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Author Archives: energyprbe
Waxman-Markey early action provisions criticized as unclear
(June 17, 2009) Industry commentators have spoken out about the provisions for early adoption of carbon emission reduction strategies in the cap-and-trade legislation currently going through the US House of Representatives. Continue reading
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Finding a better way to examine emissions
(Jun. 16, 2009) Taking the train to work is better for the environment than driving an SUV—right? Well, that depends. Continue reading
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Aldyen Donnelly: How the Canadian government should respond to the US Renewable Fuel Standard
I believe there is at least one policy/regulatory response that the government of Canada and provinces must mobilize as both an offence and defence against the US measures I outline below. But I have not seen–to date–evidence that the officials in Environment Canada or most of the provinces understand these issues or the need for a strategic Canadian response.
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Green Energy – Green Schmenergy! Let's try to talk English!
I can find no definition of "green energy" anywhere, but then, expressions used in toothpaste commercials do not necessarily get into the dictionary. Let us see what we can do to clarify things a bit.
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Energy? Not to worry
Lawrence Solomon and Amory Lovins may delay future developments by a few years, but they cannot escape the fact that 1 kilogram of uranium yields roughly 50,000 kiloWatt.hours of electrical energy in present-day thermal reactors or 3 million kiloWatt.hours in fast breeder reactors. Both technologies are fully established, though the breeder is in abeyance at present because thermal is cheaper and uranium is abundantly available at low price. Continue reading
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Climate insurance
(June 6, 2009) Contrary to conventional wisdom, fear of climate change has been the biggest boon in insurance industry history. Second in a series called ‘Climate Profiteers’. Continue reading
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Climate Insurance: Sources
(June 6, 2009) A study by Greenpeace International: Greenpeace & the financial sector — the possibility of profitable relationships between not-for-profits and for-profits Continue reading
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Sea Level
In the torrent of gossip and nonsense that besets the climate change issue, sea level is one of the issues that has "gone off the rails", so it will presumably be of some value for it to be put in perspective. Nautical charts show sea level as "HWOST" – high water, ordinary spring tides. The "O" is a give-away; in most coastal areas, tides are almost never ordinary. In England, Holland and Belgium in 1953, there was a real catastrophe – not the scaremonger kind. Continue reading
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Nuclear Liability Act
(June 3, 2009) An Act respecting civil liability for nuclear damage : http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/N-28/text.html Continue reading
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Aldyen Donnelly: Enron’s methane reduction programs were nothing but hot air
When I first started speculating in the US CO2 market in the late 1990s, I found that Enron had already bought 100% of the methane rights at countless municipal landfills across the US – and did so for pennies per TCO2e. This meant they owned control over any methane management strategy, but had no obligation to cut emissions. As far as I could tell, by 1998 they had secured control of methane rights – translating into a potential portfolio of 200 millionTCO2e/year of low cost greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction options.
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