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Study: Industry is a Leader in Making Our Air Cleaner
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Mark Green
Posted May 15, 2018
Energizing Tennessee
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Mark Green
Posted September 24, 2016
Tennessee illustrates the broader need for all types of energy to keep states and the entire country moving. America’s energy revolution is being led by surging oil and natural gas production, but nuclear, renewables and other fuels are required as well.
Doing the Math on Our Energy Choices
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Mark Green
Posted June 17, 2014
A thought-provoking op-ed piece by the Manhattan Institute’s Robert Bryce in the Wall Street Journal last week (subscription required), in which he “does the math” on one group’s goal of reducing fossil fuel use 20-fold over the next few decades. It’s a must read if you fancy getting from Point A to Point B in a reasonable amount of time, warm houses in the winter, cool ones in the summer and other aspects of modern living supported by these fuel sources.
Bryce:
Global hydrocarbon consumption is now about 218 million barrels of oil equivalent energy a day, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, which includes 83 million barrels of oil as well as about 75 million barrels of oil equivalent from coal and about 60 million barrels of oil equivalent from natural gas. Reducing that by a factor of 20 would cut global hydrocarbon use to the energy equivalent of 11 million barrels of oil a day, roughly the amount of energy now consumed by India, where 400 million people lack access to electricity.
The math: The average person on Earth used about 1.3 gallons of oil-equivalent energy a day from hydrocarbons in 2012, Bryce writes, so a 20-fold decrease would mean allotting everyone 8 fluid ounces of oil-equivalent energy from hydrocarbons a day.
Doing the Math on Our Energy Choices
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Mark Green
Posted June 17, 2014
Energy Today - Aug. 7, 2013
Mark Green
Posted August 7, 2013
EIA – U.S. Oil Production Reaches 21-Year High in July
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s newest short-term outlook report finds that oil output increased to an average of 7.5 million barrels per day in July – the highest monthly level of production since 1991. EIA says total U.S. output will average 7.4 million barrels per day in 2013 and 8.2 mbd in 2014. Both of those estimates are increases over EIA’s previous short-term outlook.
Energy Today - July 1, 2013
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Mary Schaper
Posted July 1, 2013
Energy Outlook - President's Climate Plan Hinges on Natural Gas
President Obama's plan for addressing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions depends heavily on expanded hydraulic fracturing of domestic shale gas resources, writes Geoffrey Styles.
News and Sentinel.com – Educational Program Focuses on Oil and Natural Gas Jobs
In an effort to train more workers for the surging shale industry, Ohio’s Washington State Community College hosted an informational session on opportunities for students and workers with an emphasis on filling new positions locally.
The RFS is Broken
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Mark Green
Posted June 27, 2013
Important testimony at a House hearing yesterday from U.S. Energy Information Administration chief Adam Sieminski on flaws in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), including its mandates for increasing ethanol use.
Sieminski, who heads the government agency charged with counting and quantifying energy of all sources, testified before the House Energy and Commerce’s subcommittee on energy and power, basically saying the current RFS is broken:
· “The RFS program is not projected to come close to achievement of the legislated target that calls for 36 billion gallons of renewable motor fuels use by 2022.
· Substantially increased use of biofuels can only occur if they can be used in forms other than the low-percentage blends of ethanol and biodiesel that account for nearly all of their current use.
· The implicit premise that cellulosic and other advanced biofuels would be available in significant quantities at reasonable costs within 5 to 10 years following adoption of the 2007 RFS targets has not been borne out.”
Energy Today – June 14, 2013
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Mary Schaper
Posted June 14, 2013
Fuel Fix Blog – Report: Renewables, Natural Gas Should Work Together On the Grid
According to a new report by the Texas Clean Energy Coalition, natural gas and renewables “have a strong complimentary relationship” that is beneficial for providing the energy Americans need every day.
Today in Energy – U.S. Crude Oil Production Could Reach 10M Barrels Per Day By 2040
EIA projects that thanks in large part to increased tight oil production – shale development – domestic production could continue to expand to 10 million barrels per day or higher by 2040.
Domestic Oil Production Growth and Lower Net Imports
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Bob Greco
Posted April 30, 2013
About Ethanol – Just The Facts, Please
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Bob Greco
Posted March 22, 2013
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) has been circulating a video titled “40 Facts about Ethanol.” The first items demonstrate the growth in ethanol production over the past few decades:
- 1982 – A handful of small ethanol plants produce 350 million gallons of ethanol
- 1992 – 39 ethanol plants produce 985 million gallons
- 2002 – 66 ethanol plants in operation, producing 2.14 billion gallons
- 2012 – 211 ethanol plants produce 13.3 billion gallons
