Frequent commenter Frank Eggers pushes back on my theory that the peak oil theory is wrong. He writes, Rather, the time table is much longer than originally thought. Instead of being 20 years or so, it may be 200 years …
Category: Fossil Fuels
Factors Governing Coal Consumption in the U.S.
From today’s Energy News: Despite some evidence of a reviving coal market, it is a sector too tough to read:
Peak Oil: A Theory Relegated to History
Of all the three +/- million words I’ve written since I started 2GreenEnergy, I don’t think I’ve ever gotten anything more glaringly wrong than peak oil. The first chapter of my first book, in fact, was an interview with the …
Only a Few Paying Attention to the Dakota Access Pipeline
Because the Dakota Access pipeline is considered largely a Native American issue, most of us don’t spend too much time understanding what’s actually going on, and the totality of what’s at stake. But here are a few things that everyone …
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There Is No Reason to Build the Dakota Access Pipeline
Let’s not mince words. The enormous show of government force being applied to silence protesters’ exercising their First Amendment rights to free speech and free assembly in North Dakota is nothing short of appalling. Replete with attack dogs and rubber …
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Oil Companies Announce Green Fund–But There’s a Catch
When it comes to oil company citizenship, this is probably about as good as it gets. It’s a $1 billion investment in cleaning up some of the noxious byproducts of fossil fuel consumption, with a refusal to spend a nickel …
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The Environmental and Financial Costs of Petroleum-Related Disasters
In our discussions of the externalities associated with fossil fuels, we sometimes leave out the cost of cleaning up disasters, e.g., oil spills. For those wishing to see some sort of quantification of the problem, here is a map displaying …
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When’s It Time To Stop Building Pipelines? How About Now?
Frequent commenter Frank Eggers notes on my post on the Dakota Access Pipeline: The material will be shipped whether or not the pipeline is built. If it is not shipped by pipeline, it will be shipped by rail and rail …
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Tagged with: Dakota Access pipeline, phasing out fossil fuels, Phasing out fossil fuels needs to start somewhere. Stopping building infrastructure to support this process sounds as though it's as good a place to start as any. In this case, the proposed pipeline has extreme consequences to the environment
The Depletion of Fossil Fuels
Here’s a question that I just fielded on Quora.com (which is a very cool website, btw). When will fossil fuels be depleted? Never. Yes, there is a finite amount of coal, oil, and natural gas beneath the Earth’s surface, and …
Tagged with: Climate Change, Depletion of Fossil Fuels, environmental destruction, fossil fuel extraction is becoming unattractive, fossil resources, loss of biodiversity, ocean acidification, probability of environmental destruction, When will fossil fuels be depleted?, worsening outcomes for human health
Native Americans and Environmental Activists Won’t Relent on Dakota Access Pipeline
When I tutor young people in history, I normally wind up drawing a time-line to help put things in perspective. In fact, my first rule for teaching (or learning) anything is: If it can be drawn, draw it.
