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Category Archives: Energy Probe News
The end is near
(October 2, 2009) The media, polls and even scientists suggest the global warming scare is all over but the shouting. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy Probe News, The Deniers
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Windmills: Bigger waste than eHealth
(October 1, 2009) Wind reduces CO2 emissions at a subsidy cost of about $124 per tonne — one of the most expensive plans in the world. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News, Renewables
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Energy Probe’s Norm Rubin on the Agenda discussing Canada’s nuclear future
(September 21, 2009) The show originally aired on September 8th. Continue reading
Bracing for a time of tumult
(September 19, 2009) It was all Sturm and Drang at the Friday morning presentations at the Global Business Forum. Continue reading
Endless oil
Russian research has shown that the Earth doesn’t need dinosaurs to produce oil.
Do dead dinosaurs fuel our cars? The assumption that they do, along with other dead matter thought to have formed what are known as fossil fuels, has been an article of faith for centuries. Our geologists are taught fossil fuel theory in our schools; our energy companies search for fossil fuels by divining where the dinosaurs lay down and died. Sooner or later, we will run out of liquefied dinosaurs and be forced to turn to either nuclear or renewable fuels, virtually everyone believes.
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Posted in Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels
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Where's the skepticism?
Bjorn Lomborg, the skeptical environmentalist, has yet to apply his thinking to premises of climate change.
First assume that, on behalf of the global community, you must spend $250-billion a year on something that, while not entirely worthless, promises to give you almost no bang for the buck. Something that came 10th in a list of 10 global challenges.
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NUMBY strikes Ohio
(September 3, 2009) Not Under My Back Yard — the phenomenon of citizens’ groups organizing to stop the burial of carbon dioxide under their communities — succeeds again, this time in Ohio’s Darke County, where Citizens Against Carbon Sequestration successfully fought off a proposed $92.6-million carbon storage plan. Their 14-month protest effort involved yard signs, public meetings and a prayer rally. Continue reading
Posted in Coal, Energy Probe News
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A response to Lawrence Solomon’s article on carbon capture
(September 1, 2009) Mr. Solomon’s article illustrates a lack of understanding of the potential of carbon capture and storages (CCS) as one of the tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally. Continue reading
Ban the bulb? What kind of bright idea is that?
(September 1, 2009) Thomas Edison’s invention of the light bulb a century or so ago — with the help of a couple of Canadian patent holders — was not just a bright idea. It was the quintessential bright idea, the very symbol of eureka! Continue reading
Posted in Benefits, Conservation, Electricity, Energy Probe News
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Coal is still king
(August 29, 2009) Governments are enthusiastically pushing coal on the assumption that carbon capture and storage technologies will work. Continue reading
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