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Tag Archives: renewables
“Peak” Oil: Self-Limiting or Open-Ended?
The Age of Oil started around 1800, when drilling techniques started to become available to extract oil from the ground. Figure 1 shows the oil price changes normalized to a constant US$ (2014) from the American Civil War until 2015. … Continue reading
Posted in Russia/Ukraine, Sustainability
Tagged alternative energy, availability, covid, COVID 19, Demand, drilling, economic, Economy, electric grid, Energy, energy intensity, EU, Europe, fluctuation, Gasoline, GDP, Germany, Growth, impact, invasion, Oil, OPEC, power grid, prices, renewables, Russia, Supply, Ukraine, US
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The Math of the American Commitment
A short entry appeared in the Scientific American journal in the middle of the COP26 meeting: “Doing the Math on Biden’s Climate Pledge.” The author was trying to explain how the Biden administration—only three months after assuming control from an … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy, law, politics, Sustainability, US
Tagged Adaptation, Biden, carbon capture, carbon emissions, carbon zero, CCS, clean power, Climate Change, CO2, commitment, Congress, COP26, decarbonization, electric car, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, EPA, GHG, hydrogen, Infrastructure, Mitigation, Net-Zero, Obama, Paris 2015, Paris Agreement, renewables, Rhodium, zero emissions
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External Pressures on Oil Companies May Prompt Change. We’ll See.
I posted my first blog here on Earth Day, April 22, 2012. I’m now approaching 500 (498) blog posts. Almost all of them, directly or indirectly, have focused on climate change and the energy transition that we are necessarily going … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Extreme Weather, politics, Sustainability
Tagged BP, Chevron, Clean Energy, Climate Change, climate change denier, commitment, denier, Drought, Energy, energy transition, Extreme Weather, Exxon, fire, Flood, fossil fuel, Gas, Global Warming, green, Heartland Institute, Hurricane, IPCC, motivation, Netherlands, Norway, Oil, renewables, Shell, Solar, US
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The American Jobs Plan & Power Generation by Source
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
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Two Contradictory Versions of “Too Expensive”
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
Posted in administration, Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability
Tagged California, cherry picking global energy transition, choice, Climate Change, Coal, consequence, disease, Electricity, Energy, energy transition, Environment, environmental, fire, fire storm, fossil fuel, Fossil Fuels, Future, Gas, Germany, Global Warming, goals, Hydroelectric, hydroelectricity, individual bias, Insurance, Kenya, mitigating, Mitigation, Oil, Oregon, paradigm, phase-out, Policy, probability, prospect theory, Renewable, renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Sustainable, UN, unlivable, Washington, wild fire, wildfire, Wind, World Bank
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Energy Saving on Specific Campuses
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
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Renewable Energy in Germany: Windmills
One of the main stops on my extensive summer trip (September 4th blog) was Germany. I have talked about that throughout September (with the exception of my September 10th blog, when I focused on Dubai). This blog will be the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Economics, Electricity, Energy, Sustainability
Tagged Angela Merkel, biomass, carbon dioxide, Cars, climate, CO2, CO2 emissions, Coal, commitment, Electricity, Energy, Energy Consumption, energy transition, Fiat, Germany, GHG, greenhouse gases, hydro, manufacture, mineral oil, Natural Gas, Nuclear, nuclear power, Power, power consumption, renewables, Solar, target, Toyota, Wind
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The Holocaust and Climate Change – Past Meets Future in Hillersleben
I have often reflected here upon my past experiences as a Holocaust survivor and have likened climate change to a self-inflicted genocide. One of my main objectives in this summer’s globetrotting trip was to look at the intersection between my … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Holocaust, Sustainability, Water
Tagged Adaptation, Berlin, Berlin wall, biogas, cemetery, East Germany, Fresh Water, Genocide, Germany, Greta Thunberg, Hillersleben, Holocaust, Jew, Jewish, Magdeburg, Mitigation, Nazi, renewables, Self Inflicted Genocide, Solar, Solar Cells, Solar Energy, solar power, Sustainability, Sustainable, topography of terror, Wastewater, Water, windmill
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Cherry-Picking Data in an Energy Transition: Renewables & Polar Bears
My original plan was to continue writing about what I learned during my summer-long trip. Last week I focused on Dubai and I thought to focus this week’s blog on the greenhouses in the Netherlands. However, as usual in this … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Climate Change, Energy, Sustainability
Tagged Adaptation, Al Gore, Anthropogenic, Arctic, arctic melt, biogas, cherry picking, climate, Climate Change, conservation, Economy, Electrical Grid, Electricity, energy transition, Environment, experiment, Germany, global energy transition, Greta Thunberg, ice, ice melt, inconvenient, inconvenient truth, initiative, matter, Netherlands, phase transition, photovoltaics, polar bear, profit, Renewable, renewable energy, renewables, satellite, Science, sea ice, Solar, subsidy, Sustainability, Sustainable, thermometer, turbine, Water, wildlife, Wind, wind farm, wind power
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