Though I’m obviously not a fan of Big Oil, I try to stay somewhat conversant with the issues that these behemoth entities face, and so I read a number of articles like this one on Chevron’s commitment to harvesting the …
Category: Fossil Fuels
The Sierra Club, Fracking, and Really Good Writing
I don’t know what percentage of our readers here are on the Sierra Club’s email lists, but let me tell you something: they write really well. I get something at least a few times a week, and I’m always impressed …
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Is the Keystone XL Pipeline "Inevitable?"
Here’s a good article on the Keystone XL pipeline – undoubtedly an ecological disaster of unprecedented scale– the equivalent of adding 51 coal-fired power plants, or adding 37 million more cars onto our roads. The only reason for approving the …
The Price of Carbon is Zero
Here’s a good article on the history of carbon capture and storage (CCS). Why has the goal of preventing the exhaust from the burning of fossil fuels from entering the atmosphere been so elusive? Not to give anything away, but …
Video on the Energy Industry
Earlier today I had an interesting conversation I thought I’d share — on a potential video project based on the vicissitudes of the energy industry. Yes, renewables are making progress, albeit slow, but this is happening in an extremely difficult …
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Issues with Fracking
I was just telling frequent commenter Tim Kingston that I’m not sure how much I want to cover the dangers of fracking. There’s plenty of material on this subject — more every day, and I’m not sure I can add …
Fracking Uses Huge Volumes of Water in Places Where It’s Dangerously Scarce
If you invest six minutes into the video in this article, you’ll learn that, unless something changes, 30 towns in West Texas will have run out of water by the end of the year. Not only are they suffering a …
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Price of Oil
Here’s a terrific website dedicated to helping the world understand the true price of oil, i.e., that there are numerous “externalities,” or costs that are passed along to others associated with each gallon of gasoline we use. Who’s paying the …
Exxon – Saving the Planet?
As I mentioned when I posted this satirical piece on “Exxon Hates Your Kids,” I thought I had a knack for insulting the oil companies; these people make me look like Mr. Rogers (pictured left). Apparently, they’re at it again, …
Oil Money Comes to Africa
The driver of the taxi who took me from a meeting I had last week in Los Angeles to the Amtrak station hailed from Mogadishu, Somalia. I asked, as I normally do, “What’s it like there?” I love to get …
