The Carbon Capture Dream Bumps Up Against Reality In Texas

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 22:25:36 +0000

Carbon capture and sequestration may or may not work but the US taxpayers will foot the bill either way, starting in Texas.

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New Report Establishes Baseline for Clean Energy Deployment in Energy Communities

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 23:17:57 +0000

For the first time, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 included place-based federal tax incentives for projects located in “Energy Communities,” which might alter the economic equation of where projects should be located. Storage projects may be eligible for a 10-point increase in the Investment Tax Credit (e.g., from 30% … [continued]

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Hydrogen Ships Are Seeing Same Pattern As All Hydrogen Fleets

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 03:37:54 +0000

As the years pass and more re-enactments of the Odyssey of the Hydrogen Fleet are played out, they get staged in multiple settings, much like Shakespeare’s Tempest being staged in a waterpark in Germany in 2019. In recent months, I’ve curated a couple of lists of hydrogen bus and train … [continued]

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AI, Data Centers, & Climate Risks

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:21:56 +0000

The world has gone cuckoo for artificial intelligence. AI is virtually all you hear in the news these days. NVIDIA is worth a gazillion dollars because it manufactures the specialized computer chips that data centers need to make AI possible. Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Amazon, and Google are all rushing headlong … [continued]

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My Response To A Libertarian Podcast On Trump’s Likely Energy Policy

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 23:36:22 +0000

In this article, I comment on the recent podcast/video, “What Should Trump Do About Energy Policy?” below. I found it interesting to listen to, but I did have some issues with a few things, and maybe we can discuss them and both come away better informed. Energy Policy Discussion In … [continued]

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The Tesla Ethicist: Musk, X, & Feeding Voter Indifference About The Climate Crisis

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:50:44 +0000

Dear Tesla Ethicist: My allegiance to Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been long-standing — at least until lately. I remember being excited at seeing my first sighting of a Model S in western Connecticut in the mid-2010s. It was sleek and alluring, and it gave me hope that battery-electric vehicles … [continued]

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Carbon Capture And Sequestration — The Dream That Won’t Die

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 04:04:47 +0000

Carbon capture is touted as the answer to all our climate woes, but no one really knows what to do with it once it is removed from the air.

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Duke Energy Will Replace A Coal Generating Station With Battery Storage

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:53:12 +0000

Duke Energy is beginning to embrace grid scale battery storage after dancing around the idea for many years.

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You Can’t Handle The Truth About Plastics In Your Life

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2024 04:03:12 +0000

The newest Taylor Sheridan series is The Landman. Billy Bob Thornton plays a field executive for a mid-sized oil company in West Texas. Protagonist Tommy describes the oil industry as a complicated, problematic, filthy, dangerous, and necessary business that feeds most of our lifestyles. He lectures about how much we … [continued]

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Ads & Website Claim That Enron Is Back

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 12:32:42 +0000

Drivers and newspaper readers in Houston recently got a bit of a surprise: advertisements announcing the return of Enron. Before I explore what’s really happening here, let’s start by exploring why the ads shocked people. I’ll pass. pic.twitter.com/OyjfgWSVfs — Chris Hollins (@CGHollins) December 2, 2024 The Rise & Fall Of … [continued]

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