Questioning “Our Renewable Future”
We can and must shift to renewables, but there must also be dramatic reduction in energy consumption, rich world “living standards” and GDP.
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Does the Australian LNG export experience foreshadow soaring U.S. natural gas prices?
A foolish energy policy gives away Australian energy resources at bargain prices to foreign countries, according to critics.
Sure, Pipelines are Good for Oil Companies, but What about Jobs Related to Preserving Nature and Culture?
A more accurate reckoning of the economic benefits of pipelines needs to consider the negative impact of pipelines on other parts of our economy.
Renewable Electricity Generation In Asia – A Realistic Assessment
The situation in Asia shows the problem facing the global electricity sector; as rich countries struggle to peak or reduce emissions, newly industrializing countries are rapidly increasing fossil fuel usage as they move through the energy intensive early stages of industrialization.
Clean energy: The Challenge of Achieving a ‘Just Transition’ for Workers
But while measures to curb emissions and reduce the impacts of rising temperatures will be good for the many, the few who work in industries affected by climate policies risk losing their livelihoods as the economy leans increasingly upon renewable energy.
Risk, double-edged swords and imagining the worst
Those who can imagine the worst ought to be regarded as prudent planners rather than overwrought Cassandras. After all, Cassandra turned out to be right. Her curse was that no one would believe her.
Two Charts Show how Fossil Fuels could Peak by 2020
According to fossil fuel companies, the world will continue to rely on their products for decades. They even have sophisticated scenarios, outlooks and modelling to prove it.
Alternative Geologies: Trump’s “America First Energy Plan”
Donald Trump’s official Energy Plan envisions cheap fossil fuel, profitable fossil fuel and abundant fossil fuel. The evidence shows that from now on, only two of those three goals can be met – briefly – at any one time.
Renewable Electricity Generation In North America – A Realistic Assessment
Taking into account fugitive methane emissions from the production and distribution of natural gas, the U.S. electricity-generating sector may not reduce overall climate-warming emissions at all during the foreseeable future.
End of the “Oilocene”: The Demise of the Global Oil Industry and of the Global Economic System as we know it
Reserves of conventional “easy” oil have mostly been used up. How likely is it that remaining reserves will be produced at the rate projected?
Green Bonds
What are green bonds, and how can they help mobilize private capital to fund energy transition and climate change mitigation measures? What kinds of things can green bonds be used to fund?
Energy from Waste, or Waste from Energy?
NOTE: Images in this archived article have been removed. Biking along the Lake Ontario shoreline one autumn afternoon, I passed the new and just-barely operational Durham-York Energy Centre and a question popped into mind. If this incinerator produces a lot of electricity, where are all the wires? The question was prompted in part by the … Read more
