A better approach would be for gas and coal interests to stand together for their industries and the immense good that hydrocarbons have done for the world since the beginning…
Category: Coal
This Energy Transition Thing Really Is Not Happening
No matter how much the federal government or any state threatens to punish you for your sin of fossil fuel use, aggregate global emissions from such use are not going…
Biden Goes All-In With War on Coal
Rather than using our vast resources of coal, oil, and gas, the Biden Administration seems intent on committing economic suicide.
Coal’s Importance For Solar Panel Manufacturing
Today, there is not one single solar panel that can be produced without coal (or even oil and gas).
Not Zero? NSW State Government to Pay up to $225 Million per Annum to a Single Coal Plant to Remain Open
“… after warnings the shift to renewable energy has fallen off track.”
Climate Change Reporters Call the End of Fossil Fuel – in the Middle of Record Demand
“Even though we might be seeing record high prices at the moment, and therefore record high revenue for governments, the overall trend is going to be downwards.”
Asia Embraces Coal as the U.S. Rejects It
Vietnam and other Asian countries are on a coal spree! Given the dynamics of energy use in the rapidly developing industrial sector there, it is no surprise that these nations…
Net Zero? Fossil Fuels Are Leaving Us Before We Leave Them
There is no plateau; production tips over into a decline rate that settles down at 75 million tonnes per year and starts bottoming out late in the century.
Aussie Green Panic: “the nuclear push is designed to bring … renewables to a halt”
Opposition party support for nuclear energy appears to have collapsed renewable investment.
India Power Sector In 2023
New coal generating capacity added 2120 MW last year, and now stands at 208 GW. In the last three years 9630 MW has been added.
Germany’s Unstable Power Grid…Coal Plants Will Be Needed “For A Very Long Time”
At the end of the article, Haferburg comes to the conclusion that we will continue to see coal-fired power plants in operation for a very long time.
Aussie Energy Execs Urge a Coal Backup “Safety Net” to Ease the Net Zero Transition
“… the pace of the renewables coming forward is too slow, relative to the ambitions articulated for the nation …”
Energy: At Least We Have Some Coal Left
In a 10,000 year slice of human history, the fossil fuels are with us for only a brief moment. It is now going to be painful to do the requisite…
China’s 2023 coal output hits record high
Mr. Kerry’s problem has been a failure to recognize reality, which is typical of America’s climate lobby.
Germany To Rely on Coal to Avoid Blackouts
The back up for intermittent renewables will come from 40 year old plants, which should have been shut down already.
“Green” Weaponization in Missouri: Ameren vs. Ratepayers, Taxpayers
Ameren is a willing participant, as they stand to get seven times (or more) the rate base from a renewables program as compared to continued operation of fossil-fueled power plants such as…
Coal’s Life-Saving Role Ignored By Climate-Obsessed Media
It is long past time for the western media to boldly report the critical role of fossil fuels in supporting human life during harsh winter conditions. Such fact-based reporting would…
Aussie Coal State Premier Promotes the End of Coal
Queensland’s long reigning premier Annastacia Palaszczuk may have cut and run in the face of negative polls and a looming election, but her successor’s plan to accelerate coal job losses…
Old King Coal at COP28: Uninvited Guest or Star of the Show?
By Tilak DoshiPeter A. Coclanis December 19, 2023 Last Friday, just two days after the Dubai COP28 meeting ended, a report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) stated that global…
Energy notes from the edge: Coal trains vs. high speed rail – guess which is faster (into service); Here’s how big oil can sleep at night
The messaging should be that humanity requires oil and gas and will for decades, and that role of industry is to do this as cleanly and efficiently as possible.