- Why the Price of Gas Has Such Power Over Us https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/25/upshot/gas-prices-biden-midterms.html 6 comments economics
- Wind power prices now lower than the cost of natural gas - In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms than buy fossil fuels. https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/wind-power-prices-now-lower-than-the-cost-of-natural-gas/ 45 comments technology
- Open Fuel Standards will allow us to curb OPEC's power to set oil prices. For $100 per new car, you could burn whatever fuel was cheapest - gas, ethanol or methanol. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/2/open-standards-for-auto-fuel/ 16 comments technology
- Carbon Tracker analysed the financial reports of 835 operational gas power plants in Europe and found that 43GW in the UK and EU (22 per cent) and 159GW in the US (31 per cent) is already lossmaking when operating and carbon costs are taken into account. (No US carbon price though...) https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2021/10/increasingly-loss-making-gas-fired-power-plants-are-risky-bet-for-investors/ 3 comments energy
- Trump’s tariffs spark backlash across energy, tech and auto industries. Stocks plummet as US tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China threaten to increase costs on food, fuel and electricity. “Trump promised to lower prices. Instead, he is jacking up the costs of groceries, gas, power and electronics.” https://www.eenews.net/articles/trumps-tariffs-spark-backlash-across-energy-tech-and-auto-industries/ 68 comments energy