In this post, I give an overview of developments in China to create a coal to chemicals industry, primarily using methanol as an intermediary feedstock. In doing this research, to my surprise, […]
China’s Coal to Chemical Future
We’re Headed To $8 Natural Gas
There is a glut of natural gas. Everybody knows that. There’s so much of the latest multi stage hydraulic fracturing going on from New York State to Texas and all places in […]
Natural Gas Is Heading Higher: More Data
The weekly EIA gas storage numbers arrived on Thursday and the trend continues. Yesterday’s gas storage injection was only 26 bcf (billion cubic feet) against last year’s number of 48 bcf and the […]
Why climate change doesn’t spark moral outrage, and how it could | Grist
Perhaps the single biggest barrier to action on climate change is the fact that it doesn’t hit us in the gut. We can identify it as a great moral wrong, through a […]
27 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity to retire over next five years
Plant owners and operators report to EIA that they expect to retire almost 27 gigawatts (GW) of capacity from 175 coal-fired generators between 2012 and 2016. In 2011, there were 1,387 coal-fired […]
The Coming Food Crisis: Blame Ethanol?
A series of spikes in global food prices resulted in riots in 2008 and contributed to violent uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East in 2011. The culprit is a matter […]
With the Utility Regulators, Day 3: Oil and Renewables Debate Subsidies
To provide U.S. regulators a basis for decisions they will be making on controversial subsidies and incentives in state energy policies that may make or break renewables, a debate was added to […]
Clean Energy Access For All: Grameen Installs Over 500 Solar Homes Systems A Day In Rural Bangladesh
In one of the poorest countries on the planet a renewable energy service company is installing [nearly] one thousand solar home systems — a day. Not in its capital or busy urban […]
Rail deliveries of oil and petroleum products up 38% in first half of 2012
Railroads are playing a more important role in transporting U.S. crude oil to refineries, especially oil production from North Dakota’s Bakken formation where there is limited pipeline infrastructure to move supplies. The […]
Domestic Action on Aviation Carbon Pollution
International aviation generates more than 3 percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions per year. This amount is relatively small but growing quickly, with worldwide aviation emissions projected to increase 300 percent […]
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