The New York Times ran a story yesterday, “Imagining Life without Oil” provoking fears about an energy crisis while leaving out the fact that oil shortageswould only affect modes of transportation, all other energy demands can be met with natural gas supplies, nuclear power and renewables. As for transportation, improving mileage efficiencies, while also relying [...]
NCAR released a report predicting the trajectory of BP’s oil spill around Florida up the Atlantic seaboard before turning east towards Europe. BUT, NCAR’s website notes: “Peacock and her colleagues stress that the simulations are not a forecast because it is impossible to accurately predict the precise location of the oil weeks or months [...]
According to the New York Times, the EPA is going to impose costly disposal requirements for coal ash - whether it’s regulated as a hazardous or solid waste, coal fired power plants are going to be passing those costs onto consumers. Coal ash has an interesting history. Since the beginning of the environmental regulatory era, coal ash has [...]
BP’s oil spill in the Gulf may make you wonder about renewable energy options. How can clean energy become a viable option for consumers? One organization has taken the bull by the horns and developed the Renewable Energy Atlas, a user friendly web based application that locates renewable energy sources [...]
The US government is really supporting energy efficiency and green jobs. Good science and technological ideas are getting the green light. For example, the Patent and Trade office (part of the Department of Commerce) is working on the Green Technology Pilot Program that will streamline the patent process for green technology, i.e., [...]
Nuclear power is really the only source of power that can replace fossil fuels to meet demand in our modern economy and create jobs. Alternative energy sources are not efficient enough to meet demand. While solar, wind, hydro, geothermal are all good additions to the overall energy supply mix, nuclear is king when [...]
Abundant snowfall in the mid-Atlantic and questionable climate change data has led to a lot of chatter about the validity of global warming. Instead of stepping into the controversy about whether global temperatures are increasing, why not take a look at the verifiable dangers of fossil fuels? Recently, Forbes released a list of [...]
According to Navigant Consulting, up to 274,000 jobs will be created when the US requires utilities to produce 25% of their electricity from renewable sources (wind, hydro, solar). I wonder. NJ has the most stringent renewable energy requirement (30% of NJ’s electricity has to come from renewable sources) but there is no information [...]
Forget about EPA and government regulations. It just makes good business sense to implement innovative ways to improve waste management. Waste Management Inc. is taking the lead on this effort by converting landfill methane gas into usable natural gas to power utility electricity plants across the nation. Waste Management is producing domestic [...]
Greenpeace may be against nuclear energy and Homer Simpson may be asleep on the job at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant but splitting atoms creates significant amounts of energy while producing zero greenhouse gas emissions. For that reason, nuclear energy plays a significant role in disarming global warming threats and climate change. Nuclear [...]