Every day, the world burns through more than 87 million barrels of oil—and every year, that number gets bigger and bigger. We use oil to power our cars, planes and trucks; our tanks, bombers and rockets. Oil is irreplacable, which is why we remain addicted—even though we hate it. And it’s why the oil industry—represented [...]
I have the cover story this week in the dead-tree/living table TIME, on the future of oil (available here to subscribers). Gas prices have dominated the political conversation for weeks—at least until the Supreme Court started its health care hearings—and with the summer driving season just around the corner, the national obsession won’t be lift [...]
Anticipation is heating up around another release of oil and petroleum products from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), likely...
Ever since comprehensive climate legislation died of neglect in the U.S. Senate in 2010, environmentalists have looked to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to step in and save the day. According to the Supreme Court, the agency has the power—and the responsibility—to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act if the EPA decided climate [...]
. Home About Advertise Consumer Energy Report Biodiversivist Econbrowser Editors' Corner Energy , Security , Policy R-Squared Energy Column By Robert Rapier on Mar 26, 2012 with 28 responses Setting the Record Straight on U.S . Oil Reserves : Tags Bakken Eagle Ford oil reserves oil resources oil shale shale oil tight oil Tweet The Difference Between Oil Shale and Oil from Shale Formations There has been some confusion lately about the overall extent of U.S . oil reserves . Some claim that the U.S . has hundreds of billions or even trillions of barrels of oil waiting to be produced if the Obama Administration will simply stop blocking development . So , I thought it might be a good idea to elaborate somewhat on the . issue Oil production has been increasing in the U.S . primarily driven by
. Home by Sector Biofuels Carbon Smart Grid Renewables Solar Storage Transport Water Cleantech News Submit Blog Press Release Advertise Jobs About About Cleantech Blog What is Cleantech Bloggers Bookshelf Contact Cleantech Blog Blog With Us Cleantech Venture Competitions Dr . Sherwood Rowland Tribute to a Nobel Laureate On March 20, 2012, in Blog by John Addison This excerpt from my book is a tribute to Dr . Sherwood Rowland who was awarded the Nobel Prize for his co-discovery of how CFCs were destroying our atmosphere . He died on March 10, 2012 at the age of 84. His wife Joan survives him . They would have celebrated their 60 th wedding anniversary this June . He was a brilliant researcher and an engaging teacher . I was fortunate to be one of his students at . UCI Attack of the Killer
Study after study seems to be reaching the same conclusion: abundant natural gas is no solution for climate change. Indeed...
It’s become popular to point to record low unemployment in North Dakota in order to show how greater oil and...
. Home About Advertise Consumer Energy Report Biodiversivist Econbrowser Editors' Corner Energy , Security , Policy R-Squared Energy Column By Robert Rapier on Mar 14, 2012 with 21 responses Global Warming Primer Natural Gas Vehicles R-Squared Energy TV Ep . 15 : Tags climate change CNG global warming greenhouse gases natural gas R-Squared Energy TV Tweet In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV I answer questions about compressed natural gas CNG vehicles , and talk a little bit about global warming. Some of the topics discussed : are The environmental footprint of a CNG vehicle versus an electric vehicle operating on natural gas-derived electricity The prospects of CNG vehicles in the next 10 years Why I generally do not write much about global warming The basis of future climate
As the Iranian oil embargo begins to bite, the widespread assumption is that this should hurt Iran’s oil revenues and...
Pundits love to talk about how gasoline prices might influence the upcoming presidential election. So it might surprise people to...
: Home About Advertise Consumer Energy Report Biodiversivist Econbrowser Editors' Corner Energy , Security , Policy R-Squared Energy Column By Robert Rapier on Mar 5, 2012 with 32 responses Study : Eliminating Coal-Fired Power is Worth 0.2 Degrees in 100 Years : Tags climate change coal coal power global warming joe romm natural gas nuclear solar wind Tweet Who could have dreamed solving climate change would be so easy  A new paper in Environmental Research Letters called â Greenhouse gases , climate change and the transition from coal to low-carbon electricity â concludes that replacement of all of the world’s currently operating coal-fired power plants which produce about 40 of the world’s electricity and replacing them with renewable energy would have an impact of 0.2 degrees