Nuclear – Aug 11
Is nuclear power a viable option for our energy needs? / Australia: A trump card in the nuclear power play / Our nuclear summer (nuclear needs water)
Energy Policy
Climate change – Aug 9
Med to lose pull as Earth heats up /
Taller mountains a result of global warming /
Sea-bed plan to store carbon / John Kerry: Time to put climate change on the national agenda /
Britain can still lead the world – on climate change
Why renewable energy matters
Investing a portion of today’s relatively abundant energy resources into technologies that will yield energy later on, when fossil fuels are scarce, will make it a good deal easier to provide that little when it’s most needed, and cushion at least some of the impacts of the Deindustrial Revolution.
US energy policy – Aug 9
Gas prices alter habits of many in US, but far from all / Baltimore Sun: Old thinking on energy / Federal officials look outside their own bureaucracies for alternatives to oil dependence / Dept. of Defense series on “Our National Addiction” – Sept 18 “Outlook for nuclear” / Mexico’s energy problems hurt U.S.
Coal & sequestration – Aug 8
Why carbon sequestration won’t save us / Team looks at seafloor as gas trap / Salting the earth / Coal may surpass oil as better bet on demand for cheaper fuel
UK ‘green’ tax and airline crisis – Aug 7
UK: MPs demand higher air and road taxes /
Q&A: UK’s national road charging scheme /
EasyJet rubbishes green tax idea /
Airlines in crisis (links)
U.S. energy policy – Aug 5
What should Southern Co. do about global warming? (utility company) / Q&A with Jeremy Rifkin / How California failed in efforts to curb oil addiction / NYT: Delusional thinking about energy in the Senate / But where are the solar-powered ICBMs?
Energy policy – Aug 5
A net energy parable: ERoEI explained / What is carbon trading, and can it save the world from global warming? / Rationing could be key to war on climate change / The inconvenient truth about “An Inconvenient Truth”
Climate policy – Aug 1
Scientist publishes ‘escape route’ from global warming / Blair signs climate pact with Schwarzenegger / Potential leakage and toxicity problems with CO2 sequestration
Climate change and electricity from biomass
As we make the transition to biomass for electric power generation, the US can create jobs and wealth, export technology to Asia (China & India), mitigate climate change and take a large step toward avoiding a longer term calamitous future.
The old man and the oil
He was a frail old fellow, dressed in loose-fitting clothes, working in his garden and chopping potatoes. Less than a year before, in 1945, he was in command of one of the largest fleets that had ever been assembled by any nation. His name was Takeo Kurita, vice admiral of the former Imperial Japanese Navy.
The Chicago Tribune story on oil
Along with most who have read it, I was much impressed with the Chicago Tribune special segment on oil this weekend. I would highly recommend that you both read the articles and watch the hour-long video that accompanies them.
