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Two decades ago one of my books focused on Municipal Waste Combustion Residue or Incinerator (1). Over the last two decades the controversy has shifted from this material to Coal Combustion Residues CCR. There are parallels and differences in discussing these two types of residues. SIMILARITIES OF CCR AND more...
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Posted By: Sarah Battaglia
- Energy Consultant, Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc.
On: May 14, 2013
On: May 14, 2013
The United States has taken the lead yet again, but this time, we may not be so proud. We have surpassed every nation, including China, in the category of energy waste. Yes, our country wastes the most energy in the world. The U.S. has an energy efficiency of 42 percent, more...
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Posted By: Sarah Battaglia
- Energy Consultant, Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc.
On: April 15, 2013
On: April 15, 2013
The damaging effects that result from burning coal may soon be nonexistent. It took scientists from Ohio State University 15 years and $5 million, but the clean coal technique has finally been developed. They have discovered a way to obtain the energy from coal without actually burning it, eliminating nearly more...
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Posted By: Jessica Kennedy
- Energy Consultant, Energy Curtailment Specialists
On: February 19, 2013
On: February 19, 2013
The UN climate change negotiations in Doha, Qatar last week did not result in any strong international treaties to curb carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions or reform the way the world generates and uses energy, but some minor progress was made that can impact climate change. Most notably, the 25 members more...
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President Obama has already provided climate change and energy issues a prominent place in his second term rhetoric, giving climate change and the environment the most space of all issues in his inaugural address. He also vowed in December to make climate change and energy one of his top three more...
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Introduction Here is an excerpt1 from a paper written by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) meteorologist; "Climate models used for estimating effects of increases in greenhouse gases show substantial increases in water vapor as the globe warms and this increased moisture would further increase the warming." However, this more...
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The solution to looming global warming? Easy. Reduce man-made emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) by cutting down on the use of fossil fuels -- coal, petroleum and natural gas. Leave them in the ground. The replacement? Renewables such as solar and wind power. If we phase in natural energy sources more...
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Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims, brought widespread disruption to transport services, and left thousands without power with warnings that low temperatures would continue into next week. Hundreds have lost their lives in Eastern Europe as freezing weather sweeps across the continent westwards, while major airports warned more...
Challenges create opportunities. The world has experienced numerous energy challenges in the past 40 years. Many new technologies have been developed in response to these challenges. Now, at last, these technologies have matured to the point that they offer the U.S. the opportunity to transform energy from a source of more...
Introduction Many meteorologists have blamed water vapor and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for warming the earth. Below is an excerpt from a paper1 written by meteorologists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). "Water vapor plays the central role in the atmospheric branch of the global hydrologic cycle more...
