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Category Archives: Oil
Why It Is Hard to Convince the US Public of Climate Change
The primary reason that acceptance of climate change has been opposed in America, is that climate change is mainly caused by CO2 from fossil fuel burning, and is strongly opposed by those industries, which are the richest in America. They … Continue reading
Comments on the Movie “Switch” and discussion at UC Irvine
I have just returned from a showing of the movie Switch about forms of energy generation, and searching for our energy future, sponsored by the Newkirk Center. Presenting was the film’s director, Harry Lynch. We are planning to show this to … Continue reading
Some Climate and Energy iPhone and iPad Apps
The first set of Apps are for the Climate, Earth, and Sun. Skeptical Science consists of scientific answers to misunderstandings about and arguments against climate change. It also includes summaries of daily news about climate science. CliMate shows you all … Continue reading
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Americans Lose Big in Lottery and Oil Subsidies
It’s been a week of BIG losses for Americans. First, they lost $4 billion in a Senate vote that will continue the yearly subsidy to oil companies. The vote had 51-47 mostly Democratic votes to abolish the subsidy, but that … Continue reading
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Sources of California Oil
California is like an island in terms of oil. It does not have long range pipelines to it. It is now importing about half of its oil from foreign sources, and a small amount from Alaska, through its ports. See … Continue reading
My Trip to Newt.org
As a responsible and intrepid academic researcher, it was my duty to make a trip to www.newt.org to find out how to lower the price of gas to $2.50 a gallon, despite the risk of exposure to political rhetoric. On … Continue reading
White House Data on Recent Oil Production
The White House website has presented the last decade’s data on oil production, imports, and prices to show that we are producing more and importing less. They also show that oil prices are more set by worldwide economic events and … Continue reading
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Why Does Gas Cost So Much?
How can a single physicist know the answer? Only an insider or an institute of experts like the Cambridge Energy Research Associates, or an investment company with computers and experts could do a good analysis of this, and they would charge … Continue reading
Keystone XL – Oh So Many Questions
In California we have experienced the debacle of passing a $10 billion ballot measure for the California bullet train network, said to cost $33 billion. Now this has been recosted at $100 billion, since the plans had not been updated in decades. This makes … Continue reading
New Events in Energy
Introduction Predicting the future of energy sounded easy, in that major facilities such as power plants can last up to 60 to 70 years, and sources can also last decades, as well as pipelines and tankers. However, new sources … Continue reading