Category Archives: Energy Efficiency

Comparing China, the US, and India in Clean Energy Production

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Dennis SILVERMAN

China Dominates Clean Energy Production and Devices, While India Consumes Little Energy Per Capita. Without getting dragged into the politics and personalities of the Foxy Republican Chaos last night, the reemergence of climate change falsehoods has to be fact checked … Continue reading →

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The Inflation Reduction Act Plan for Lowering US Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Another Science Magazine Breakthrough was the US passage of the Inflation Reduction act, which contains $369 billion over ten years for lowering US greenhouse gases.  One goal of the IRA is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions 40% from 2005 … Continue reading →

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Guesstimating the SC Edison Clean Energy for 2020

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Guesstimating the SC Edison Clean Energy for 2020 In this article we will try to estimate or bound the Clean energy contribution to SC Edison Power mix for 2020, considering that 42.0% of their power is listed as Unspecified Power.  … Continue reading →

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Clean and Fossil Fuel Energy Sources in California and Imported for 2020.

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Clean and Fossil Fuel Energy Sources in California and Imported for 2020. The data are from energy.ca.gov. Summary The California Mix of state supplied and imported  electrical energy is 60% Clean energy, with 40% from fossil fuels.  The fossil fuel … Continue reading →

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The Environmental Movement is Strong Even Without the EPA Climate Regulations

Posted on July 1, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Environmental Movement is Strong Even Without the EPA Climate Regulations First of all, the Obama Clean Power Plan program was already blocked by the courts, and President Biden had not yet proposed his regulations to get around this.  Meanwhile, … Continue reading →

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Making American Gasoline Greater Again

Posted on June 11, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Making American Gasoline Greater Again I am not an oil expert, but I am trying to put together some factors which have appeared in the press to solve the rapidly increasing gasoline price inflation. The high price of gas may … Continue reading →

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California’s Oil Refinement, Imports, and Use

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

California’s Oil Refinement, Imports, and Use I am going to use a mix of numbers from recent years, which of course change from year to year with a fungible product like oil.  Costs don’t matter much since those thrifty days … Continue reading →

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Sanctioning Russian Oil Exports

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Russian Oil Exports to Europe, China, and the US The oil scene in round numbers is that the World is about to use 100 million barrels per day (mbpd), where a barrel is 42 gallons and makes 19.2 gallons of … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Biden Presidency and Our Future Progress and Freedoms

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

President Biden, Beating the Coronavirus, Climate Change Mitigation, Blue State Freedom, DACA, Democratic City Freedom, University Freedom, Respect for Science, California VP and Future Presidential Candidate Harris. As Americans we have so much to celebrate today, and also as Californians.  … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Continuous Coronavirus Pandemic Has Been Terrible for Oil Companies

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s Continuous Coronavirus Pandemic has been Terrible for Oil Companies While Trump was blasting Biden for saying that the US would be using less oil, that will be a very long range adoption of Electric cars, which are only selling … Continue reading →

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