Links tagged “energy”
- Hurricane risk is real for offshore wind
- Soaring Global Coal Use Is Obliterating Emission Reductions Achieved in the U.S. Since 2005
Businesses and governments will do whatever they have to do to get the electricity they need. The Iron Law matters because the electricity sector is the largest emitter of carbon dioxide emissions. And politicians from China to the Czech Republic are going to do everything they can, including “burning anything” they can find, to avoid blackouts.
"Renewable energy cannot, will not, be able to meet soaring global energy demand."
- Biden is Band-Aiding Again: This Time With a Gasoline Tax Holiday
- Energy crisis solved!? ‘Poor families (w/ smart meters) will be paid not to use electricity at certain times’ to reduce risk of blackouts
The company responsible for keeping the lights on is working urgently to establish a scheme to pay consumers with smart meters to ration their usage voluntarily when supplies are scarce. It believes that this could be a cheaper and greener option than paying fossil fuel power plants to generate more electricity, as Russia restricts the gas supplies to Europe and stokes fears over security of supply.
- ‘Climate pledges abandoned’ as gas & coal make comeback in Europe – ‘A striking reversal of commitments’
- China Calls for ‘Urgent’ Coal Production to Stave Off Blackouts
The premier of China’s State Council, Li Keqiang, “urged” energy officials to ramp up coal production this week to stave off electricity blackouts across several Chinese provinces experiencing record power usage during a regional heatwave, the U.K.’s Guardian newspaper.
- Cheers! ‘Climate backtracking’: Germany Pushes for G-7 Reversal on Fossil Fuels in Climate Blow – ‘U-turn in global efforts to fight climate change’
Bloomberg News: "Pledge to end public financing of such fuels came recently." - Germany is pushing for Group of Seven nations to walk back a commitment that would halt the financing of overseas fossil fuel projects by the end of the year, according to people familiar with the matter. That would be a major reversal on tackling climate change as Russia’s war in Ukraine upends access to energy supplies. ...
A G-7 shift from a commitment initiated last year and firmed up in May would be a u-turn in global efforts to fight climate change. It would make it harder to rally the rest of the world around more stringent targets and direct investments toward cleaner sources of energy. It would also go against International Energy Agency advice that no new oil and gas projects should be developed if the world is to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
- Dallas Fed: Surging Costs Hamper US Shale Growth
- Energy shortages & inflation the new norm as refinery closures outpace construction
- Energy Crisis Is A Taste Of What The IEA Has In Store For Us – IEA’s 2021 net-zero Roadmap plan: ‘No Investment in new fossil fuel supply projects’
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Climate Activist Prof. Dessler seeks to eliminate record-breaking 1930s EPA heatwave chart
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Media’s claim that Lake Mead is shrinking due to ‘climate change’ DEBUNKED
Steve Milloy: Today’s elevation is not all that different from the low points of 1956 and 1965 (about 1,090 feet, shown in first graph), especially when you consider the increases in water use and human management of reservoir levels over time. No doubt that drought is affecting Lake Mead. But Western drought is natural (the region is a desert, after all), and Lake Mead was comparably low more than 100 ppm CO2 ago.
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Flashback 2007: Inhofe Spokesman Morano: ‘CO2 is not an air pollutant and should not be treated as one’
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Lab-Grown Meat: Investors Love It, But Scientists Question Safety
Bill Gates, Sir Richard Branson, Hollywood actors, venture capitalists — they’re all pushing lab-grown meat as the solution to world hunger and environmental sustainability, but scientists last week told a panel of experts they have serious concerns about the product’s safety.
