How Much Steel Will All Those Wind Turbines & Solar Panels Need, & Can We Make It?

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:35:13 +0000

DALL·E generated image of a stack of steel ingots in a field of wind turbines and solar panels, digital artSteel will not remotely be a constraint for global transformation of energy over the coming decades. We make vastly more of it per year than annual requirements, and there’s an increasing amount of scrap being created.

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US Pipelines Contain 4 Years Of US Steel Demand, & Will Be Scrapped For It

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:05:36 +0000

DALL·E generated image of a rusting pipeline in America, digital artWe’ve mined enormous amounts of iron and coal in order to build infrastructure to extract, process, refine, and distribute fossil fuels, and we’re going to have lots of scrap steel to work with.

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U.S. EIA Is Sending Mixed Messages On Fossil Fuels & Emissions

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 21:01:17 +0000

The EIA forecasts lower US carbon emissions by 2050. It also forecasts higher oil and gas production. Can both scenarios be correct?

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Kenya Signs Deals To Import Fossil Fuels On Credit For 6 Months To Relieve Pressure On Demand For Foreign Currency

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:20:02 +0000

Kenya recently signed some deals with firms from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to supply diesel, petrol, and jet fuel on credit for the next 6 months to ease mounting  pressure on the demand for foreign currency as well as to try to stem the Kenya shillings slide vs. the US dollar […]

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Another Hydrogen For Energy Play Predictably Fails, This Time In Marine Fueling

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:25:27 +0000

DALL·E generated image of a white elephant eating piles of money, digital artExpect a lot more announcements about shutting down hydrogen for energy projects like the recent one from Equinor, Aire Liquide, and Eviny.

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With Heat From Heat Pumps, US Energy Requirements Could Plummet By 50%

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:25:48 +0000

DALL·E generated image of an industrial plant wasting lots of heat, reddish, digital artElectrification and heat pumps radically reduce the requirement to build new wind, solar, nuclear, hydro, and geothermal primary energy sources.

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Canada’s Oil Pipeline To Nowhere Tripling Costs Could Have Built HVDC Across The Country

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:05:40 +0000

DALL·E generated image of big pipeline leaking a gusher of dollars, digital artThe Trans Mountain Pipeline was a bad idea from the start. Dropping federal opposition to it in 2016 to bring in the carbon tax was a good choice. Everything after that has been and will continue to be a spiral into the abyss.

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Dismissal Of Methanol As Marine Fuel Leads To Pushback

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:13:45 +0000

DALL·E generated image of a clean electric container ship sailing past islands under a beautiful blue sky with small clouds, digital artMethanol is like hydrogen. Job one is to decarbonize existing uses before inventing new ones. As a marine fuel, it’s not the best choice.

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