The Fossil Folly
Demystifying global energy architecture
The pictures showed Murray, who donated $300,000 to Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, give Perry an “action plan.” Murray’s company has previously lobbied the Trump administration to end new federal public health protections for greenhouse gas emissions and smog pollution, loosen mine safety rules, and
Source: Renewable Energy Not a Threat to Grid, Draft of U.S. Study Finds – Bloomberg
Surface coal mining, including mountaintop removal mining, was responsible for the clearing of more than 7 percent of the land in central Appalachia — or an area about three times the size of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park — from the
The global addiction to fossil fuels started in the late 1800s with US industrialization. Are we ready for another shift or will mankind go extinct like the dinosaurs?
What Can Consumers and Businesses do? Consumers today have more choices than ever. Competition brings new and advanced technologies that were never before available. The cheapest energy source currently available is conservation and efficiency. Beyond those two options, consumers can control their
What Should Utilities and Large Power Providers Do? Utilities should focus on their core business and develop smart grid management, electrification of the transportation industry and buying power from large scale (zero emissions) power plants. Services “downstream” of the meter such as
What Should Policymakers Do? In a market based economy, consumers have the ultimate say in technology choices. So when products are priced competitively and benefit society, they will be purchased. That does not mean that regulations and taxes don’t have a place