I wrote a couple of weeks ago that we most certainly can eliminate coal-fired power plants. Well, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), we not only can, we’re on that track now. How? The answer lies partly in the switch to natural gas. The FT quotes the EIA here: “… in 2009, the […]
The venerable Matt Wald at the “NY Times” had a revealing story yesterday: Fossil Fuels’ Hidden Cost Is in Billions, Study Says. He cites a study, commissioned by Congress, just out from the National Research Council. Monetizing the value of human life cut short by air pollution – “small soot particles, which cause lung damage; […]
That’s what the overwhelming verdict is because of new extraction methods for accessing natural gas from shale. I’ve written recently about the rising star of natural gas as a powerful tool in battling the climate crisis: see Natural Gas – to Cut GHG Emissions, Natural Gas in the Senate and The Gas Industry at the […]
In yet another useful special report at the “Financial Times” – this one today on the gas industry – there are two articles on the theme of what I was talking about recently in which natural gas is being positioned as a “transition” fuel to the low-carbon future. (See Natural Gas – to Cut GHG […]