Category Archives: Fossil Fuels

Focus on renewable energy spurs concerns over supply-demand equation

Posted on August 6, 2024 by Other News Sources

Global electricity demand could increase by 30 percent to 75 percent by 2050, according to a U.S. energy agency.

Posted in Alternative Energy, Benefits and Risks, Fossil Fuels, Renewables | Tagged fossil fuel, renewables, U.S. energy demand | Leave a comment

Catching up with Norm Rubin

Posted on May 29, 2024 by energyprbe

“Selections” is a new feature offering a critical perspective of today’s environmental movement and energy policies from a voice that’s been sorely missed.

Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Conservation, Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Nuclear Power | Tagged Norman Rubin | Leave a comment

COP28 Preview

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Other News Sources

(November 30, 2023) What can we expect from Dubai?

Posted in Climate Change, Coal, Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Liquified Natural Gas, Oil | Tagged China, climate, COP28, energy, fossil fuels, green energy transition, Patricia Adams | Leave a comment

Global warming issues and the IPCC

Posted on August 30, 2023 by Other News Sources

(August 30, 2023) The primary causes of current global warming are natural forces, not CO2 emissions. Scientists and governments have neither the knowledge nor the means to control the earth’s climate, at least not at this time. What few people realize … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Global Cooling, The Deniers | Tagged climate, Climate Change, CO2 emissions, Global Warming, Ice Age, IPCC, science | 1 Comment

Measuring Canadian energy subsidies

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Other News Sources

(August 17, 2023) Controversies over the development of estimates for energy subsidies in Canada has impeded subsidy reform and elimination. A new report from the Fraser Institute looks at the extent of those controversies and the difficulties that have developed … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Renewables, Utility Reform | Tagged Canada, energy subsidies, Fraser Institute, Glenn Fox | Leave a comment

The energy transition Ontario really needs is to nuclear

Posted on June 14, 2023 by Lawrence Solomon

(June 9, 2023) When you factor in its reliability, nuclear is cheaper than solar or wind, which are available only intermittently.

Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Costs, Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Nuclear Economics, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Safety, Power Generation in Ontario, Radiation, Renewables, Utility Reform | Tagged electricity, fossil fuels, Lawrence Solomon, Nuclear Power, Ontario, power grid, renewables, solar, wind | Leave a comment

Junk Science Week — Lawrence Solomon: Levelling coal makes wind look good

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Lawrence Solomon

(May 25, 2023) U.S. use of ‘levelized costs of energy’ distorts by counting taxes and subsidies.

Posted in Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Renewables | Tagged coal, fossil fuels, hydro, Lawrence Solomon, levelized costs of energy (LCOE), nuclear, onshore wind power, renewables | 1 Comment

Canada’s rising carbon tax and the supreme court

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Other News Sources

(April 1, 2023) The expansion of federal control over the economies of resource-rich provinces will ensure those provinces, and all Canadians, will lose out through escalating energy prices that increase the cost of living generally.