wind | 1 Comment

Managing the Energy Transition: Specifics

Posted on November 16, 2021 by climatechangefork

Rex Tillerson, the former CEO of ExxonMobil, may have asked, “what good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?” (September 21, 2021) but this week, in the context of COP26, the current CEO of Exxon expressed a different … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Australia, Carbon, carbon dioxide, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, climate change denier, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, COP26, Darren Woods, decarbonize, Demand, energy transition, Exxon, fossil fuel, Gas, greenhouse gas, Hydroelectric, hydrogen, lobby, meat, Oil, pig, Pollution, Power, Renewable, Rex Tillerson, Solar, Supply, Transition, UN, UNDP, Wind | Leave a comment

Universal Hydrogen Economy

Posted on October 26, 2021 by climatechangefork

My last 5 blogs have looked at global energy companies’ apparent green shift, questioning their objectives: where are they shifting? Last week, I promised that I’d address both this and the timing needed for the transition. To address the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electric Cars, Electricity, Energy, Water | Tagged Adaptation, Battery, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, Daimler, Drought, Energy, energy production, Extreme Weather, fission, Flood, freshwater, fusion, green, hydrogen, hydrogen economy, Japan, Mitigation, Nuclear, nuclear fusion, Power, power plant, Solar, star, Transition, Water, Water Cycle, water energy nexus | 1 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

Help: How Can We Set Up an Energy Education Park?

Posted on March 24, 2021 by climatechangefork

In 2012, I was with Vinit Parmar, filming the energy transition in the Sundarbans region in India as it moved from traditional hunter-gatherer life to an electrified society (Quest for Energy – 2012, see the April 29, 2014 blog). In … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, community, CUNY, Electricity, Energy, energy transition, India, learning, Mitigation, NY, Power, Renewable, Research, Solar, Sundarbans, Teaching, Technology, university | 3 Comments

Peaceful Presidential Transition vs. the Rise of Nazis

Posted on January 26, 2021 by climatechangefork

I started writing this one day after President Biden and Vice President Harris were inaugurated. Many of us were thoroughly relieved that the event turned out to be a dignified, uneventful transition of power. I wouldn’t quite call it peaceful, … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Holocaust, Trump, US | Tagged baton, Biden, Climate Change, coronavirus, covid, Genocide, Germany, Global Warming, Great Depression, hate, Hitler, Holocaust, Inauguration, Jew, Jewish, mob, Nazi, pandemic, Power, relay, Russian revolution, self-inflicted, spanish flu, Transition, Treaty of Versailles, Trump, US, Weimar Republic, WWI | 1 Comment

Energy Saving on Specific Campuses

Posted on July 21, 2020 by climatechangefork

There are two branches to making campuses more sustainable: reducing carbon emissions (with the objective of zero carbon by mid-century) and increasing resiliency in the energy supply. We have dealt with both objectives throughout this blog. One campus’ conversion to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged America, carbon emissions, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, Drought, Energy, energy distribution, energy efficiency, energy production, energy transition, Extreme Weather, fossil fuel, fuel, global energy transition, Global Warming, independent grid, lab, laboratory, Microgrid, Net-Zero, New York, North America, NYC, NYU, Power, renewable energy, renewables, resiliency, smart grid, Solar, stuttering energy transition, Texas, university, US, UT Austin, Wind, zero carbon | 2 Comments

School Energy Use: Smart Grids & the Long Term

Posted on July 14, 2020 by climatechangefork

Last week I outlined my school’s effort to measure its energy use during the COVID-19 lockdown. As I mentioned there, I got the data following my (approved) visit to the campus. While I was there, I realized that even without … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged Brooklyn College, Calgary, conversion, covid, COVID 19, CUNY, Electricity, Energy, energy distribution, energy transition, EU, Europe, Future, Microgrid, New York, NY, NYC, PG&E, Portland, Power, power source, School, smart grid, Solar, sustailable, Sustainability, Technology, Weather, Wind, zero carbon | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Power

Analyzing Global Energy Inflation

Fog of War: A Dark Sky

Conclusions From COP26

Managing the Energy Transition: Specifics

Universal Hydrogen Economy

The American Jobs Plan & Power Generation by Source

Help: How Can We Set Up an Energy Education Park?

Peaceful Presidential Transition vs. the Rise of Nazis

Energy Saving on Specific Campuses

School Energy Use: Smart Grids & the Long Term

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