Category: Fossil Fuels

During a slow period at the Electric Drive Transportation Association conference this afternoon, I walked a couple of miles across town to interview spokespeople for the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) – Senior Attorneys Jay Pendergrass and Lisa Goldman.  We talked …

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Ruohvz6_o] Here, 2GreenEnergy Video Report host George Alger interviews me on the hydrogen economy: what it means, its validity, and its ramifications.

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I’m in the process of writing my next book — this one on the practical realities of clean energy — which has brought me to a study of the nature of the playing field on which renewables competes with fossil …

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYzyWvrwVXM&w=480&h=390] Here’s another episode of the 2GreenEnergy Report, in which I’m interviewed on the subject of peak oil. I manage to squeeze in references to related subjects as well: the consequences of our addiction to foreign oil, the externalities …

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China has committed to long-term development of green energy, as is evidenced by all. As the world’s largest user of energy – and also it’s largest polluter – it needs energy to power its growth. China’s latest five-year strategy is quite …

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China has committed to long-term development of green energy, as we all can see.  As the world’s largest user of energy – and also its largest polluter – it needs energy to power its growth. China’s latest five-year strategy is quite …

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There have been some fantastic comments to my piece on the externalities of fossil fuels the other day.  I encourage folks to check out the response of frequent blogger Cameron Atwood in particular, to whom I reply: Unfortunately, this corporatocracy …

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In this episode of the 2GreenEnergy Video Report, host George Alger asks me about the externalities of fossil fuels. Those are some big words we’re throwing around here! What do they mean? What needs to be done? [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roZpKmFlGZA?rel=0&w=480&h=390]

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I often think about how the energy industry’s financial analysts view the fundamentals that apply to market valuations. Just now, I was reading some of the discussion at SeekingAlpha.com on ExxonMobil that attempts to get to the underlying buy/sell recommendations, …

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A few readers have objected to my post suggesting that Chevron’s sponsoring the PBS NewsHour could warp the objectivity of the coverage of the energy industry. Most of these responses point out that I have no proof that Chevron’s presence …

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