We live in a finite world. Clearly, a finite world has assorted limits of various kinds. Yet economists and many other researchers use predictive models that assume that these limits are unimportant, […]
Oil prices are up because of a crucial little detail in how we count barrels of oil
The recent chaos in Syria, Egypt and Libya has pushed up oil prices by as much as $16 a barrel above the three-year average of 2010-2012, making it far more expensive to […]
“Sustainability” is now meaningless, thanks to corporations and politicians
While the idea of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) that became all the rage some time ago initially had worthwhile aims, it is now more commonly used by corporations to out-worthy their competitors. […]
Closing the Demand Response Loop Between Buildings and the Grid
Last week saw a host of companies launch products and platforms enabled to deliver the latest version of OpenADR, the technology meant to standardize fast and reliable automated demand response. There’s plenty […]
Modeling Bakken Oil Production: The Oil Shock Model Explained
This is a guest post from WebHubbleTelescope. Here he provides a simplified explanation of his Oil Shock Model as applied to oil production from the Bakken formation. Previous contributions to THe Oil […]
Institute for Energy Research | NRDC in damage control mode on the social cost of carbon
via Institute for Energy Research http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2013/08/30/nrdc-goes-into-damage-control-mode-to-try-to-rehabilitate-the-administrations-social-cost-of-carbon/
NRDC in damage control mode on the social cost of carbon
The environmental group, NRDC, is engaged in full-scale damage control because they don’t like the fact that the public is learning the truth about the computer models used by the Obama Administration […]
Blackout Risk Tool Puts Price Tag On Power Reliability
In 2012, 25 million people endured at least one electric power outage in the United States. via Forbes – Energy http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2013/08/30/blackout-risk-tool-puts-price-tag-on-power-reliability/
GTM Exclusive: The Solar Industry Establishes Net Metering Principles
With disputes breaking out between utilities and builders of rooftop solar all over the country about net energy metering (NEM), the solar industry has issued guiding principles to make clear what it […]
Germany Sets Another Record: 5.1 Terawatt-hours of Solar in July
Germany set a new record in July by providing 5.1 terawatt-hours of electricity from solar. That beat its record production of 5.0 terawatt-hours of electricity from wind in January of this year. […]
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