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 …
Category: Fossil Fuels
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 …
If the Move To Renewables Is Inevitable, Why Not Do It Now?
Here’s a question for you: When you listen to the debates in English Parliament, and hear how people with opposing viewpoints heckle and interrupt one another, doesn’t your skin crawl? Mine does. These people have such incredible manners on most …
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Estimating the Externalities of Fossil Fuels Isn’t an Easy Job
I sympathize with those tasked with putting a precise dollar figure on the externalities of fossil fuels. Sure we know there are costs to society in terms of lung damage and long-term environmental damage, but what are they? The story …
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Iran and Syria: Using Vast Oil Profits — For What Purposes?
Sorry, we made an error and sent you this email with a link to the wrong article. It’s corrected below….. I’m anything but an expert on the Middle East, but this can’t be good news: Iran and Syria signing a …
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Notes on Our Fossil-Fuel-Based Energy Policy
A reader asked for my comments on the following: I have just been reading about the various ways CO2 is captured from power plants and then transported and stored — underground and underwater. I don’t get it…we applaud companies for reducing their …
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