False Alarm: Today–and Back in the 1970s
An optimistic view of future climate has a strong basis in settled science (CO2 fertilization, modest primary warming), just as climate pessimistic has a more speculative basis (as in debated feedback effects to elevate the initial warming).…
Climate Activists Stepping Up Efforts to Ensnare YOUR Children
Having failed to win over adults, climate activists appear to be stepping up efforts to impress their viewpoint on children entrusted to their care, with strategies ranging from climate themed early learning stories to activism workshops for teenagers.…
Fossil Fuel Generation Outpaces Renewables in 2021 – IEA
While Fatih Birol whistles in the dark, the fine words at COP26 hit the wall of reality.…
Citizen Scientists Spot Jupiter-like Planet in NASA TESS Data
On February 1, 2020, Jacobs happened to notice a plot showing starlight from TOI-2180 dim by less than half a percent and then return to its previous brightness level over a 24-hour period, which may be explained by an orbiting planet that is said to “transit” as it passes in front of the star from our point of view…
Column: Energy industry charging ahead with emissions reduction technologies — A preferred route to tearing up the world in search of minerals
Come 2050, the hydrocarbon industry will be sequestering carbon all over, will have developed new emissions reduction technology, will coexist with a reasonable level of wind and solar, and will still be fuelling the world.…
The role of risk aversion in the coal contracting behavior of US power plants
The results indicate that a 10% increase in spot price uncertainty is associated with 0.9% increase in contract coal prices, and that both risk aversion and relationship-specific investments are important determinants of the coal contracting behavior of US power plants.…