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ODAC Newsletter – Apr 22
Confusion around the true extent of the spare oil production capacity of Saudi Arabia increased this week following a statement by Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi that his country had reduced...
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Critical comments on “The Energy Report” by WWF and Ecofys
The Energy Report aligns with several others in recent years in confidently claiming that we could transition to full reliance on renewable energy, without any disruption of high material living...
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In The World After Abundance
Most discussions of the future of electric power start from the assumption that maintaining a grid of the modern kind, designed from top to bottom around ample supplies of cheap fossil fuels, is the...
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The roads to our alternative energy future
How fast do we need to transition off of fossil fuels? What industrial capacity is available today for different alternative energy technologies and what is likely to be available in the future? What...
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Energy – Jan 7
– The end of the U.S. ethanol tariff – Building a better suntrap – Storehouses for Solar Energy Can Step In When the Sun Goes Down
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Basking in the sun
Who hasn’t enjoyed heat from the sun? Doing so represents a direct energetic transfer—via radiation—from the sun’s hot surface to your skin…We have already seen that solar PV qualifies as a...
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The wisdom of deathbed conversion
Out of desperation for the climate, many prominent environmentalists converted to the religion of nuclear (fission) power between 2008-2011. Maybe this is a good time to rethink those deathbed...
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ODAC Newsletter – July 13
The IEA forecast this week that non OECD oil demand overtake OECD demand for the first time next year. The agency advised that economic slowdown is likely to keep a lid on oil prices in 2013, but there...
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Solar Data Treasure Trove
I have not kept it secret that I’m a fan of solar power. Leaving storage hangups aside for now, the fact that the scale of available power is comfortably gigantic, that perfectly efficient technology...
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Community Energy in Lewes
Ouse Valley Energy Supply Company, or Ovesco as it is commonly known, is a powerful inspiration for enthusiasts of community renewable energy….Standing on a hill above Lewes you can not only see the...
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Solar Desalination Could be a Game Changer for California Farms
Let’s be clear from the outset: I’m no fan of conventional desalination.
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ODAC Newsletter – Apr 22
Confusion around the true extent of the spare oil production capacity of Saudi Arabia increased this week following a statement by Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi that his country had reduced...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Critical comments on “The Energy Report” by WWF and Ecofys
The Energy Report aligns with several others in recent years in confidently claiming that we could transition to full reliance on renewable energy, without any disruption of high material living...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In The World After Abundance
Most discussions of the future of electric power start from the assumption that maintaining a grid of the modern kind, designed from top to bottom around ample supplies of cheap fossil fuels, is the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The roads to our alternative energy future
How fast do we need to transition off of fossil fuels? What industrial capacity is available today for different alternative energy technologies and what is likely to be available in the future? What...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Energy – Jan 7
– The end of the U.S. ethanol tariff – Building a better suntrap – Storehouses for Solar Energy Can Step In When the Sun Goes Down
View ArticleClik here to view.
Basking in the sun
Who hasn’t enjoyed heat from the sun? Doing so represents a direct energetic transfer—via radiation—from the sun’s hot surface to your skin…We have already seen that solar PV qualifies as a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The wisdom of deathbed conversion
Out of desperation for the climate, many prominent environmentalists converted to the religion of nuclear (fission) power between 2008-2011. Maybe this is a good time to rethink those deathbed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ODAC Newsletter – July 13
The IEA forecast this week that non OECD oil demand overtake OECD demand for the first time next year. The agency advised that economic slowdown is likely to keep a lid on oil prices in 2013, but there...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Solar Data Treasure Trove
I have not kept it secret that I’m a fan of solar power. Leaving storage hangups aside for now, the fact that the scale of available power is comfortably gigantic, that perfectly efficient technology...
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