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Glenn Doty on the Environmental Issues with Tar Sands
When I asked senior energy analyst Glenn Doty to comment on a business plan that contemplates coal and gas to liquids (isobutanol) I received an amazingly complete response — both a crash course in...
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Strange Article on Solar Thermal and Energy Storage
I keep an eye out for articles like this that talk about concentrated solar power (CSP –aka solar thermal) and the use of energy storage to make that power dispatchable. Normally, they contemplate...
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New Jersey Installing Solar Photovoltaics Atop 175,000 Power Poles
In response to my rant on New Jersey’s decision to put tiny installations of solar photovoltaics atop 175,000 power poles, at a cost of $200 million, senior energy analyst Glenn Doty writes: The LCOE...
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Will Environmentalists Engage in a Cost/Benefit Dialog?
Glenn Doty notes with sadness: What would be nice is if someone actually tried to nail down a rough estimate for the global net economic benefit, and the national net economic benefit, for different...
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"Stop Investing in Fossil Fuels"– Bill McKibben’s 350.org
I wrote a piece the other day on Bill McKibben’s 350.org, which has launched a national campaign to persuade colleges, universities, churches, foundations, etc. to stop investing in the fossil fuel...
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Migration to Renewable Energy May Be Akin to Swimming Upstream, But It's...
We’ve had some lively discussions here recently on the validity of environmentalists’ divesting in fossil fuel companies. Personally, I remain sold that there is merit in the concept, and that a...
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Rethinking the Regulation of the Power Utilities Will Require Fairness, Honesty
On my recent piece on the regulation of our power utilities, frequent commenter Glenn Doty writes: Part of the issue here is there are multiple entities that have some regulatory influence over the...
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Biofuels and Electric Transportation
Glenn Doty’s calculations in the comment on my piece on biofuels and electric transportation compare the costs of energy from solar PV and bioethanol. This is a very good way of looking at the...
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Energy, Water and Land Use in Growing Our Food
In his response to my post on eating less meat, frequent commenter and really smart guy Glenn Doty writes: ….the average American burns 2 gallons of gasoline (72 kWh) per day in transportation. The...
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The Validity of Electric Transportation
In response to my recent piece on electric transportation in Seeking Alpha, EV naysayer Glenn Doty writes a response that concludes: “I just don’t get how any environmentalist could support these. If...
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Solar Wind Energy Tower
Every month or so, someone sends me this concept: the Solar Wind Energy Tower, with its claim that it will generate energy cost-effectively, and asks me to comment. I defer to more senior minds in the...
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How Dangerous is Fracking? — Further Discussion
In response to my piece: How Dangerous is Fracking? my friend and colleague Glenn Doty makes some excellent points: The question is not “is fracking safe”. The question is: “given what we know, how...
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Carbon Tax and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Here’s an article that discusses the concept of a carbon tax. What most people don’t understand about this is that it must apply to all countries equally, or it will have disastrous unintended...
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Obama’s Energy Policy Could Be A Great Deal Worse
When I wrote a piece a month or so back lamenting U.S. president Barack Obama’s “all of the above” energy strategy, senior energy analyst Glenn Doty commented that I need to keep things in perspective,...
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Advancements in Solar Energy
Senior energy analyst Glenn Doty shares my euphoria about the recent advancements in solar energy and suspects that the levelized cost of energy (“LCOE” — one of the most important metrics of the value...
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Did You Hear the One About the Guy Who Goes Into a Car Dealership….
Glenn Doty, one of the most brilliant people I’ve ever known, has a wide panorama of arguments as to why EVs are bad for the environment. In response to those who say that many EV buyers nowadays also...
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Some Discussions Are Tough To Resolve
As shown in this conversation (see comments) my esteemed colleague Glenn Doty and I can’t seem to agree that there are circumstances where electric vehicles are good for the environment. The purpose of...
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Peak Oil and Its Relevance To Today’s Energy Picture
Frequent commenter Glenn Doty notes: Peak oil, or peak anything for that matter, is about production peaking, not about production running out. There’s nothing uncertain in this, there’s just...
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How Sincere Is Toyota in Its Position as a “Green” Automaker?
In response to my post: Flagship Green Car Toyota Prius Faces Diminishing Influence, frequent commenter Glenn Doty notes: As for the Tundra… Yes, that’s a pretty horrible purchase for those that don’t...
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How Is It Possible That So Many of Us Forgot the Very Basics of Decency That...
In addition to his brilliance in matters of math and science, my friend and colleague Glenn Doty has a huge heart. The pic here is from his Facebook page. It’s funny; when I see people do horrible...
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