Frequent commenter Brian McGowan writes: I found this article on an energy storage breakthrough and it nearly made me tear my hair out. Their first brilliant use for this technology was coal mining?? AARRGGHH!!!! I understand your frustration, my friend. …
Energy Storage Breakthrough Used To Improve Efficiency ….. Of Coal Mining??? Read More »
If U.S. President Obama decides in favor of the Keystone XL Pipeline, we’ll soon be refining and burning enough bitumen (pictured left), after pumping it from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico, to provide the equivalent of putting an additional …
The Family That Protests the Pipeline Together…. Read More »
We’ve been told by government and industry that the US has 100 years’ worth of natural gas in the ground accessible through unconventional means, including fracking. This is what will provide growth in the manufacturing sector, create jobs, lower gas …
From Guest Blogger Rebecca McKenzie: Is There Really a 100-year Supply of Shale Gas? Read More »
In the last few hours I’ve recruited a bunch of people to join my wonderful daughter (pictured here a few years ago) and me in the march in Santa Barbara one of perhaps 100 happening on the same day across …
Apparently, the nomination of Ron Binz to lead the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is causing a great deal more controversy than I thought it would. SmartGridNews reports running across everything from praise, all the way to charges that Binz …
Nominee To Run the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Labeled a "Radical" Read More »
Here’s an author who believes that the U.S., with its appalling failure to establish an energy policy, is squandering its energy resources — and he’s 100% correct. A good example he raises is natural gas (not that I favor his approach). If …
Here’s an article from my colleague Jesse Berst, who, introducing the piece, writes: “Like many of you, I find it distinctly embarrassing that the United States is the only developed country without a national energy policy. That’s why I was pleased …
Yes, America Has No Energy Policy — But Is That An Accident? Read More »
I like to take my own advice on the use of social media and spend some time blogging on other sites related to clean energy. To that end, I just commented on an article that presented an ostensible breakthrough in …
Breakthrough in Carbon Capture and Sequestration? Read More »
Maybe I’m the only member of an aging population who grimaces when young people today show that they don’t really understand the metaphors that had meaning in the 20th Century. Here are two: An “elephant in the room” and an …
Coal-fired Power Plants And the Metaphors We Use To Describe Them Read More »
Of all the articles I read on the subject of energy and sustainability, I can’t think of any I more eagerly anticipate than those of Michael T. Klare. Like the one linked above, they’re not generally good news; they tend …
Michael T. Klare on Energy Policy and Sustainability Read More »
