Energy Aware

When it comes to the debate between renewables and fossil fuels, almost everyone is a fanboy or fangirl. Inevitably, comparisons of power density, EROI, or cost among energy sources turn…

Populism is on the rise around the world.  It disrupts established political systems, creates uncertainty, and deepens societal divisions. This fundamental crisis of governance and the social contract is Nate…

Populism is on the rise around the world. It disrupts established political systems, creates uncertainty, and deepens societal divisions. This fundamental crisis of governance and the social contract is Nate…

How did adoption of renewable energy become the drug of choice to treat the disease of climate change? No one knows. Wind and solar energy policies evolved over several decades…

The world is in metacrisis. That means that many crises are occurring simultaneously and affecting one another. This calls for rethinking the nature of problem-solving. Root causes should be identified…

U.S. oil reserves reached a new record in 2022. Crude oil and condensate proved reserves exceed 48 billion barrels (Figure 1). Reserves declined from 1969 to 2006 then increased with…

How will climate change and destruction of the natural world affect the future? No one knows for sure but most-likely outcomes don’t look very good unless we do something radically…

Peak oil was fifty years ago. That was when the end of oil production growth resulted in the permanent decline in world GDP expansion. Peak oil was never about running…

The Eagle Ford Shale was the hottest play in the United States a little more than a decade ago. In mid-2012, there were twice as many rigs drilling horizontal wells…

Why do so many otherwise intelligent people believe that nuclear power is the solution to the world’s energy and climate crises? “There is no way, absolutely none, that the world’s…

A transition away from fossil fuels seems like a sensible approach to climate change but what are the correct ingredients? Wind, solar, hydrogen, electric vehicles, carbon capture, nuclear, geothermal, heat…