Phasing out fossil fuels in favor of clean energy is one hell of a slow process.
Category: Fossil Fuels
Do Oil Wells Dropped by Big Oil Represent an Investment Opportunity?
Two comments: 1) If you want to a part of the environmental collapse that is coming from our civilization’s continued reliance of fossil fuels, you’re morally defective. In the parlance of the common man, you’re an asshole. 2) If you …
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EPA Rolls Back Regulations on Heavy Metals from Coal-Fired Power Plants
Yes, our atmosphere and our waterways will soon be seeing increasing concentrations of mercury, lead, cadmium, selenium, and arsenic, not to mention other neurotoxins like a wide array of radioactive isotopes, so that the Trump administration can placate billionaire donors. …
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Tagged with: arsenic, cadmium, EPA Rolls Back Regulations on Heavy Metals from Coal-Fired Plants, huge campaign donations, lead, mercury, neurotoxins, our atmosphere and our waterways will soon be seeing increasing concentrations toxins, radioactive isotopes, selenium, Trump administration can placate billionaire donors
Anti-Renewables Propaganda
I spend a decent amount of time on social media–enough to see the 5- to 10-fold increase in posts that are essentially long-debunked myths about solar and wind that has taken place over just the past few months.
For How Much Longer Is the World “Running on Oil?”
Is our civilization’s dependence on oil “not going to change?” Obviously, Big Oil wants to keep the status quo in place, regardless of the environmental damage it’s doing to every living creature on this planet. And the Trump administration is …
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Tagged with: Big Oil wants to keep the status quo in place, decarbonize its energy and transportation sector, environmental damage, our civilization's dependence on oil, the developed world is working hard to decarbonize its energy and transportation sectors so as to prevent environmental collapse, the Trump administration is doing everything in its power to make sure this assault against all life forms endures in perpetuity, the United States is rapidly transforming itself into a dictatorship like Russia China North Korea and the other 50+ sovereign nations
We Kill Each Other Over Oil
Ensuring that oil remains the predominant transportation fuel is vital to enabling rich people to get richer. The fact that war is the main tool to maintain this situation is also key to enormous wealth; the U.S. “defense” budget has …
Big Money Still Controls Planet’s Energy
When I was in college in the 1970s, I recall hearing people say, “We’ll have solar energy when the Rockefellers own the sun.” Nothing’s changed too much in half a century.
Is Coal the Fuel of the 21st Century?
From Frontieras North America: Over a century ago, John D. Rockefeller transformed oil into one of the world’s most valuable industries. Now, thousands of investors believe something similar could be happening with coal. Frontieras North America has developed patented technology …
Tagged with: coal heavy metals (mercury cadmium selenium lead arsenic), coal high greenhouse gas emissions, coal vast array of toxic radioactive isotopes, consumption of fossil fuels is rapidly destroying our planet's environment, Frontieras North America, inexpensive low-carbon sources of energy, John D. Rockefeller became one of the wealthiest people in world history via the petroleum boom a century ago, John D. Rockefeller transformed oil into one of the world’s most valuable industries, put the demise of the planet on steroids
“No War Required”
The shot at left was taken in 2006, during another war in the Middle East. We often talk about the “externalities” of fossil fuels, normally referring to things like lung disease, climate change, ocean acidification, and so forth. But we …
ExxonMobil Lowering Carbon Emissions? Sure.
Exxon: We’re investing in innovative technologies to reduce carbon emissions while supporting the needs of heavy industry. As a marketing consultant, here’s my advice to Exxon: Keep your money in your pockets. There is no conceivable investment in public relations …
