$576.07. That is how much money Julian Simon won from Paul Ehrlich, John Harte and John Holdren in 1990 in a bet about commodities prices. The wager was actually a proxy for […]
The massive, aging oil fields at the heart of China’s latest corruption purge
The Daqing oil field in northeast China is “closely related with the destiny of the nation,” in the words of the official state website. In operation since 1959, China’s largest oil field supplies about […]
China may get over its addiction to coal sooner than anyone thought
A new note from Citigroup attacks “one of the most unassailable assumptions in global energy”—the forecast that China’s coal consumption will grow wantonly over the next two decades. By extension, it challenges […]
Nuclear Power’s Renaissance in Reverse
Last June, Yukiya Amano, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, declared that “nuclear power will make a significant and growing contribution to sustainable development in the coming decades.” But […]
Top 10 Cities Leading in Urban Sustainability – SmartPlanet.com (blog)
Top 10 Cities Leading in Urban SustainabilitySmartPlanet.com (blog)This year, C40 and Siemens have picked 10 cities that are leaders in urban transportation, carbon measurement and planning, energy efficient buildings, air quality, green […]
The exploding supply of NGLs: can this stuff be called oil?
If The Oil Drum were still around, the contributors would certainly be talking about a new ESAI study. The Boston-based consultancy put out a press release today, touting a new report it […]
Tracking the transition to a low-carbon economy: $5.2 trillion invested since 2007, according to report
Ethical Media Markets calls itself an independent publisher of research reports and other information related to the emerging green economy, and every six months it comes out with an annual and mid-year […]
Graph of the Day: Germany’s wind and solar future
New charts follow the dramatic growth of wind and solar in Germany, and how the two energy sources complement the other. via Renew Economy http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/graph-of-the-day-germanys-wind-and-solar-future-37013?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=graph-of-the-day-germanys-wind-and-solar-future-37013
Higher wind generation in the Southwest Power Pool is reducing use of baseload capacity
Because of growing output from wind generators, the value and use of electric baseload capacity is declining in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP). In the chart above, the use of baseload capacity, […]
The Economic and Political Consequences of the Last 10 Years of Renewable Energy Development
I’ve been privileged to be an editor of TOD over the past several years, and am glad to have been invited to do a final post as the site moves to an […]
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