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“Renewable” power will soon start to be seen as normal. Wind farms already provide 2% of the world’s electricity, and their capacity is doubling every three years. If that growth rate is maintained, wind power will overtake nuclear’s contribution to … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Energy, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Gas, Investments, Nuclear, Solar, Wind
Tagged Solar Energy, solar power, Swanson effect
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Every now and then a book comes along that can change everything and lead you down (or up) a new path, that you would not have discovered without reading it Continue reading
Jeremy Grantham’s latest quarterly thought piece is out. It’s terrific reading as usual. “Our global economy, reckless in its use of all resources and natural systems, shows many of the indicators of potential failure that brought down so many civilizations … Continue reading
Posted in - Quotes, Agriculture, Carbon Finance, Clean Energy, Commodities, Energy Efficiency, Gas, Investments, Oil, Policy, Scarce Resources, Solar, Traditional Energy, Water, Weather, Wind
Tagged Anric Blatt, Jeremy Grantham
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Youtube link: http://youtu.be/K8EN8Q7f8EI Why-we-do-it from Anric Blatt on Vimeo. What kind of legacy are we choosing to leave our children and grandchildren ? If we unbalance nature, humankind will suffer. Furthermore, we must consider future generations: a clean environment is … Continue reading
This one graphic can answer it all in one go This graphic reproduced courtesy of the World Economic Forum – Global Risks 2013 report is a concise way of illustrating some of the most severe and acute risks that face … Continue reading
Part 2 of the excellent interview that Leo Hickman completed with Jeremy Grantham: the co-founder of investment group GMO on what books he’s reading and why he wants to fund ‘avant garde’ farming. Jeremy Grantham on what first led him … Continue reading
‘The world’s most powerful environmentalist’ on battling the ‘misinformation machine’ and why China is his ‘secret weapon’ Jeremy Grantham, co-founder of GMO, speaks during the Ira Sohn Investmen Research Conference: Photograph: Daniel Acker/Getty Images ‘China knows this is serious’… environmental … Continue reading
Posted in - Quotes, Agriculture, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Commodities, Investments, Oil, Scarce Resources, Traditional Energy, Water, Weather
Tagged Agriculture, Anric Blatt, Anric Blatt Agriculture Investor, anric blatt cayman, China, Climate Change, food crisis, Investing in Agriculture, investing in water, Jeremy Grantham, Water
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The Outlook for Energy is ExxonMobil’s long-term view of our shared energy future. They develop the Outlook annually to assess future trends in energy supply, demand and technology to help guide the long-term investments.
This year’s Outlook reveals a number of key findings about how we use energy, how much we will need in the future and what types of fuels will meet demand. Continue reading
Posted in Carbon Finance, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Gas, Nuclear, Oil, Policy, Scarce Resources, Solar, Traditional Energy, Transportation, Weather, Wind
Tagged Anric Blatt, energy outlook, ExxonMobil, qatar
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Nearly 1.5 million natural gas vehicles on the road could replace the equivalent of 840,000 bpd of oil by 2030 – all part of a plan to increase gas use nationwide China’s drive to fuel moe vehicles with cleaner burning … Continue reading
Posted in Gas, Policy, Traditional Energy, Transportation, Uncategorized
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Greetings from Doha, Qatar from Anric Blatt. A significant special concern of the side effects of fracking, is the environmental and health impact of many of the unidentified chemicals used in the process. Some of these are known to contain … Continue reading
Posted in Gas, Oil, Traditional Energy, Water
Tagged Bakken Oil Shale, fracking, Hydraulic Fracturing
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