On “Renewables”
By Eliza Daley, By my solitary hearth
One thing is certain: “renewables” is not the generic solution. Those who give it don’t know what the problem is.
Tag: Renewable Energy
Some inconvenient questions: An open letter
By Antonio Turiel, 15/15\15
I am writing to you with the intention of raising a series of relevant questions regarding the current effort to undergo an Ecological Transition that must achieve the total decarbonization of Spain and Europe by 2050.
The jump to pumps: how Finland found an answer to heating homes
By Rapid Transition Alliance Staff, Rapid Transition Alliance
In chilly Scandinavia, Finland has shown the extraordinary potential of one of the less visible renewable energy technologies – heat pumps.
Diné grassroots sow precedent in clean energy history
By Talli Nauman, Esperanza Project
Nicole Horseherder was glad to receive the news of Arizona Public Service Company’s proposed Just and Equitable Transition assistance package to the Navajo Nation.
Turning the clock forward
By Chris Smaje, Small Farm Future
The next stop in my tour through my book A Small Farm Future is Part I, which begins with a long chapter outlining ten crises that one way or another seem set in the coming years to thoroughly upend the world we’ve known.
Resources for a better Future: Renewable energy
By Alf Hornborg, Uneven Earth
A better way to define technology is to acknowledge that it is a global social phenomenon and a moral and political question rather than simply one of engineering.
Comparative impact of nuclear and renewables on CO2 emissions
By Philippe Gauthier, Resilience.org
Countries which are heavily invested in nuclear energy remain higher CO2 emitters, on average, than countries which have invested at the same level in renewable energy. This is the main finding of a study recently published in the journal Nature Energy.
How to Make Biomass Energy Sustainable Again
By Kris De Decker, Low-Tech Magazine
From the Neolithic to the beginning of the twentieth century, coppiced woodlands, pollarded trees, and hedgerows provided people with a sustainable supply of energy, materials, and food.
The End of Oil is Near, or Maybe Not
By Roger Blanchard, Resilience.org
To the extent that oil demand goes down in the future, it will go down because people can’t afford oil distillates at the price producers need to produce the corresponding oil.
Wind and solar are 30-50% cheaper than thought, admits UK government
By Simon Evans, Carbon Brief
Electricity generated from wind and solar is 30-50% cheaper than previously thought, according to newly published UK government figures.
Ten Ways I Use My Solar Oven
By Kara Stiff, Low-Carbon Life
With all these different uses, my sun oven is full all day, nearly every sunny day. It’s a big part of how we reduced our electricity use by 85%.
Nobody takes the renewable energy transition seriously
By Richard Heinberg, Resilence.org
Despite all the demands from climate activists, scientists, and even policy makers, hardly a single country is taking the shift to renewable energy seriously. Even countries and regions that claim to be working toward an energy transition are failing to do what would be required in order for the transition to succeed. What’s behind this surprising and disturbing state of affairs?