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Petroleum’s end game, Part 3

May 09, 2019 by Denis Pombriant

Part 3 There’s a lot more riding on the climate debate than pollution like provisioning an adequate energy supply for mid-century. That’s why we need to transition from debating the climate problem and begin taking action. Parts One and Two of this series are also available on this site.  ...
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Petroleum’s end game, Part 2

May 09, 2019 by Denis Pombriant

Part 2 Part one of this series is also available on this site.   Much of the global community still labors under the premise that our energy supply comes from fossil fuels almost exclusively and when we need more energy, we simply drill more holes in the earth. Unfortunately, though,...
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Petroleum’s end game, Part 1

May 09, 2019 by Denis Pombriant

Part 1 Evidence that we’ve reached Peak Oil, the limits of how much petroleum can be produced is everywhere if you know where to look. Any peak is followed by a fall and there’s evidence the decline has started. That’s why we need a new energy paradigm, a way to...
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Geothermal progress

April 04, 2019 by Denis Pombriant

Lots of us quit counting renewable energy sources after naming wind and solar and while those are two good ones, they’re far from alone. Hydropower, using dams to drive generators has been with us so long that we often overlook its contribution to the overall energy mix. A record 4,185...
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EGS, the new hydro-power

November 09, 2018 by Denis Pombriant

I was in a conversation the other day when the topic of hydro-power came up. Under different circumstances, I’d be all over hydro like a cheap suit—in a good way, that is. What’s not to like about hydro? The discussion was over how to make more renewable power and unfortunately,...
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UK’s first geothermal plant

November 08, 2018 by Denis Pombriant

Renewable energy is becoming mainstream. CNBC reported today that “Drilling at the U.K.’s first deep geothermal electricity plant is to start this week.” The significance of this event can’t be over stated. Geothermal represents a renewable, safe and pollution-free energy source that can be directly converted into electric power. The geothermal...
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Feeding electric cars

December 08, 2017 by Denis Pombriant

Time to build more electric infrastructure… Ford will build a new factory in Cuautitlan, Mexico to produce electric vehicles beginning in 2020. The company also said it will use a suburban Detroit factory in Flat Rock, MI, to build driverless cars, according to the Wall Street Journal. Full story here....
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Aston Martin’s first electric car

December 06, 2017 by Denis Pombriant

In case you were wondering about the viability of the electric car market, you can relax. Aston Martin, the venerable carmaker which has been in the business of making high end luxury cars for over a century, today announced the RapideE a pure electric take on its road-eating 12-cylinder gas...
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The new energy paradigm

November 29, 2017 by Denis Pombriant

One of the more interesting free market responses to climate change has been a reexamination of how we distribute energy. Generally the fossil fuel paradigm is a vertically integrated network of miners and oil producers, retailers and utilities. But we’re moving to a distributed paradigm of energy development and consumption...
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Geothermal technology

November 20, 2017 by Denis Pombriant

Everyday I receive automated search results for the term geothermal. It’s a rather geeky idea that few people bother with but it is also the stealth candidate for disruptive innovation in the 21st century in my humble opinion. Briefly, geothermal is about capturing heat from the earth’s crust, condensing it,...
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