Simply stated, biodiesel, technically fatty acid methyl ester (FAME), is vegetable oil or animal fat with the glycerin removed and replaced with methanol, using sodium or potassium hydroxide as a catalyst. The process, called transesterification, is a fairly low-tech, low-capital-cost … Continue reading →
Martin Wahl At a March 22 press conference, Jane Fonda, joined by California’s Democratic Governor Newsom and former Republican Governor Schwarzenegger, called on voters to reject the referendum to overturn the California law prohibiting oil well drilling within 3,200 feet … Continue reading →
Study will help create future energy systems; sets aside need for fossil fuels for electricity A new groundbreaking study done at Stanford University demonstrates that combining battery storage with hydrogen fuel cells can now ensure low-cost reliability when countries, including … Continue reading →
Hello, We have just witnessed the warmest December 18th on record with huge amounts of rain and snowmelt causing flooding in Vermont yet again. We saw the devastating effects of climate change this summer when our second “once-in-a-lifetime” flood in the past twelve years destroyed communities, wiped out houses … Continue reading →
Fig.1.Globaltemperature(relativeto1880-1920meanforeachmonth)forthe1997-98,2015- 16 and 2023-24 El Ninos. The impact of El Nino on global temperature usually peaks early in the year (El Nino Peak Year) following the year in which the El Nino originated. 14 August 2023 James Hansen, Makiko Sato … Continue reading →
FERC REPORTS 67.1-GW OF NEW SOLAR AND 17.5-GW OF NEW WIND GENERATING CAPACITY IN THE THREE-YEAR “HIGH PROBABILITY” PIPELINE BUT ONLY 3.2-GW OF NET ADDITIONS BY NATURAL GAS AND 2.2-GW BY NUCLEAR POWER For Release: Friday – October 7, 2022 … Continue reading →
G.E.T. staff With inflation, rising interest rates, and a world that feels out of control, it is no surprise that many people are feeling insecure about their futures. Some people wonder about what effect rooftop solar systems have on the … Continue reading →
Sam Evans-Brown In the past two weeks, New Hampshire residents learned that most of our electricity bills will skyrocket in August. For Eversource’s residential customers, the rate they pay kilowatt-hour will rise from 19 cents to more than 32 cents: … Continue reading →
ExxonMobil’s shareholder revolt and the end of the line for fossil fuels From Carl Pope’s blog: A version of this article appeared in Salon. Few days spell out the future as clearly as this Wednesday did in terms of energy … Continue reading →
In its current rate increase proposal before the Public Service Commission, National Grid quietly announced that, “the Company has determined that there are adequate gas supplies …, such that we are able to temporarily defer the Albany Loop project from a … Continue reading →