Ford is starting to separate itself from GM and Chrysler, and in more than the oft-mentioned “they’re the only US company not asking for a handout way”, as important as that is today in fact and in perception. Even better, they’re showing conspicuous signs of a deep understanding of the challenges facing their industry in . . . → Read More: Ford gets it–big time
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The US Department of Energy has released the latest edition of their Annual Energy Review (from the Executive Summary): The projections in AEO2009 look beyond current economic and financial woes and focus on factors that drive U.S. energy markets in the longer term. Key issues highlighted in the AEO2009 include higher but uncertain world oil prices, growing . . . → Read More: Document alert: Annual Energy Review 2009 Dr. James Lovelock is speaking out again, and once again I find myself wondering just how long we are required to (or will) continue to listen to him because he authored the Gaia Hypothesis. While I seldom mention Lovelock, he’s been in the news off and on in recent months, usually saying something quite extreme about how . . . → Read More: Enough, Dr. Lovelock OK, I’m probably as sick of the “extreme” this and “extreme” that nonsense as is anyone reading this site. It got old a long time ago. But every once in a while, an example comes along where calling something “extreme” is not only not exaggeration, but it’s about the only reasonable description. The latest instance . . . → Read More: Extreme Ice, indeed One of the points I’ve mentioned here — you can’t manage what you can’t measure — is something that I think will become increasingly important in the coming years. Whether you’re concerned about peak oil and the legendary lack of data transparency regarding OPEC reserves and operations that Matt Simmons and other have talked about . . . → Read More: Measure, but measure well The energy/water nexus continues to gain recognition, even if not as quickly as I’d prefer. The latest proof of this tardy trend is an article from the Wall Street Journal, Water Worries Shape Local Energy Decisions: Last month, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a utility that provides power to mostly rural areas, agreed to conduct a . . . → Read More: Collision at the intersection of Water St. and Energy Blvd. Some time back, almost everyone writing about climate change (including yours truly) talked about the phenomenon of ice melting, running through giant cracks in polar ice, and then acting as a lubricant that accelerated the movement of glaciers. There’s also been discussion of the “cork in the bottle effect”, whereby one glacier can break up . . . → Read More: Pancake ice The NY Times has published a fascinating profile of Jane Lubchenco, the recently approved head of the NOAA: The marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco has long urged scientists to abandon the habitual reticence of the research community and spend more time engaging the public and public officials about scientific and technical issues. Now Dr. Lubchenco, a professor at . . . → Read More: Social contracts for all Below are two graphics that I doubt can get enough attention, both courtesy of the UK’s Met Office’s Hadley Centre. The first is from a documentary with David Attenborough, The Truth about Climate Change, and it requires a bit of explanation: In this image, the three lines show world temperature variations from 1850 until 2000. The red . . . → Read More: Two Hadley Centre graphics What oh what, people wonder, will it take for people to leap on the electric vehicle bandwagon? And by “people”, the implied meaning is not just people like, well, me, who dream semi-erotic dreams of being able to buy an EV from a major car company, but mainstream consumers, the people who put costs and . . . → Read More: Nissan’s knee in the curve? |
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