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Energy efficiency... good topic. How do we conserve what we have? Well there are several layers to this question, but let me begin with the most obvious. YOU. Because the truth is that personal decisions matter. Really. And like all...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 10:52 AM • 24 Comments •
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Unless we radically rejig the way utilities make their money, there's simply no way to encourage enough conservation to make a difference.
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 12:01 PM • 5 Comments •
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One thing seems certain in every scenario of our energy future: our demand for energy is growing, and if we continue to fuel that demand with coal and oil, the effect on the planet will be disastrous and irreversible. Every...
Posted by Erin Johnson at 1:45 PM • 5 Comments •
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Over in the United Kingdom, the Government's business and technology department (BERR) has a new enthusiasm for new coal-burning power stations which is based on the notion of retrofitting CCS (carbon capture and storage) in the future once the technology is developed. But all the independent advice is going against this policy.
Posted by David Thorpe at 10:35 AM • 2 Comments •
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It really should be up to the utilities to fund their own efforts to find a way to make running a coal-fired plant easy on the environment, no?
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 12:01 PM • 5 Comments •
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Thursday, my coblogger Joe Romm did a fantastic job highlighting the problems of carbon capture and storage: The bottom line is that we should continue to pursue CCS research, development, and demonstration in a serious effort to turn this long-term...
Posted by Sheril R. Kirshenbaum at 11:00 AM • 2 Comments •
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All of the energy sources we've discussed on this blog—from nuclear power to tidal power to cellulosic ethanol—have been developed with the ultimate goal of replacing coal and oil. However, the problem remains that even with the right technology, political...
Posted by Erin Johnson at 10:23 PM • 9 Comments •
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There really isn't a lot of fancy, expensive equipment to develop. Just very strong, very long strings, along with computers to handle them.
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 12:01 PM • 7 Comments •
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In the race to replace coal and oil, several of the technologies we've discussed here—photovoltaics, wind, nuclear—seem to be projected, by proponents, politicians, investors and the media, as it, the saving grace that will lead us into a new era...
Posted by Erin Johnson at 12:39 PM • 3 Comments •
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This won't solve the climate crisis or the foreign oil dependency, but it would go a long way toward such goals,
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 1:31 PM • 9 Comments •
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