Here’s a popular video that depicts a piece of the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. In particular, it’s the story of how Canada razed two coal-fired power plants and built massive (200 MW) solar fields on that real …
Tag: heavy metals
Coal: The Saga Continues
Tagged with: and radioactive isotopes, Bullish on Renewable Energy, Canada razed two coal-fired power plants, declining costs of renewables and cheap natural gas have conspired to make coal non-competitive, greenhouse gases, heavy metals, massive solar fields, oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, pure market economics, transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, what Germany should be doing in renewable energy
Twilight of Coal in America
When people ask me why I haven’t written a book on renewable energy in the last few years, I explain that my thinking on the subject really hasn’t changed very much recently.
Jobs in Energy: Coal’s Loss Is Wind’s Gain
As we’ve discussed so often, environmental stewardship and economic strength are not mutually exclusive; in fact, they often go arm in arm. Of course, there are people who deny this; they’re called “corporate polluters.”
Tagged with: carcinogenic radioactive isotopes, corporate polluters, energy mix, environmental stewardship, environmental stewardship and economic strength, environmentalism good for business, greenhouse gas emissions (CO2 and methane), heavy metals, oxides of nitrogen and sulfur, wind industry coal plants shuttered
The End of the “War on Coal”
Commenting on the wholesale environmental deregulation that the Trump administration has so successfully hurried along, an op-ed contributor to the Wall Street Journal notes, “Apparently, coal can be marketable, if regulators let it be.” Wow, that’s astute.
The Pollution That Happens in Vegas Doesn’t Stay in Vegas
Here are two stories whose ultimate point is that pollution doesn’t stay in the place from which it was generated; it tends to spread itself around the globe. We start with the plight of Northern China, where the intensely thick …
The Pollution That Happens in Vegas Doesn’t Stay in Vegas Read More »
The Way of the World: More Solar, Less Coal
Here are a couple of stories that illustrate one simple truth about the migration to renewables: it’s happening. In the UK, more electricity energy was generated over the last six months by solar than by coal. At the same time, …
Tagged with: arsenic, getting coal out of the grid-mix, heavy metals, migration to renewables, more electricity energy was generated over the last six months by solar than by coal, More Solar Less Coal, number one environmental priority, oxides of nitrogen and sulfur, radioactive isotopes, Scotland banned coal
Can't Plants Sequester Our CO2 Emissions? — "Take a Cool Guess"
Contrary to popular belief, plants represent a net zero in terms of capturing CO2. While they’re alive, they convert carbon dioxide to sugar, but after they die, those more complex, higher-energy molecules break down and that carbon is re-released into …
Can't Plants Sequester Our CO2 Emissions? — "Take a Cool Guess" Read More »
Tagged with: avoid catastrophic climate change, chemically manipulating the Earth's skies and oceans, convert carbon dioxide to sugar, creating jobs and stimulating the economy, efficiency solutions, geoengineering, heavy metals, oxides of nitrogen and sulfur, plants represent a net zero in terms of capturing CO2, radioactive isotopes, reducing emissions, Renewable Energy
