WoW! This is the new energy charge for the US. Note that the new chart shows how much energy we waste as well as how much weed is! Far more goes to waste.
And 2013 was the first year that energy consumption was up, since 2010. One benefit of a recession is that you produce less of a carbon footprint, and get more efficient.
https://www.llnl.gov/news/newsreleases/2014/Apr/NR-14-04-01.html#.VCOBhMcpDMK
What the world’s most dangerous waterway reveals about the energy system we built — and the one we’re building now The tanker captain had run the Strait of Hormuz more than two hundred times. Twenty-one miles at its narrowest. Two shipping lanes, each barely two miles wide. Every time, the same ritual: radio check, speed…
What happens when a curious middle-school student applies today’s AI tools to a simple science question—and keeps asking better questions instead of stopping at the first answer? This article explores human-centric sustainability through the experience of Maya, an eighth-grader who didn’t want to build a volcano for her science fair. She wanted to understand whether…
A Working Group (of 5) Came out with a “Moderate” Report for the DOE A new DOE climate report has been released by the U.S. Department of Energy at the end of July 2025. Authored by five “independent” researchers, it concludes that the economic damages of climate change may be less than believed and that…
Kelly Pickerel, Editor in Chief of Solar Power World magazine was cautiously optimistic in January when discussing the impact of US Import tariffs on the Solar industry and still solar installations were up 14% during 2019. She hoped that an even year, 2020, would bode well for solar. She concluded her opening letter by the editor…
First Solar Achieves World Record 18.6 % Thin Film Module Conversion Efficiency | Business Wire: Wow. The technology is really moving up. FirstSolar’s thin film is really working its way up. That means you can produce more power with a smaller foot print. Or produce much more power with a bigger footprint. Very cool to…
Contura Energy is going public. (CTRA). On the one hand, they have a lot of metallurgical coal; on the other hand it seems like a rather bad investment — especially long-term. All the proceeds will go to buy out existing stock holders. Existing shareholders are based on creditors… Alpha Resources went bankrupt and the Contura…
