Energy is the thread that connects the whole site, and this category gathers posts on how we produce, move and use it. The central idea is simple: stop burning rocks for energy and move to wires, not pipes. Electricity from solar, wind and storage is cheaper and more efficient than burning coal, oil or gas, and electrifying transport, heating and industry means we need less primary energy overall.
Our posts here look at how that happens in practice. Community batteries mounted on power poles show how storage can be spread across neighbourhoods, reducing the need for expensive grid upgrades and giving households a share in the benefits. Another post considers green methanol as a potential clean fuel for sectors that are hard to electrify, such as shipping.
The category is also a good starting point for the wider debate. Fossil fuel systems depend on extraction, transport and combustion, while a renewable system depends on manufacture and installation, which gets cheaper with scale. Follow the links to the more detailed categories on renewable energy, batteries, hydrogen, nuclear and gas to see how each technology fits into the picture. Together they show why we are optimistic that the end of the fossil fuel era is closer than many expect.
Energy is the thread that connects the whole site, and this category gathers posts on how we produce, move and use it. The central idea is simple: stop burning rocks for energy and move to wires, not pipes. Electricity from solar, wind and storage is cheaper and more efficient than burning coal, oil or gas, and electrifying transport, heating and industry means we need less primary energy overall.
Our posts here look at how that happens in practice. Community batteries mounted on power poles show how storage can be spread across neighbourhoods, reducing the need for expensive grid upgrades and giving households a share in the benefits. Another post considers green methanol as a potential clean fuel for sectors that are hard to electrify, such as shipping.
The category is also a good starting point for the wider debate. Fossil fuel systems depend on extraction, transport and combustion, while a renewable system depends on manufacture and installation, which gets cheaper with scale. Follow the links to the more detailed categories on renewable energy, batteries, hydrogen, nuclear and gas to see how each technology fits into the picture. Together they show why we are optimistic that the end of the fossil fuel era is closer than many expect.
Forbes says climate change is not an existential crisis, but its assumptions are demonstrably false. The doomer view says retreat; the optimistic view says innovate. Two slogans spell it out: stop burning rocks, and wires not pipes.
In 2019, United Energy in Melbourne trialled power pole mounted batteries for local community storage and electricity services. A Brisbane Company is extending that with commercial products.
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Methanol is a candidate for replacement of black methanol, but weth the right technology and pricing, green methanol could compete with black methanol.
