Fossil Fuels

Jul 29, 20222 min read

Global Warming - We're Screwed

The Energy Show · Global Warming – We’re Screwed When it comes to global warming – we’re screwed. I’m telling it like it is so we don’t...

Jun 16, 20222 min read

Direct Air Capture of CO2 – Panacea or Pandora’s Box?

The Energy Show · Direct Air Capture of CO2 - Panacea or Pandora's Box At the start of the Industrial Age the concentration of CO2 in the...

May 3, 20222 min read

Electrifying Your Home - How Many Solar Panels Do I Need?

The Energy Show · How many solar panels needed to electrify my home Stop burning fossil fuels and electrify everything. That’s the path...

Mar 29, 20222 min read

Energy Prices are Through the Roof

The Energy Show · Energy Prices are Going Through the Roof Ribbit or Croak. Which one are you? An urban myth has it that if you put a...

Nov 30, 20212 min read

Why Are Gas Prices So High?

My wife complained to me last week that it cost $80 to fill up her car (I was oblivious since I drive an EV). But I wasn’t surprised...

May 10, 20212 min read

Building Electrification with Menlo Spark

This week’s Energy Show was recorded on Earth Day 2021, 51 years after the very first Earth Day in 1970. When Earth Day was established...

Feb 23, 20212 min read

Carbon Capture and Storage - The Reality

Here’s why carbon capture and storage is a hot topic. If we could only capture the CO2 that is emitted when we burn fossil fuels, we...

Jan 31, 20202 min read

Converting a House to Zero Net Energy

Buildings consume 40% of our energy, most of that for heating and cooling. Almost all of this energy is supplied by fossil fuels,...

Dec 20, 20191 min read

A Millennial's Perspective on the Green New Deal

The Green New Deal is getting a lot more attention as we get into the 2020 Presidential election. The Green New Deal is a set of proposed...

Oct 17, 20191 min read

Economics of Fossil Fuels

From time immemorial, the fuels that have powered human development have been governed by economics. The cheaper and more available fuels...

Nov 27, 20182 min read

Avoiding a Global Warming Disaster

The bad news about global warming continues unabated. This fall the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (fondly...

Dec 19, 20171 min read

Natural Gas - Our Most Popular Fuel

Here’s a trivia question… What do you think is our most commonly used energy source? Is it solar, wind, nuclear, coal, oil, natural gas?...

Mar 13, 20172 min read

Coal, Nuclear and Oil are Losing Steam - Can They Compete?

Our sources of electrical power are quickly shifting. In 2016 there was 26 gigawatts of new electrical-utility capacity added in the U.S....

Sep 18, 20162 min read

Presidential Energy Politics

We’re in the midst of a bizarre presidential election. And a global energy transition driven by both economics and climate change. So...

Aug 13, 20161 min read

Fueling Freedom Book Review - The Faulty Rationale for Fossil Fuels

I don’t normally do book reviews, but I came across a recent book called “Fueling Freedom – Exposing the Mad War on Energy,” by Stephen...

Jul 10, 20161 min read

Electric Vehicles - Save Money and Have Fun

Electric vehicles will continue to gain popularity for the same reason as rooftop solar – the economics keep improving. Batteries (mass...

Aug 3, 20152 min read

Utilities Agree That Fossil Fuels Can't Compete Against Renewables

According to Doc Brown, Marty McFly’s DeLorean needed 1.21 gigawatts to travel back in time. To put this in perspective, new gas power...

Jul 7, 20151 min read

Pope Calls for the Replacement of Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy and Solar Subsidies

“Very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming of the climatic system." “Problem is...