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Category Archives: Alternatives to Oil
How Renewable Energy Models Can Produce Misleading Indications
The energy needs of the world’s economy seem to be easy to model. Energy consumption is measured in a variety of different ways including kilowatt hours, barrels of oil equivalent, British thermal units, kilocalories and joules. Two types of energy … Continue reading
Understanding Why the Green New Deal Won’t Really Work
The reasons why the Green New Deal won’t really work are fairly subtle. A person really has to look into the details to see what goes wrong. In this post, I try to explain at least a few of the … Continue reading
Posted in Alternatives to Oil, Financial Implications
Tagged battery back-up, California electricity, EROEI
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Eight Pitfalls in Evaluating Green Energy Solutions
Does the recent climate accord between US and China mean that many countries will now forge ahead with renewables and other green solutions? I think that there are more pitfalls than many realize. Pitfall 1. Green solutions tend to push … Continue reading
Posted in Alternatives to Oil, Energy policy, Financial Implications
Tagged electric grid, EROEI, green energy, oil prices, renewables, solar PV, wind energy
1,278 Comments
Update on US natural gas, coal, nuclear, and renewables
On August 6, I wrote a post called Making Sense of the US Oil Story, in which I looked at US oil. In this post, I would like to look at other sources of US energy. Of course, the energy … Continue reading
Posted in Alternatives to Oil
Tagged biofuel, coal, geothermal, natural gas, nuclear, renewables, solar PV, wind energy
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