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Beautiful dreamers: Anti-frackers propose an energy vision for New York State
I suppose it had to happen. You can’t be opposed to hydraulic fracturing to recover natural gas from the Marcellus or Utica shale in New York State without eventually coming up with an alternate energy supply source, given that New … Continue reading
Methane hydrates: How important a resource?
At very low temperatures, water molecules can trap methane molecules in a crystalline lattice structure. This phenomenon was noticed several decades ago when a natural gas pipeline froze up and subsequently thawed, liberating the trapped methane. Awareness of large quantities … Continue reading
Regressive but necessary taxes: Road tolls and a carbon tax
We may be heading for a new normal with respect to tax policy. Ever since the income tax was established in the early Twentieth Century as a progressive way for the government to raise taxes, most people have favored a … Continue reading
Fracking: The Pros and Cons Continue
Well, I have now officially commented on the fracking debate. A few days ago, Richard Poeton, a retired environmental scientist for the EPA, wrote a letter to the New York Times, basically stating that “(our) gas resource is too important to ignore” … Continue reading
Indian Point: Steady as she goes….
The original 40-year licenses for the two nuclear reactors at Indian Point are due for 20-year extensions this September and in 2015, respectively. Hearings by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission were started late last year and no final decision is realistically … Continue reading
High gasoline prices: Three reasons
You would think that the unprecedented surge of new oil production in the United States would have the effect of lowering the price of gasoline at the pump. This would seem logical since the imported oil backed out is largely bought … Continue reading
Help for U.S. coal miners while Europe regresses
Here is a good example of the law of unintended consequences. When the EPA decided to apply strict emission standards to coal-fired power plants (using the Clean Air Act), a number of heavy polluters, particularly in Appalachia, decided to shut … Continue reading
CAP and Trade: Can Congress be bypassed?
In his State of the Union speech a few nights ago, President Obama, as expected, declared that it was time to confront “Climate Change”, citing Hurricane Sandy, record high temperatures, droughts, and other evidence. And he implied that he would … Continue reading
Global Warming and GHG: Where are we?
President Obama plans a new effort in his second term to address climate change. No specific actions were mentioned in his inaugural address, but they will presumably be outlined in his State of the Union speech. Regardless of what he … Continue reading
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New York City’s Water Supply: Probably safe from Fracking
New York State’s Governor Andrew Cuomo will shortly decide whether or not to lift the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in the Marcellus Shale. This technology is used in other states to produce natural gas and oil and would similarly … Continue reading
