Tag Archives: US

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany

Posted on December 9, 2014 by climatechangefork

2015 is knocking at the door. I just got The Economist’s “The World in 2015” special issue both in print and digital form. It’s full of numbers, predictions and stories. Most of its numbers and predictions are optimistic extrapolations of … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Australia, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Denmark, E.ON, Economics, Education, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy generation, Energy Storage, energy transition, Environment, Fossil Fuels, France, Fukushima, Germany, Global Warming, India, Mitigation, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Pollution, Power, Power Plants, Science, Sustainability, Technology, United Nations, United States, US | 1 Comment

Yes We Can 2: The Weißbach Paper

Posted on November 18, 2014 by climatechangefork

A few weeks ago, John Morgan wrote a guest blog here (November 4, 2014) called “The Catch-22 of Energy Storage and EROI.” My conversation with him started by way of a Twitter discussion of David MacKay’s paper on the long … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Economics, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Energy Storage, Environment, EROI, Fossil Fuels, Fukushima, Germany, Hydroelectric, Iceland, John Morgan, LCA, Mitigation, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, photovoltaics, Physics, Power, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Technology, United States, US, virtual water, Weißbach, Wind | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, Australia, Battery, Brave New Climate, buffered, Carbon, Chemistry in Australia, civil engineering, Clean Energy, Economics, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, energetic needs, Energy, energy return on investment, Energy Saving, Energy Sources, Energy Storage, EROEI, EROI, Fossil Fuels, Germany, Guest Blog, Hydropower, Investment, John Morgan, Mitigation, Oil, Peter Lang, Power, Power Plants, RMIT, Science, Solar, Solar Energy, Technology, Thermodynamics, unbuffered, US | 5 Comments

Income Inequality – Piketty

Posted on August 19, 2014 by climatechangefork

Summer is about to end and school will start soon. In a few days I will be going on a short trip to Israel to give two talks – one at the Weizmann Institute about water management and climate change, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged 1%, 99%, America, Australia, Books, Canada, Capital, Capitalism, Climate Change, Congress, Data, de Blasio, Discipline, Economics, Election, France, Free Speech, Fundamental Law, Global Population, Hawking Index, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Income, Income Inequality, Inequality, Interdisciplinary, Jordan Ellenberg, Joseph Stiglitz, New York, NYC, Physics, Reading, Science, Science Magazine, Stephen Hawking, Supreme Court, Thermodynamics, Thomas Piketty, UK, US, Water | Leave a comment

The Economics of Energy Storage

Posted on August 5, 2014 by climatechangefork

Two of the last three blogs (July 15 and July 29, 2014) discussed the role that energy storage plays in the transition to more sustainable energy sources. In my last blog, I tried to discuss the available technologies. This week, … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Education | Tagged 2DS, Adaptation, Baseline, Breakthrough, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Economics, Electricity, Energy, Energy Storage, EU, Gigawatt, IEA, India, Kilowatt, kwh, Power, Research, Storage, Technology, Thermal, Unit, United States, US, Watt, World Bank | Leave a comment

Energy Transition in the US??? – The World is Watching and So Are We

Posted on June 17, 2014 by climatechangefork

Unless my editors (LCG Communications) decide differently, this blog will be posted about two weeks after the EPA and President Obama announced the new proposal to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. My folder library is already full … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Balance, Carbon, Chamber of Commerce, China, Clean Air Act, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Economics, Electrical Grid, electrical power, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, Environment, EPA, EU, Fossil Fuels, greenhouse gas, India, Natural Gas, Obama, Obamacare, Power, Power Plants, Recession, Reference Year, Regulations, Renewable, Russia, US | Leave a comment

Microgrids – History is Catching Up.

Posted on April 29, 2014 by climatechangefork

Two weeks ago (April 15, 2014), I discussed some of the changes necessary in the electrical grid to accommodate sustainable power sources. To a major extent, the blog was based on an MIT report titled “The Future of the Electrical … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Adaptation, California, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Current, DNNer, Documentary, Electrical Grid, electrical power, Electricity, Energy, Environment, heat, India, Infrastructure, Macrogrid, Mangrove, Microgrid, Microturbine, MIT, Mitigation, Power, Power Plants, Sundarbans, Sustainability, Technology, Thomas Edison, US, Voltage, Water | 5 Comments

Syria and the Meaning of “Self”

Posted on September 17, 2013 by climatechangefork

Before the Jewish New Year, I got the following message from a friend: On Rosh Hashanah, it is written… On Yom Kippur, it is sealed. May it be written and may it be sealed that you and all your loved ones have … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Bergen-Belsen, Chemical Weapons, Civil War, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change Deniers, Climate Skeptics, Collective Suicide, Environment, Genocide, Global Warming, Hitler, Holocaust, International Law, International Treaties, Kyoto Protocol, Nazi, Rosh Hashanah, Science, Self Inflicted Genocide, Syria, UN, United Nations, US, Warsaw Ghetto, World Population, Yom Kippur | 1 Comment

A Stuttering Energy Transition

Posted on December 24, 2012 by climatechangefork

Figure 1 The EIA (Energy Information Administration) data (see October 15 blog) clearly shows that the US is in the midst of an energy transition. It may not be exactly the one needed to mitigate climate change – but we’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged British, China, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Photothermal, Photovoltaic, Science, Solar, Solyndra, Transition, US, Wind | 41 Comments

Tag Archives: US

Stuttering Energy Transitions: Germany

Yes We Can 2: The Weißbach Paper

Guest Blog: John Morgan: The Catch-22 of Energy Storage and EROI

Income Inequality – Piketty

The Economics of Energy Storage

Energy Transition in the US??? – The World is Watching and So Are We

Microgrids – History is Catching Up.

Syria and the Meaning of “Self”

A Stuttering Energy Transition

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