In the past I have written about potential pivotal technology advances that will change the paradigm for electric vehicles (including planes and ships). We have all read many announcements with hope, only to never see these come into commercial fruition. (Although in an upcoming post I am going to be following up on one that I wrote about not too long ago that actually IS going into full…
The planet is already experiencing huge impacts from the increasing heat caused by our emitting heat trapping gasses, primarily CO2 and methane. The consequences are going to get much worse due to the amount of these compounds we’ve already emitted but also what we will inevitably put into the atmosphere in the next 10 years and beyond. And while we have and opportunity to mitigate the worse…
Back in the 80’s when it was obvious to me that the science of global warming was clear and convincing I began trying to get others to believe it was happening as well. That has been a long, gradual and uphill process. Nevertheless, in the last two years or so it seems like a critical mass has been achieved here in…
The following article is long and primarily focused on the risk of investments in fossil fuels. While I have been cautioning you about this for years the chickens are now coming home to roost. The financial markets are finally seeing the signs of a fundamental shift in where energy production is going. And the markets are reacting. While this is…
The last post I sent you emphasized how dramatically the earth is heating up and consistently smashing heat records worldwide by huge margins at a vastly higher pace than anytime in the past. This is one of the results. “What was once exceptional is becoming more frequent today.” “The melting has reached parts of Greenland that typically stay frozen all year…
On June 15th I sent you this article: Can Concrete Really Save the Planet? As a follow up to this is the following article which describes the pressure that investors are placing on cement companies to reduce and ultimately eliminate their CO2 emissions. “Members of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate change and the Climate Action 100+, a coalition…
Our youngest of 4, our daughter Melanie, got married last weekend. What a spectacular, magical event. We had hoped to hold the ceremony outside on the shore overlooking Lake Michigan. Thank goodness we had an indoor backup plan. The country was baking under a massive heat wave and the temperature that day was 96 degrees. But this weather,…
Normally I wouldn’t send you another piece of news so soon after my last post but this article was simply too compelling and extreme for me to wait. All I can say is read the whole thing. It is horrifying. And it’s coming to your city or town eventually. Especially if you are in Phoenix, LA, Las Vegas, Atlanta or…
On several occasions over the years I’ve written about “stranded assets”. These can be categorized in more than one way. The article below discusses the cost that is on the books of companies of physical assets above ground such as plants and equipment that will become worthless as renewable energy pushes fossil fuel burning plants out of business. There is also…
The last several articles that I’ve sent you were about how the warming climate is creating unprecedented weather events around the U.S. and the world. CO2 levels have shattered concentrations such that it’s now, around 415 ppm, at a concentration that has never existed during human existence. Or, for millions of years before that. We are heading into new uncharted territory at a pace…