Forest biomass is not carbon-neutral in a meaningful time frame.
Category: renewable energy
The Answer is Blowing in the Wind
All this argues for the electric utility companies to spend far less money planning natural-gas and nuclear-fired power plants and far more on wind mills and improvements to the grid
Embodied Energy
Overall, embodied energy represents about a third of the energy used in modern society.
Dare to Doubt: 20 Climate Change Facts for Deniers
Carbon dioxide is rising as a component of Earth’s atmosphere (NOAA, 2017). The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has not been this high for the past 5 million years (Stap et al. 2016).Continue reading
Powering the Campus
A solar-powered campus would light the way for bright young minds of the next generation.
Whatever happened to peak oil?
The challenge of dealing with declining oil production will define the world we live in.
William Schlesinger
biogeochemistry, energy, environmental economics, faculty, recycling, renewable energy, waste
biogeochemistry, energy, environmental economics, faculty, recycling, renewable energy, waste
Lithium: It’s not just for bad moods anymore
Are lithium resources in short supply?
Natural Gas or Coal: It’s all about the leak rate.
Environmental advocates face a dilemma with respect to natural gas
Biofuel forests for the future?
The forest products industry likes to cut trees, but trees are the most efficient way we know to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
Energy Sprawl
Renewables have many advantages, but lessening the impact of energy provision on natural habitat does not appear to be among them.