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
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? ***
Renewable Natural Gas vs. Cellulosic Ethanol
Need for a Renewable Gas Standard
Northeast Shale Production and Natural Gas Prices
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 ***
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
*** 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 ***
*** 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
Synthetic Natural Gas in China – An Environmental Nightmare? Really?
CH4 for a Clean Energy Economy
2012
Landfills: A Gaseous Opportunity
Solyndra: Analysis of the Failure
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 ***