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Back to the Energy and Population Transitions: Electrification and Brain Drain

Posted on February 1, 2022 by climatechangefork

In this blog, I will look at the ongoing global energy transition and the declining populations of rich countries around the world. I am specifically interested in attempts to redefine sustainable energy sources, as well as the ways in which … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability | Tagged CO2 emissions, developing, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, greenhouse gas, Mitigation, Oil, Power Plants, Science, sustailable | 1 Comment

Hydrogen Economy: Japan in the Lead

Posted on April 2, 2019 by climatechangefork

While exploring the global efforts to produce and use electric cars (see March 12–26, 2019 blogs), I encountered a piece by CNBC about Toyota’s efforts to help Japan in transitioning to a hydrogen-fueled economy: Earlier this month, Toyota announced a … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Electric Cars, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, baryonic, Carbon, carbon capture, carbon pricing, CCS, chemistry, clean air, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, decarbonization, dirty energy, Economics, Economy, electric car, electric vehicle, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy efficiency, energy security, energy transition, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, hydrogen, hydrogen power, Japan, Mitigation, Natural Gas, Paris Agreement, photoelectrochemical, photosynthesis, Physics, Pollution, Power Plants, Price, Renewable, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Sustainable, Technology, Toyota | 4 Comments

Electric Cars, Power Sources, and Truth in Advertising: Doing the Math

Posted on March 19, 2019 by climatechangefork

As I have often mentioned here, I teach two courses that relate to climate change at my university: the advanced Physics and Society and the general education Energy Use and Climate Change. This blog plays an important role in both … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Education, Electric Cars, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, calculation, China, Class, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, Education, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, environmental impact, Fossil Fuels, France, fuel, fuel economy, Gasoline, Germany, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, India, Japan, Math, Mitigation, mpg, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Physics, Power, Power Plants, power source, Renewable, renewable energy, Russia, savings, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, US, vehicle, Wind | 1 Comment

Electric Cars, Power Sources, and Truth in Advertising

Posted on March 12, 2019 by climatechangefork

Close to three weeks ago (February 24th), I watched a 60 Minutes segment on electric car production in China. I was impressed with the Chinese efforts to promote the transition, including waiving the high tax on license plates in Shanghai … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability | Tagged Adaptation, air pollution, altima, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, BAIC, BMW, Cars, Chery, China, Clean Energy, clean power, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, Cost, Economics, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, France, fuel, fuel economy, Gas, Germany, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Japan, kwh, leaf, license plate, mpg, Natural Gas, nissan, Nuclear, Pollution, Power, power plant, Power Plants, renault, renewable energy, Science, Shanghai, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Tax, Technology, Tesla, US, vehicle | 1 Comment

Governing Through Denial

Posted on December 4, 2018 by climatechangefork

The consequences of continuing the business as usual activities that result in climate change are not a mystery. We are in the middle of an avalanche of credible reports about the present state of the world and near future prognoses … Continue reading →

Posted in administration, Anthropocene, Climate Change, IPCC, law, politics, Sustainability, Trump | Tagged Adaptation, administration, air quality, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Balance, bias, black friday, business as usual, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, censor, China, Clean Energy, clean power, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, conspiracy, Donald Trump, doubling time, economic damage, Economics, Economy, Emissions, energy transition, Environment, EPA, Exponential Growth, FEMA, Flood, Flooding, GHG, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, Heartland, Heartland Institute, heat, heat wave, hoax, IPCC, Japan, keystone xl, Labor, mortality, NASA, NCA, Policy, Power, Power Plants, RCP, Report, security threat, Thanksgiving, Trump, tweet, US, Weather, WMO, worst, worst-case | Leave a comment

Guest Blog by Sonya Landau: Unsustainable Desert: People Have Been Living in Tucson for Thousands of Years; How Much Longer Can That Continue?

Posted on October 9, 2018 by climatechangefork

I have been Micha’s editor and helped run this blog since the beginning. I’m excited to have the chance to contribute to Climate Change Fork. Tucson is a magical place. Then again, I’m biased – it is my home town … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Guest Blog, immigration, refugee, Sustainability, Water | Tagged Adaptation, aquifer, Arizona, AZ, cacti, cactus, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Deniers, climate refugee, Climate Skeptics, Colorado River, coyote, cultivation, death, desert, dry heat, Economics, ecosystem, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, farming, Florence, Fossil Fuels, Future, Global Warming, gray water, groudwater, ground water, Guest Blog, heat, heatstroke, History, hot, Hurricane, immigrant, immigration, life, Maldives, Maria, Mexico, migrant, migration, Mitigation, Phoenix, Population, Power, Power Plants, Puerto Rico, reclaimed water, refugee, Reservoir, roadrunner, Science, sea level, Solar, Solar Energy, solar panel, Sonora, Sonoran desert, Sonya Landau, Sustainability, Sustainable, Tucson, undocumented, US, Water, water level, water portfolio, Water Scarcity, Water Shortage, Water Stress, water supply | 5 Comments

Vulnerabilities: Coral Reefs

Posted on June 26, 2018 by climatechangefork

In one of my earliest blogs (July 31, 2012), I talked a little bit about the start of my interest in man-made contributions to global climate change. Up until that time my main academic interest was focused on energy use. … Continue reading →

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The Economic Impacts of Ocean Decline

Posted on June 12, 2018 by climatechangefork

Last week’s blog about the Ocean Health Index stressed the importance of including the sustainability of human impacts in any discussions about ocean health (this accounted for about 50% of the indexing). This blog will focus on the economic impacts … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Sustainability, Water | Tagged 4th extinction, acidification, Adaptation, Africa, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, aquaculture, Asia, Australia, blue economy, Canada, Carbon, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, CO2 emissions, definition, Economics, Economy, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, Environment, Europe, export, FAO, farming, Fish, fish farming, fishery, fishing, Food, Fossil Fuels, Future, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, greenhouse gas, impact, indicator, Indonesia, IPCC, Ireland, Japan, microplastic, Mitigation, New Zealand, Ocean, ocean economy, Ocean Health Index, Ociania, overfishing, plastic, Pollution, Population, Power, Power Plants, Science, South Korea, Sustainability, Technology, Tourism, UK, UN, US, value added, World Bank, World Population | Leave a comment

Water Cycle Vulnerabilities

Posted on April 24, 2018 by climatechangefork

Happy belated Earth Day and Happy 6th Birthday to Climate Change Fork! I have repeatedly mentioned that global climate change is driven mainly by our interruption of the energy cycle. Specifically, we use fossil fuels as our main energy source … Continue reading →

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If You Don’t Believe In Climate Change – Try It!

Posted on April 17, 2018 by climatechangefork

This blog is coming out three days after the March for Science and five days before Earth Day and my wife’s birthday. It’s a busy week. Climate change is an abstract issue. Its main impact is projected to take place … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Power Plants

Back to the Energy and Population Transitions: Electrification and Brain Drain

Hydrogen Economy: Japan in the Lead

Electric Cars, Power Sources, and Truth in Advertising: Doing the Math

Electric Cars, Power Sources, and Truth in Advertising

Governing Through Denial

Guest Blog by Sonya Landau: Unsustainable Desert: People Have Been Living in Tucson for Thousands of Years; How Much Longer Can That Continue?

Vulnerabilities: Coral Reefs

The Economic Impacts of Ocean Decline

Water Cycle Vulnerabilities

If You Don’t Believe In Climate Change – Try It!

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