ClientEarth, a European climate law charity, has filed lawsuit alleging that Shell breached its legal duties by mismanaging climate risk. This is a novel approach and if successful could mean big changes for Big Oil and the fossil fuel industry. https://www.theenergymix.com/2022/03/27/shell-breached-legal-duties-by-mismanaging-climate-risk-lawsuit-alleges/
Archive for the ‘fossil fuels’ Category:
2022-03-25 China’s Green H2 Message Bad News For Russia
China’s green hydrogen message spells bad news for Russia. Quote: << Green hydrogen made no sense as commercial venture back when the cost of wind and solar power was sky-high. As those costs have come down, the green hydrogen market has exploded, and for good reason. Hydrogen is already part and parcel of the modern
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2022-03-25 Yellen: US Should Have Moved To Renewables Faster
US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen said the US should have moved faster toward renewable energy. It would have made us more independent of foreign and Russian fossil fuels. Quote: << Current energy market struggles are a reason to increase focus on renewable energy, Yellen said. >> https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/25/yellen-the-us-should-have-moved-faster-toward-renewable-energy.html
2022-03-15 Are ICEVs Heading The Way Of CRTs?
The author believes it will take a lot longer to transition to EVs than it took to transition away from CRT displays. Quote: << The transition to EVs will be long, gradual, uneven and painful. >> I think the author is too pessimistic. A few years ago one would rarely see a Tesla EV. Now
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2022-03-09 Oil Companies Are Gouging American Drivers
The oil companies have raised prices and made record profits, at the expense of American consumers. Republicans are trying to blame Biden for high gas prices. Brian Tyler Cohen explains in this video. https://youtu.be/hA2e9fFiZB0 Politifact fact checked this. Republicans are trying to blame high gas prices on Biden. It’s a typical underhanded political ruse that
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2022-02-10 Aviation Fuel And Taxes
A long article, important information about taxation of aviation turbine (jet) fuel. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/02/07/the-wacky-untaxed-world-of-jet-fuel-is-coming-to-an-end/
2022-02-08 Why Texans Don’t Have Power
This is why 70,000 Texans are without power after the freeze this week. Nice to know that Gov. Abbot is sacrificing Texans for money. https://youtube.com/shorts/qPxLCioEhao More about the (un)reliability of the Texas natural gas supply and why it’s not as cheap as renewables plus storage. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/02/07/the-hidden-costs-of-keeping-gas-plants-online-in-texas-beyond/
2022-01-18 Used And Useful: States Must Enforce – End Waste By Utilities
This opinion article exposes the bad business practices that utilities are guilty of. The electric utilities abuse the ratepayers by passing on their disinformation and bad decisions in the form of increased electricity costs. https://www.utilitydive.com/news/unused-and-useless-states-must-act-to-end-flawed-natural-gas-power-plant-b/616899/
2022-01-08 Global Primary Energy Consumption By Source
This is an animated graphic of global primary energy consumption by source. Interesting. https://www.facebook.com/TheInfographicsShow/videos/256670979610323/
2021-12-29 Hydrogen Fuel Cell EVs Predictions
From a reply in FB group TSLA… Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will be very common once the electric grids are powered predominantly by renewables. The price of hydrogen will conform to Wright’s Law and be so cheap that it will be competitive with BEVs. And due to the electric grid powering what is now still
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