PETER W. HUBER Bound to Burn Humanity will keep spewing carbon into the atmosphere, but good policy can help sink it back into the earth. TEUN VOETEN/SIPA Cheap coal, like that extracted from this Chinese mine, is essential to the developing world’s economic growth. Like medieval priests, today’s carbon brokers will sell you an indulgence [...]
Peter Huber on energy, carbon and the climate
April 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Energy
Peter Huber : The Million-Volt Answer to Oil
February 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Energy
Another top-level view from Peter Huber. Executive Summary Electricity—not oil—is the heart of the U.S. energy economy. Power plants consume as much raw energy as oil delivers to all our cars, trucks, planes, homes, factories, offices, and chemical plants. Because big power plants operate very efficiently, they also deliver much more useful power than car [...]
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