For the first time in nearly seven years, the prices of coal and natural gas have converged closely enough to make gas-fired power generation more attractive than coal in carbon-constrained electricity systems such as those covered by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). These are the conditions that supporters of carbon cap-and-trade schemes dream...
Monthly Archives: April 2009
GNEP’s quiet demise: atomic clock ticks as another decision is delayed
Go to DOE’s GNEP internet address (www.gnep.gov) and you get a drab intro to DOE’s nuclear energy program. The acronym GNEP is nowhere to be found, nor is any explanation of what has become of one of the most ambitious, far-reaching, and problematic undertakings since the dawn of the nuclear age Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg...
The new age of low-carbon hydrocarbons: a rude surprise as the three Rs go big time
Gasoline, diesel, and heating oil are all hydrocarbon fuels. Almost every drop of them available on the planet today comes from petroleum. But that isn’t written in stone. Each of these fuels is, at bottom, a different combination of hydrogen and carbon. You can make all of these fuels without using any petroleum. You...
Federal cap and trade in the U.S.: happy days for coal, nuclear
Two days ago, the U.S. senate voted 89 to 8 to prohibit electricity and gasoline price increases under a federal cap and trade program. The mainstream environmental lobby must be feeling a bit of déja vu as they recall a similar senate vote in 1997. At issue then was whether the U.S. should sign...
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