Europe, China, & India Can Electrify All Rail, Why Can’t The US?
Rail in the US is a case where a huge transportation segment is deeply out of step with the rest of the world, and that’s not because the reasons stand up to the slightest scrutiny.
Author: Michael Barnard
Renewables In China Trend Upward While Nuclear Trends Flat
The natural experiment of renewables vs nuclear continues in China, and it continues to unfold in renewables’ favor.
Why Is Quebec Energy Minister Rejecting & Embracing Green Hydrogen In The Same Week?
The refusal of 9 GW of green hydrogen electrolyzer proposals makes complete sense, and the hydrogen train is just the usual nonsense, but with only millions instead of billions wasted on corporate welfare.
Yes, There Will Be Enough Biofuels; No, They Won’t Impact Food Supplies
Biofuels are fit for purpose, and we have a lot more resources for them than the requirements. Arguments against them are mostly specious, biased, or based on very stale data.
China’s Purchasing Power Advantage & Wright’s Law Mean Its Green Investments Go A Lot Further
China spent $546 billion of 2022’s $1.1 trillion USD global green investment, but China is getting about a trillion USD in value out of its investment.
Agenda Of International Road Freight Conference Makes It Clear Battery-Electric Will Dominate
At the coal face of a conference that involved governmental figures, academics, logistics customers and OEMs, the detailed technical conversations are almost all about how battery electric trucks will work in the coming decades.
Of Risk Fingerprints, Empathy, & Fossil Fuel Firms
If you believe some negative stereotype about a group and their risk profile, ditch it. It’s wrong, and it doesn’t apply to the person sitting at the other end of the Zoom call.
Adventures In Missing The Point: Addressing Assumptions People Make About Flyvbjerg’s Work
I urge people thinking about Flyvbjerg’s work who are asking themselves, “But what about this critically important aspect of project success?,” to not assume that it isn’t covered deeply, well, and in context of other factors.
Aptera, Arcimoto, & Solo Are Sliding Into The Abyss, & Tech Writers Should Know Better
Maybe there will be an interesting book about Aptera after it inevitably fails. More likely it would be a moderately interesting chapter in a book about really bad ideas
Climate Change No Longer A Gray Rhino Risk: Michele Wucker, Author Of The Gray Rhino
Absurdly predictable. Absurdly well predicted. Absurdly impactful. Ignored by virtually everyone. Gray rhino. But climate change isn’t a gray rhino risk anymore.
