It’s clear that the abundant supply of (and thus low price of) natural gas presents challenges for the renewable energy industry, just as the artificially low price of gasoline generated by subsidies for the oil companies creates a challenge for …
Natural Gas Prices Present Interesting Challenges for Renewable Energy Read More »
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has recently released its “Clean Energy Progress Report.” The IEA is an autonomous agency established in November 1974 with the mandate to promote energy security amongst its member countries through collective response to physical disruptions …
[The Vector] Progress Report on Renewable Energy Released from the IEA Read More »
Natural Gas is controversial. Some say it is a fossil fuel with all of the inherent issues involved, and that in obtaining gas through the ‘fracking’ process, groundwater can be polluted if care isn’t taken. Others say natural gas is plentiful in …
[The Vector] Clean Energy News: Bipartisan Natural Gas Study Read More »
A reader writes in about my blog post on John Hofmeister’s “Why We Hate The Oil Companies.” In it, I point out that the author, the ex-CEO of Shell Oil, though hardly a radical, calls upon the oil industry to …
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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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
[The Vector] The Latest Measures Taken by China – Taxing Polluters Read More »
