News & Articles on Fossil Fuels
Fossil Fuels ares not renewable, obviously. They are listed here for organizational reasons. I don’t write about fossil fuels–as a rule. However, fossil fuels and those who promote them are not going away quietly. Thus, I felt it necessary to include the topic to distinguish articles that are not about nuclear power or renewable energy.
The Road To COP21: Where is the “Locus of Control” of Effective Climate Action?
By
Michael Hoexter
While we need international institutions like the UN to facilitate a global energy and land-use transition, the UN cannot function, as it has in the past, as a tar-pit or morass to entrap the good intentions of leaders and citizens worldwide to build a new energy and land use regime.
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels or You have to be Kidding
By
Paul Gipe
Yep, only in Bakersfield, the oil capitol of California. Sunday morning I went down the drive to pick up the …
Yes, ExxonMobil Committed “Unparalleled Evil” Yet that Evil Can Distract From Taking Action
By
Michael Hoexter
The causal framework that blames only fossil fuel companies also excuses us consumers who were and are only too happy to continue the fossil-fueled party, especially with no visible impingements on our fun from the side of the climate until quite recently.
Coal power down, renewables up in Germany
By
Craig Morris
Overall, electricity from lignite dropped by 3.6 percent, mainly because so much wind power was produced during the winter that it actually cut into this baseload electricity. In contrast, power from hard coal dropped by only one percent; it already ramps the hardest. Electricity from natural gas was down by 1.5 percent; it is already offset the most. Nuclear power was actually up by 2.8 percent.
Fossil Fuel Feed-In Tariffs
By
Karl-friedrich Lenz
It would work exactly like the successful solar tariff, with one small change. There would be a cap on the fossil fuel electricity bought under the system. That cap would be calculated from the already existing goals for renewable. Look at the renewable goal, subtract that from 100 percent, and you get the cap for fossil fuel under the feed-in tariff.
Guardian: Fossil fuel firms accused of renewable lobby takeover to push gas
By
Arthur Neslen
Big energy firms such as Total, Iberdrola, E.On and Enel have together adopted a dominant position in trade bodies such as the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA). Their representatives now constitute a majority on both group’s boards.
