Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 16:15:33 +0000
Green hydrogen for energy is an economic dead end, not a replacement for fossil fuel revenues, and the sooner Queensland policy makers internalize that, the sooner Queensland will be able to address its economic realities.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 15:10:18 +0000
Don’t get fussed about electric cars not being a solution. They are part of the kit bag. If you sensibly want urban densification, transit, walkability and a lot more biking, move to a city that has them and enjoy it.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 03:35:23 +0000
I, like many, have been quite concerned for months about what will happen with Ukraine. Even if it does fight off Russia completely and regain and secure its borders, the country has been demolished, countless citizens have been murdered, many more have been traumatized and terrorized, and rebuilding the nation will be no easy task. […]
Credit to Author: Barry A.F.| Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 01:00:59 +0000
The oil price shock of 2022 has driven a great deal of new interest in EVs, which has just served to help answer the question of what happens to EV adoption rates when oil and gas prices fluctuate. It has supercharged EV demand, which is ultimately due to the economics of high oil prices, yet […]
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 03:45:30 +0000
Enough methane gas leaks from pipelines between Permian wellheads and processing facilities to power 2.1 million homes, a study published Tuesday in Environmental Science and Technology Letters finds. The 213,000 metric tons of methane escaping from so-called gathering lines is 14 times higher than a previous EPA finding. The study represents the second finding that […]
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 03:18:33 +0000
The next quadrant chart of sexy vs practical is in place, one on carbon drawdown from our overloaded atmosphere. It complements the ones on electricity and energy storage, and ground, marine and air transportation.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 20:00:39 +0000
Moving into the sexy but impractical quadrant, the top row shows a clear trend, and indeed the trend extends across most of the versions of these quadrant charts. Hydrogen is not fit for purpose.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 20:30:23 +0000
In christening a new office of environmental justice, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan proclaimed Saturday that “underserved and overburdened communities are at the forefront of our work.” A stern test of that proclamation began just two days later. On Monday, the EPA held the first of three virtual listening sessions on the Biden administration’s proposal to strengthen its chemical disaster rule. […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 11:30:36 +0000
In a study from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) in collaboration with consulting firm Evolved Energy Research (EER) and an expert advisory committee, we show that the United States can drastically reduce global warming emissions by replacing a highly polluting transportation sector, powered today primarily with petroleum-based fuels, with a cleaner, more efficient and more equitable […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 16:30:34 +0000
Earlier this year, when gas prices went to record levels, it was hard to get ahold of an EV of any kind at dealers. People realized that oil companies had them by the shorts, and you can only adjust your household budget so much before the gas man is taking money that should have gone […]