A reader points out: To replace coal we do not have to also displace oil. It is a common misunderstanding to equate oil companies with our general energy needs. 70% of refined oil products are used in transportation. 20% for …
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Addressing the World's Energy Needs — Especially Those That Are Most Pressing
Here’s an article that wrestles with the confusion surrounding the idea that the entire world’s energy demand could be supplied with PV on 1% of the Earth’s surface. (By my quick calcs, btw, this is true. 1% of the surface …
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Tagged with: bringing renewable energy to the third world, burning animal dung, coal, damage to the biosphere, electricity, entire world’s energy demand, Hydrokinetics, natural gas, nuclear power, oil, PV on 1% of the Earth’s surface, solar energy, three billion people cook by burning biomass, Wind Energy
From Guest-Blogger Iannick Gagnon: Oil — Indians and Refiners
Let us briefly wrap our heads around the main points of our last article Oil: The First Shock. When the first oil well was drilled, its produce could be sold for something around $20 a barrel, which corresponds to roughly …
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Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, green energy, oil, oil price volatility, oil prices, Renewable Energy
From Guest Blogger Iannick Gagnon — Oil: The First Shock (1859-1865)
This article is submitted with the hope that it will set the tone for a series of others that will follow by covering the origins of the petroleum industry in the United States. The main objective of these pieces is …
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Tagged with: alternative energy, Big Oil, clean energy, fossil fuels, green energy, oil, oil companies, oil price volatility, oil prices, Renewable Energy
Energy Videos for Newcomers
I’ve been preparing to make a few videos for newcomers to the subject of clean energy that answer basic questions on renewable energy, fossil fuels, nuclear energy, and the energy-related challenges we face. I’ll be recording a series of short …
Tagged with: alternative energy, Big Bang, Bill Paul, biomass, clean energy, coal, concentrated solar power, CSP. wind, Energy Videos for Newcomers, energy-related challenges, fossil fuels, fusion, geothermal energy, green energy, Hydrogen, natural gas, nuclear energy, ocean current, oil, photovoltaic, PV, Renewable Energy, renewable energy finance guru, run-of-river hydro, site on environmentalism for kids, solar energy, solar panels, solar power, Tidal Energy, wave energy, Wind Energy, wind power, wind turbines
Electric Transportation, Fossil Fuels, and “Internalizing the Externalities”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXd-xk-rCRU&w=445&h=364] Do you have a clean energy story that you’d like to tell the world? One day each month, I shoot a series of short television shows called the “2GreenEnergy Video Report” in which I interview folks with interesting stories …
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Tagged with: coal, energy-video, fossil fuels, gasoline, internalizing the externalities, oil, Paul Scott, Plug In America, video
A Few Sobering Truths About Energy Consumption in the US
Here’s a piece from Kentucky-based consulting engineer and frequent commenter John Robbins, who provides some sobering remarks on the truth behind our current push for renewables. Last week, I was one of 3 teaching a professional seminar about Passivhaus. In …
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Is Renewable Energy Replacing the Consumption of Fossil Fuels?
This morning, someone asked me about the importance of energy storage. “Renewables provide intermittent energy. Don’t we need some way to store the energy overnight, to deliver it when it’s needed?” he asked. “No, not right now, “ I explained. …
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Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy Sources – Some Business Considerations
I often think about how the energy industry’s financial analysts view the fundamentals that apply to market valuations. Just now, I was reading some of the discussion at SeekingAlpha.com on ExxonMobil that attempts to get to the underlying buy/sell recommendations, …
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Tagged with: coal, crude prices, ExxonMobil, fossil fuels, oil, renewable energy sources, subsidies, XOM
Fossil Fuels: Let's Not Lose Sight of Dangers
Readers here know that I generally refrain from taking cheap shots at the oil and gas industry. I try to keep in mind that, whether we like it or not, fossil fuels make up the vast majority of the world’s …
