The Primary Energy Fallacy

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 08:10:48 +0000

Everyone has some idea of how much energy an ICE vehicle uses. After all, if you’re putting fuel in and then seeing how much you can drive before it needs fuel again, you know that you’re pumping a certain amount in. Add in the knowledge of other things a gallon … [continued]

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Old Cartoon Shows Us How Much Energy Has Changed Since 1977

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 14:01:59 +0000

Recently, my wife decided that she wanted to watch some old Flintstones cartoons. I mean, who doesn’t like nostalgia? But, being more of a geek, it wasn’t long before I wondered something about one of the voice actors and was Googling things. Before long, I fell down a Flintstones rabbit … [continued]

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COP29: “Fighting Climate Change” is Euphemism for Ending Fossil Fuels

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 04:16:48 +0000

After the only win from last year’s COP28 was saying out loud “End Fossil Fuels,” the Drill-Baby-Drill crowd under the leadership of Saudi Arabia is doing everything in their power to make it just a line in an “All of the Above” policy agenda. At every international forum — from … [continued]

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Trump’s Focus on Energy Will Have Variety of Impacts

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:29:01 +0000

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has made the U.S. energy industry a focus of its plans for his first days in office, with analysts and energy experts expecting a rollback […]

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The US Energy Information Administration Acknowledges Electric Vehicles Are Eating Into Chinese Oil Demand

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 04:50:53 +0000

Yesterday, the same day that Juan Diego Celemín Mojica discussed at length for CleanTechnica the matter of global peak oil demand and how the International Energy Agency and OPEC+ are noticing versus ignoring EV sales growth in China and declining oil demand, the US Energy Information Administration put out an … [continued]

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What Happens Now with Clean Energy, EVs, & the US Economy? (VIDEO)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 02:43:55 +0000

In this video episode of CleanTech Talk, Scott Cooney and I discuss the current state of climate action, reflecting on US policies of the past 16 years, the achievements of the Biden administration, the challenges ahead, leadership from other major economies, and more. We explore the importance of local politics … [continued]

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Trump Puts The Worst And The Dumbest In Charge

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 03:44:17 +0000

Donald Trump has been looking in dumpsters and trash cans for the worst people he can find for his new administration.

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Peak Oil Demand, EVs, & The Future Of Oil: A Cleantech Perspective

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:34:41 +0000

The good news: oil demand is cooling. The bad news: it’s not yet done growing. One can’t really claim oil demand is “falling” (yet), but growth has slowed down to its lowest level in over a decade, with 2024 being a pivotal year. Let’s look at the realities of oil … [continued]

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Canadian Transit Think Tank CUTRIC Riddled With Conflicts Of Interest

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:10:09 +0000

Four weeks ago, I didn’t know the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium existed. If I’d seen mention of it, I probably would have assumed it as an innocuous little organization full of pleasant Canadians working diligently for the good of Canadian transit. But the onion keeps being peeled. … [continued]

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Could A Bacteria Eat Away At Plastics And Help To Mitigate Our Pollution Problem?

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 13:56:35 +0000

We tend to think of wastewater as the disgusting but necessary result of human life and living. Well, it seems as if a bacteria commonly found in wastewater may be able to break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a 2024 study finds. Plastic-eating bacteria could provide … [continued]

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