Michael BarnardinThe Future is ElectricProven Climate Solutions — New Book Is Positive & Action OrientedAmong the luminaries such as Mark Z. Jacobson, Mary Nichols and Dr. Audrey Lee who contributed, I find my humble self22h ago122h ago1
Michael BarnardinThe Future is ElectricFixing Industrial Emissions Is Technically Easy, Economically HardIndia utilies slides, transcript and recording on industrial decarbonization1d ago1d ago
Michael BarnardinThe Future is ElectricCanada Regulates Disinformation, Oil & Gas Industry Freaks OutFossil fuel industry thinks truth in advertising for their environmental advertising is draconian2d ago32d ago3
Michael BarnardinThe Future is ElectricCement Demand Will Plummet In Coming Decades & With It EmissionsSlowing Chinese infrastructure, cross-laminated timber, reuse of buildings and more will help our cement addiction3d ago73d ago7
Michael BarnardinThe Future is ElectricPumped Hydro Isn’t Improved By Heavy, Expensive LiquidDense fluid pumped hydro tries to make something simple and effective more complex with the usual results5d ago75d ago7
Michael BarnardinThe Future is ElectricElectrification Is The Answer For Industrial Heat & It’s Already HereHeavy industry’s heating is not hard to abate, every technology and process exists, it’s just economics and recalcitrance6d ago16d ago1
Michael BarnardinThe Future is ElectricCarbon Capture May Have A Role In Cement If Little ElseWhile vastly overhyped as a magic carbon vacuum that will allow us to not change our profligate ways, CCS has niches with meritOct 121Oct 121
Michael BarnardinThe Future is ElectricAI Isn’t Eating All Electricity & Emitting Massive CarbonEvery few years another hysteria about data center energy use and emissions arisesOct 1115Oct 1115
Michael BarnardinThe Future is ElectricSteel & Climate Entangled With Equity, But It’s Not A Gordian KnotThe developing world can have a first world standard of living without the profligate waste of steel of the first worldOct 103Oct 103
Michael BarnardinThe Future is ElectricEconomics Matter With Cement & Concrete ReplacementsWe build with concrete because it’s cheap and works, and have to drive the economics to favor low-carbon solutionsOct 91Oct 91