Blackout: Heinberg on dwindling coal reserves and the siren song of “clean coal”

Grist by David Roberts | Jul. 27, 2009 (Review)

There isn’t nearly as much coal left as most people think. “Clean coal” will run down limited reserves even faster. If humanity doesn’t begin massive, sustained investment in renewable power sources immediately, civilization could be at risk before the end of the century. And that’s without considering the impacts of climate change.

Such is the stark conclusion of Richard Heinberg’s Blackout: Coal, Climate and the Last Energy Crisis, ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Politics, Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Energy, Green Technology, Technology, Coal, Climate Change
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jul 29, 2009 - 7:41 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Tanya J. Maurer (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Jul 29, 2009 - 7:41 PM PDT
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Dwight Rousu
4.9
 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 29, 2009

The article clearly exposes the costs, wastes, and dangers of pinning climate change and energy planning on carbon sequestration technology as supplies of coal are depleted.

Carbon free renewable energy is the only solution. CCS is a dead man walking.

they think the U.S. has a “250-year supply” of coal, and that China, Russia, … , and India have similarly inexhaustible supplies. They’re almost certainly wrong. More »

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Tanya J. Maurer
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 by Tanya J. Maurer - Jul. 31, 2009
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