Image by tuexperto_com5, licensed under Creative Commons Google rules the virtual world but if it ruled the real one, would things be a bit different? Google.org which is the philanthropic arm of Google blogged that it wants to see America weaned off fossil fuels by 2030 for its electricity. Also, Google's own energy efficiency initiatives will be equivalent to shutting down 10-20 coal-fired ...
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Greenpeace on 3rd Oct 2008 (via greenpeace.org.uk)
Yes, they really do exist. Subsidies for the use of fossil fuels. Obviously this is insane when we’ve also got huge subsidies for the use of non-fossil fuels. The thing is though, it’s different countries offering the different subsidies. It’s the rich western countries subsidising non-fossil while the fossil fuel subsidies are all in poor
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TimWorstall on 22nd Dec 2010 (via timworstall.com)
Geoffrey Lean: Reducing consumption of fossil fuels saves money Sadly it’s all a little more complex than that: if that’s all there were to it then we’d all be cutting our consumption of fossil fuels and there wouldn’t be any problem, would there? We can reduce our consumption of fossil fuels, of course: if we decide to reduce
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TimWorstall on 5th Sep 2009 (via timworstall.com)
On April 1st, take aim at your local Fossil Fool We are living through both alarming and amazing times: financial systems are creaking, climate change is being felt around the world, and the peak in fossil fuels fast approaches. Cracks are widening daily throughout the fossil fuel empire, and change is coming whether we like it or not.
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RisingTide on 14th Oct 2008 (via risingtide.org.uk)
Promises, promises “No more dirty coal, no nuclear… dependence on fossil fuels undermines the fight for human rights” so said Nick Clegg to the Liberal Democrats conference yesterday. And this really sums up the Lib Dems. Yes the UK would be far, far better off if it didn’t rely on fossil fuels and didn’t
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TheWardmanWire on 18th Sep 2008 (via mattwardman.com)
An overhaul of world farming and more vegetarianism should be top priorities to protect the environment, along with curbs on fossil fuel use, a UN-backed study said on Wednesday (2 June).
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EurActiv on 3rd Jun 2010 (via euractiv.com)
The European Commission's Second Strategic Energy Review warns that net imports of fossil fuels will remain constant until 2020 despite EU efforts to move towards a 'low carbon' economy. Gas supply security takes centre stage in the review.
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EurActiv on 14th Nov 2008 (via euractiv.com)
Unconventional fuels, that is gas or oil from coal, shale and tar sands are a bit helpful for security of supply but about the worst thing going for the environement. How much energy do we get for every pound of carbon we send into the atmosphere? Fossil fuels are hydrocarbons, meaning they consist of atoms of
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EUEnergyPolicyBlog on 15th Jul 2008 (via energypolicyblog.com)
However, fossil fuel addiction can be solved only when we recognise an economic law as certain as the law of gravity: as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy they will be used. Solution therefore requires a rising fee on oil, gas and coal – a carbon fee collected from
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TimWorstall on 27th Aug 2010 (via timworstall.com)
The European Investment Bank has been accused of funding the fossil fuel industry with €16 billion of loans since 2007, more than that stumped up for any other energy source. More »
It is becoming embarrassing to witness how very stupid the Speaker of the House is. She advocates for natural gas as opposed to fossil fuels not knowing that natural gas is a fossil fuel that is usually found when and where drilling for oil takes place. It would, however, seem that her concern for the natural environment was a bit undercut when she insisted that the military equivalent of a 757 be...
