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Natural Gas on Track to Become Next Energy Giant
Taking into account that natural gas is responsible for generating about 24 percent of U.S. energy, how long will take before it becomes the main source of power in this country?[read more]
Curbing Carbon Emissions the Right Way
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Electric power plants spew about 40 percent of the carbon dioxide pollution in the United States, but, amazingly, there are no federal limits on utility emissions of this potent greenhouse gas.[read more]
Paying the Bill for Electric Vehicles
Perhaps it's merely a sign of the times, when a billion is the new million and firms in many industries have found it easier to get capital from the government than from bankers, bondholders and shareholders, but the price tag implicit in the recommendations of a new cross-industry group formed to promote electric vehicles is startling...[read more]
Operation Overdrive Redux
As an addendum to my earlier post titled Operation Overdrive, wherein I suggest that GM and Bob Lutz are irrelevant, check out this clip from September17th's Colbert Report. Lutz - the notorious climate skeptic who oversees product development at GM -plugged GM’s "gas-friendly" technologies in one breath and then denied human-caused...[read more]
Don’t bother, they’re heeeeere.
The clowns, that is. In researching and writing about energy and environmental issues, there are times when I want to scream and beat the walls with my fists until they’re bloody. And thanks to our friends in the automotive business, today provided yet another example of the towering idiocy that sends me into such virtual rages. What am...[read more]
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“Dude, I've heard that so many times. Just kindly answer these questions:1) How Many Coal plants will be shut down after 10 years of this level of spending, even factoring in the hopped lowering of costs. If FFs PVs can't stop FFs, What's the point? Please remember that PVs don't work at night and only part of the day. Also remember that Natural Gas is a FF and will eventually have ...”
“It's hard to offer specific perceptions when vague macro-economics has a theory for everything.First, I'm glad the nasty 1980ish situation is included for younger readers. It spawned the internet, electrical efficiency, fuel efficiencies, and building insulation.Second, around the 2005 crash there were fewer giant, noisy, 4 wheel drive pick-ups (with "support our troops" stickers) driving ...”