Clean Energy

My favorite articles from when I wrote on clean energy technology and policy.

I continue to be a pro-natural gas environmentalist.

I believe that the best place to soak up carbon emissions is in soils and ecosystems.

I believe we should model nature in creating a zero-waste industrial economy.

*** BEST OF ***

2019

*** A Deceptively Simple Solution for Carbon Emissions – Use Nature ***

2018

*** Carbon Deposits—Using Soil and Blockchains to Achieve Net-Zero Emissions ***

2016

State Should Take Steps to Boost Nuclear Power

New York should Join the Shale Revolution

Much Value in Nuclear Facilities

*** Methanol is a CO2 Utilization Pathway ***

2015

Oil and Gas Industries Can be Part of the Solution to Climate Change

New York Needs to Save Nuclear Plants

*** Saudi Arabia’s Position on Climate Change (It’s Not What You Think) ***

A New Model for Carbon Pricing Using Blockchain Technology

CCS Needs a Level Playing Field to Thrive

*** It is Deeply Naive to Think Wind and Solar Are All We Need ***

Anti-Gas Activist Response to my Pipeline Op-Ed

The NED Pipeline is Good for New England

In Support of the Constitution Pipeline

EPA’s Hydrofracking Study Undermines Cuomo’s Gas Drilling Ban

*** My Dr. Strangelove Moment. How I Came to Love Clean Coal ***

Use Objective Science in Fracking Debate

The Case for Carbon Capture

A Conservative Case for Carbon Capture

*** Renewables and Natural Gas Work Together ***

New York State’s Fracking Ban is a Failure of Leadership

Energy Quote of the Day: “Nature Can Heal If We Give Her The Chance”

*** Wrightspeed Hybrid-Electric Trucks are the Cutting Edge of Truck Design ***

*** Methane Hydrates are a Promising New Energy Source ***

LNG, Oil Prices, & the High Horsepower Market

Canadian Gas Association Embraces Renewable Natural Gas

Reducing Methane Emissions by Using Them for Fuel

Impact of Falling Oil Prices on LNG

*** Environmentalists are Wrong about Port Ambrose LNG ***

Coal Fleet Retirements in the USA

2014

*** Cat’s Cradle – Understanding Natural Cycles and Soil Reclamation ***

Current Policies Supporting Renewable Natural Gas

*** How Dangerous is LNG? ***

How Much RNG Can We Produce?

Renewable Natural Gas vs. Cellulosic Ethanol

Need for a Renewable Gas Standard

Northeast Shale Production and Natural Gas Prices

Reverse Combustion Equation

Power-to-Gas Enables Massive Energy Storage

*** sCO2 Power Cycles Offer Improved Efficiency Across Power Industry ***

*** Renewable Natural Gas ***

*** sCO2 Offers Zero Emissions Power Plants ***

Wyoming LNG Roadmap

Wärtsilä’s Marine LNG Solutions

Underground Coal Gasification Gets New Start in USA

Velocys Small Scale Gas to Liquids

*** Updates on LNG in Heavy Mining Trucks ***

*** Tesla Model D is the World’s First Digital Car ***

Latest Developments at Clean Energy Fuels

*** LNG as a Marine Fuel ***

*** The Case for Electric Vehicles, Part 2: EV Costs *** Tesla part 2

*** The Case for Electric Vehicles, Part 1: The Driving Experience *** Test driving a Tesla

WRI Release Report on the Water Impacts of Shale Gas Development

Brookings Institute Argues for Lifting Crude Oil Export Ban

USDA Biogas Opportunities Roadmap

New Biogas Rules in the RFS

*** Fuel Stability Problems Challenge FAME Biodiesel ***

Admiral Mike Mullen on US Energy Security and the Shale Boom

*** Daniel Yergin: US Shale Oil Output Helping Avert Crisis ***

US and China Agree to Advance Carbon Capture Technology

Will the EPA’s New Source Performance Standards for Coal Power Plants Survive Judicial Challenge?

NEORI – Proposal for a Production Tax Credit for CO2-EOR

*** CCS Is Not an Option, It’s a Requirement (and an Opportunity) ***

*** CO2-EOR Slideshow ***

*** Can Coal Fly Ash Waste Be Put To Good Use? ***

*** Carbon Conversion is Key to Solving Climate Change Problems ***

*** Novomer, CO2 based Plastics and Polymers ***

*** Ripped Off by the Russians! ***

Joule – CO2 to Fuels via Photosynthesis

Growth of LNG Fuel in Maritime Shipping

Rapid Growth of the LNG Market

2013

*** Renewables and Natural Gas are Partners, Part II: Proof of Concept ***

How Much Methane Is There?

*** Renewables and Natural Gas are Partners Not Opponents ***

*** I have seen the future and it is LNG ***

*** Wind, Solar and Efficiency vs Nuclear and Natural Gas ***

*** 100% Renewable Energy for New York State from Wind, Water and Solar. Really? ***

My critique of Mark Z. Jacobson’s projections for 100% renewables, he adjusted his models for New York State to reflect my analysis but never said anything publicly and blocked me on Twitter.

Philosophical question about coal

High-performance synthetic fuels from biomass, garbage and coal

SNG in China – Follow Up

Synthetic Natural Gas in China – An Environmental Nightmare? Really?

CH4 for a Clean Energy Economy

2012

Can Coal Really Be Clean?

Landfills: A Gaseous Opportunity

Solyndra: Analysis of the Failure

Greens for Nukes

GM’s EN-V Concept Electric Vehicle

2010

*** Cornell – Verizon Wireless Geothermal ***

2009

Plasma Gasification in Chinese

*** Plasma Gasification – Waste Management World ***

*** Thin Film Solar Power – Balance of System Costs ***

2008

*** Plasma Gasification of Waste ***