Laughing girl with daisy in her hair
The other day we reported that the UK had gone more than four full days without generating a single Watt-hour of electricity from coal.
Today we get news from this side of the pond: In just 12 years, Ohio has reduced coal from its grid-mix from 87% down to 47%. (more…)
I apologize for the salty language in the meme here, but I wanted to make a point about it.
When I first saw this I thought to myself: Ok, Jeremy, but what about Hillary’s emails? (just kidding) (more…)
Of the numerous vicious cycles associated with climate change, perhaps the obvious is the change in albedo, i.e., the degree to which the Earth’s surface reflects the sun’s radiant energy back into space, vs. absorbing it into our atmosphere and oceans. (more…)
If you close your eyes and try to get a mental picture of mid-20th Century London, you probably wind up with something like the shot at left here.
In fact, the entirety of the Industrial Revolution was made possible by the introduction of fossil fuels; this was the first time in history that the power available to an individual person exceeded that which was provided by his own muscles (and perhaps those of his horse or ox). (more…)
This April, after a month of record temperatures in the Bering Sea, ocean ice in the Arctic is at an all-time record low for the date, crushing the record set … last April.
Alarming? Not if you’re U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who praised the Arctic region — and its rapidly shrinking levels of sea ice — for its economic opportunities. Said Pompeo: (more…)
Here’s a conversation that some may find interesting:
Friend A: One of the greatest threats to America is the fact that our school system is not teaching the next generation morals, American exceptionalism, free enterprise, the constitution, the dangers of socialism, or the value of hard work. (more…)
A microgrid is a regional network of energy generation assets, especially renewables, combined with local distribution, energy storage, demand response and electric vehicles to provide better resilience to reduce dependence on fossil fuel plants, eliminate expensive power transmission lines, and improve resilience in times of outages. (more…)
Here’s one of those wonderful graphics that show how records are broken over time, in this case, top box-office grossing movies over the last 35 years. (more…)
I normally steer clear of the routine, penny-ante garbage issuing from Trump in his attempts to rouse the rabble, but the tweet here warrants a comment. (more…)
Here’s a regular feature called “Campaign Watch” from the American Energy Society’s weekly publication:
