According to oil company executives, oil is going to be a major energy source to 2100 and beyond. So after hearing an oil man make his case, Chris Goodall went home and crunched some numbers. Money invested in solar power already produces more energy than if it's put into oil exploration and production, and the gap is only going to widen from here. Is this the new 'peak oil'?
… The new 'peak oil'? A dollar invested in solar yields more energy than a dollar invested in oil Chris Goodall | 13th February 2016 News Energy Oil Renewables Finance Economics Climate …
New technologies are coming on stream that can turn sunlight and wind into liquid fuels for vehicles, homes or power plants, writes Chris Goodall. And by powering the process using 'free' renewable energy on sunny or windy days, the fuel will be as green as can be, and cost less than petroleum.
… - how renewable fuels will make oil obsolete Chris Goodall | 22nd August 2016 Comment Energy Technology Renewables Oil Fossil Fuels solar-cut.jpg New … caost of gasoline / petrol. Barrel of oil: $49 (August 10th 2016) Number of litres …
78 records didn't come to an end because the world ran out of shellac, writes Chris Goodall. And today's cars won't be made obsolete by a shortage of oil, or even climate change. The transition will be driven by falling prices, long range, clean air laws, and the superb style, performance and driving experience they offer.
… Goodbye oil! Soon all cars will be electric - because … cars won't be made obsolete by a shortage of oil, or even climate change. The transition … as much to power a car with electrons as with oil. (Source: SMMT, New Car CO 2 report 2014, …
The economic impacts of the Brexit vote will very soon make themselves felt to British consumers, writes Chris Goodall - kicking off with higher fuel bills and pump prices. The good news is that nuclear power is now looking increasingly unaffordable. But renewables and green energy research are also likely to suffer, especially if under a right-wing Brexit government.
… Petrol prices will start creeping up The oil price has been gradually recovering after … making it slightly easier for offshore oil and gas rigs to stay in business. Will the rise in the price of oil help the sales of electric cars? It …
VW's pollution cheating has caused thousands of premature deaths, write Mike Berners-Lee & Chris Goodall, creating costs that could destroy the company's entire shareholder equity. But this is no 'Black Swan' event. It is an early example of the existential threat to the fossil fuel economy.
… world speeds up the switch away from coal, oil and even gas. The death of the carbon … world speeds up the switch away from coal, oil and even gas. …
Feed-in tariffs are a great way to kick start renewable technologies, writes Chris Goodall. But they suffer from a law of exponentially diminishing returns. It's time for governments to move to direct R&D funding to achieve the transformational changes the world needs.
… that had been frightened by the OPEC oil embargo put big sums into R&D, …
Solar is already the cheapest available power across large swathes of the tropics, writes Chris Goodall - its cost down 99.7% since the early 70s. Soon it will be the cheapest electricity everywhere, providing clean, secure, affordable energy for all.
… us how to take CO 2 and process it to make oils for transportation. These processes … surplus summer power into green gases and oils will give all 9 billion people on the …
Germany's Energiewende or Energy Path is leading Europe's dominant industrial power into wholly new territory. Sober bureaucrats see a 100% renewable energy economy by 2050 as technically feasible. Chris Goodall asks - have they all gone mad?
… in Germany and compared it with gas and oil storage networks (see the table below). …
French energy giant EDF will today give the formal go-ahead for the Hinkley C nuclear power station in Somerset, writes Chris Goodall. But that's no reason for the UK to sign up to a disastrous deal that will cost us over £1 billion per year for 35 years - money that should be used to support the green technologies of the future.
… closing down the nuclear plants on its own soil as fast as it can, with no intention of … them into liquids that can be kept in the oil storage networks. The 'renewable fuel' …