An eclectic mix of energy and climate news stories from around the world compiled by Roger Andrews:
We kick off with YouTube censoring climate debate using Wikipedia as the font of truth. We continue with Saudi Arabia’s oil production – is it up or down?; the Saudi/Canada standoff; US LNG and Nord Stream 2; coal in Poland and China; nuclear in France and India; the Laos hydro dam collapse; Australia’s national energy guarantee; the hydrogen-to-ammonia “breakthrough”; renewables to power Blockchain; renewables and the UK capacity market; subsidies for UK SMRs; climate change to cause more windless periods and how to save the planet – give up meat.
Re article “China is building coal plants again”
Satellite imagery reveals that many coal-fired power projects that were halted by the Chinese government have quietly restarted. Analysis by CoalSwarm estimates that 46.7 gigawatts of new and restarted coal-fired power construction is visible based on satellite imagery supplied by Planet Labs.
Meanwhile in Canada the Green party is opposing LNG exports from Canada. I note that the Green Party leader, Elizabeth May, was born in the USA. Also considerable green funding comes from the USA. Meanwhile the USA is exporting LNG from Sabine Pass and has 4 more LNG projects underway.
Thank you Greens for opposing Canadian LNG, supporting American LNG, and supporting Chinese coal plants.
Sadly, too few Canadians realized that three of our four main political parties are anti-Canadian. Some may in fact be covertly or even actively supporting our economic enemies.
Of course they are. My question is, only three?
By the way, only westerners are expected to give up meat. China’s little emperors want to stuff their faces with pork, and they will continue to get all the pork they want. It’s you and I who are expected to be satisfied with one bowl of thin rice porridge a day, and live downwind of pools of untreated pigshit.
… the hydrogen-to-ammonia “breakthrough”
Here we go again with yet another “hydrogen fuel economy” pipe dream. The energy yielded from most “renewables” is relatively quite expensive when compared to fossil fuel energy sources. This scheme merely adds another layer of complexity and thermodynamic inefficiency to the process.
And then there’s the problem of handling all that bulk ammonia and having it ready to convert back to hydrogen (and nitrogen) for use as a vehicle fuel. Are you sure you want large tanks of that stuff stored in various places around town for filling stations? I sure wouldn’t want to live downwind of one.
But ammonia smells really nice!
Bring it to Burnaby. I hear Jagmeet Singh is looking for non-hydrocarbon sources of energy!
So … yesterday, I am driving behind a brand new Tesla Model 3, and the temporary dealer license plate bore the message: “Zero emission”. How does Tesla get away with such FALSE advertising? That car is hardly “Zero emission”. A more accurate message would be … “this cars emissions have been transferred to a poor neighborhood … where the local power plant is spewing emissions overtime to keep up with my nightly recharges”
Zero emission my ass.
kenji, do you happen to know of an equivalent to sugar-in-the-tank for an electric?
then again, I live in a city of 300,000 and have seen ONE electric car driveway hookup on my doggie walks.
With thanks to SDA Kate & Staff – I hopefully have been able to attribute the following comment placed into Facebook;
The Reason is the Laurentien Elite Cordon of Academics are now Running around like Chicken Little – yelling Directions to Their Liberal Puppets — “The Sky is Falling; The Sky is Falling; The Revenues We squeeze out of the Saudi Arabia Oil -archarchs – and tell You Liberal Crony Crowd Cabal of Insiders to NOT let ___’Canada Ethical Oil to be Sold Across Canada. —-being grabbed out of Canada Universities and the Billions of $$$ —The Saudi Arabia 5,000 Royal Prince”s pay in Tuition and Buy Textbooks written by the Laurentien Elite Alumni —– are the Very Best Source for the Inflated Salaries and Fringe Benifits We Academics of the Laurentien Elite have been able to Get. — Get Inline You Feckless Liberal Cabinet weak sisters — Stop messing around & Stopping the opportunity for Canadian Readers to Purchase the Truth about barbaric “islamic gender apartheid’ —-Muslims; as Phyllis Chesler documented in Her 2017 Publication.——— Also tell Chapters — Indigo to Start carrying the Phyllis Chesler publication on Their Shelves & Amazon Canada to do the Same. — The Laurentien Elites do not support any longer the Chapter — Indigo Cartel; keeping “islamic gender aprtheid ” away from thinking Canadians wanting to purchase.
Why are we not doing this #slapshead , oh yeah those guys……..
https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/nuclear-capacity-to-triple-by-2031-251331