I can’t speak for anyone else gathered here in my virtual living room — hey, Sasparilla, stop bogarting the Doritos; and Olner, we’re running low on Carmenere, please open another couple of bottles — but I certainly find it incredibly frustrating to see and hear people talk about the cost of energy solely in terms of . . . → Read More: Not talking about the true costs
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 4 comments - (Comments are closed)  Climate change, Coal, Communications, Electricity, Natural gas, Uncategorized If you’re itching for a new example of, “this sounds great, but…”, then I’ve got a real winner we can ponder, as described in the article, Carbon dioxide super-scubber? Potential good news in global warming fight.: Using cheap, readily available materials, a team of chemists has developed a new compound for drawing carbon dioxide out of the . . . → Read More: Scrubbing CO2 Comments are closed Climate change, Coal, Geoengineering, Natural gas, Oil, Public policy, Uncategorized After a Herculean effort by Durban negotiators to clean the climate change Aegean Stables, we have… what, exactly? I don’t think we’ll know for sure for a while, and it will take years, possibly decades, to see how the entire process plays out. Remember, there was a time when the whole world was excited because the . . . → Read More: As the Durban smoke clears, we see mirrors If anyone here needed further proof that some days it’s not worth chewing through the leather restraints, we have a new Science paper of more than passing interest. A third effect of anthropogenic aerosols on the climate: In a paper published in the journal Science, Natalie Mahowald at Cornell University reports on a third effect of . . . → Read More: Do anthropogenic aerosols play an even bigger role? The International Energy Agency released their report, World Energy Outlook 2001, this morning. The full press release [emphasis added]: The world is locking itself into an unsustainable energy future which would have far-reaching consequences, IEA warns in its latest World Energy Outlook See Related Publication or Event 09 November 2011 London — Without a bold change of policy direction, the . . . → Read More: Doc alert: World Energy Outlook 2011 2 comments - (Comments are closed) By the numbers, Climate change, Coal, Natural gas, Oil, Renewable energy, Uncategorized You can’t throw a computer mouse without hitting some site or person talking about the big carbon news from last week regarding the record jump in worldwide carbon emissions, in both absolute terms and carbon intensity. And it should be a big topic, frankly, considering the breadth, depth, and severity of the ramifications of stay . . . → Read More: More on those record carbon emissions 14 comments - (Comments are closed) By the numbers, Climate change, Coal, Natural gas, Oil, Uncategorized Water Energy Food Nexus, Bonn 2011 (emphasis added): A new report on the water-food-energy nexus from the World Resource Institute (WRI), the Coca-Cola Company and iSciences, compiles information the WRI gathered with help from its partners in the Aqueduct project, which includes General Electric, The Coca-Cola Company, Bloomberg, The Dow Chemical Company, Talisman Energy, United Technologies Corporation . . . → Read More: Energy, water, food. Any questions? Oy: A single Indian state is to build a new fleet of coal-power stations that could make it one of the world’s top 20 emitters of carbon emissions – on a par with countries such as Spain or Poland. The proposed coal plants in the south-eastern state of Andhra Pradesh are part of a wider Indian “coal rush” . . . → Read More: India’s coal rush Just a few days ago I posted about the nasty details of spewing all that SO2 into the atmosphere, largely from the burning of coal (It’s aerosol whiplash time). Now we have a new paper saying, “Guess what, happy campers? China burned a buttload of coal since 2000, and that slowed down the rate . . . → Read More: Aerosol whiplash, take 2 Update: After some Intertubery, I think the “1C” paper referred to below is: The net climate impact of coal-fired power plant emissions [PDF] Cleaner air may make global warming worse – The Irish Times – Wed, Jun 29, 2011 Understanding impacts of aerosols and trace gases on climate and air quality: Atmospheric aerosol particles (otherwise known as particulate matter) . . . → Read More: It’s aerosol whiplash time |
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