The jump to pumps: how Finland found an answer to heating homes
In chilly Scandinavia, Finland has shown the extraordinary potential of one of the less visible renewable energy technologies – heat pumps.
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Skewered on the Horns of Plenty
How do we transition to a low carbon energy system when plentiful resources are no longer available? Our past Horn of Plenty has become a trap from which we in the developed nations increasingly find difficult to extract ourselves.
Who pays for the care of “orphaned” oil and gas wells? You do
There have been millions of oil and gas wells drilled in the United States since the beginning of the oil age and millions more drilled throughout the world. The carelessness of those who drilled and prospered by them is now turning into an ugly and persistent legacy of the industrial age.
Infrastructure Negotiations and the Fate of National Climate Policy—Will There Be a Chance to Make a Second Impression?
Until trust and civility are restored, governing the nation will continue to be beyond anyone’s grasp. Talk about an unsustainable environment.
Change BC Fracking or Expect Damaging Earthquakes: Report
A comprehensive new scientific study warns that stress changes caused by the technology could trigger a magnitude 5 earthquake or greater in the region.
Star Parasites: Carbon-Based Life and the Future of the Universe
Nowadays, we are obsessed with the idea that we need to “produce energy.” That is, of course, a wrong way to express the concept.
Life After Fossil Fuels: A Reality Check on Alternative Energy
This book makes the case that the deadliest crisis facing our civilization is energy decline. Peak oil production may have already occurred.
The Long Term Perspectives of Nuclear Energy: Revisiting the Fermi Paradox
Despite the hype, nuclear energy of any kind may remain forever a marginal source of energy.
Net Energy and Sustainability, or… the Story of the Overstuffed Strongman (Episode 44 of Crazy Town)
All of humanity’s feats, whether a record-setting deadlift by the world’s strongest man or the construction of a gleaming city by a technologically advanced economy, originate from a single hidden source: positive net energy.
The Truth Be Damned and What It Means for the Future of US Climate Policy
We know what climate and clean energy policies by presidential order mean for the nation—a perpetual cycle of feast and famine that creates uncertainty in the marketplace and crowded court calendars.
Not Just Energy, but Everything
The criticality of the global energy situation is emphasised by the release, on schedule (18-5-21), of the eagerly awaited “Net Zero by 2050” roadmap (NZE) from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Negotiating the Future of US Climate Policy
In the final analysis, I believe the fate of Biden’s Job Plan will be left to the President and the American people to decide. Will they choose to build back to the future or the past? Only time will tell.
