Graham made this statement as he informed MPs that he had awarded more than 100 licences for north sea drilling - and claimed that this was a green policy. He...
Oil
Might this soon be the destiny of all oil barrels? This is surely where we need to be heading as fast as possible. While it is true that we have not yet found a way to remove fossil fuels from flight, Cars no longer need any oil, and while we need to improve the range of cheap electric cars, between new and second hand cars, we should be just a few generations from the end of petrol or diesel fill up stations.
In the UK electric cars, count for 16% of new cars. However, PHEV count for7.8% and HEV count for 13.4% (these two are the different kinds of hybrids.Now, while I would argue that both HEV and PHEV are far more complicated than they need to be – and it is far cheaper over the lifetime of the vehicle to go full electric.For reference, a friend has just bought a BMW plugin hybrid (PHEV) and while happy with it as one of the families 2 cars, has just made them want a true electric car in the near future (they are looking at a tesla model 3). Likewise, shipping has a number of new moves that should accelerate the the eradication, or at least large reduction of oil in shipping. A recent shipping company tried it out, and found that with the wind in ideal directions, can save 10 tonnes of oil per day. Even with less idea wind, it should save 3 tonnes of oil per day. Given that at the end of July 2022 VLSFO (the oil they use) was $900 per tonne. That means savings pf between $2700 and $9000 per day. While this is not going to be cheap, what is clear is that it is going to be required.
Unfortunately, air travel cannot yet be solved in this way, but this is a small percentage (if growing) of our emissions for transport can wait a bit for solutions.
Below, you will find all articles written on oil.
As oil and gas reserves in Europe dwindle, will we destroy Africa?
Most of the historical oil and gas has been used by North America and Europe.
As a result, Europe and America have to take a large amount of blame for...
Oil sector has made $3billion per day for the last 50 years
The amount that the oil sector has made is incredible. The problem with these huge profits, is that it allows large amounts to be given to politicians, which are still...
Oil, Gas and coal roundup ( more in future)
While these fuels power much of the creation of electricity around the world, as well as most transport and heating, they all need to either be left in the ground...
Deforestation and palm oil stories: Deforestation is not a desire, there is demand for what is done with the land
The problem with stopping deforestation, is that for...
Surely, there is a problem when a Southport rioter gets jailed for less time than a Just Stop Oil protester?
Rioting and protesting are both activities that many would consider annoying. Yet, they are very different. Rioting, is a totally illegal activity, and the rioter in question punched a police...
London Science museum has been forced to cut ties with oil giant: this must continue to all sponsors
The science museum is in a hard place to work. Just 62% of its funding comes from the government. This means that they...
The human race has now issued enough oil gas and coal licences to last until 2050 when we are supposed to be carbon neutral, so no need for any more?
If we have enough oil, gas and coal licenced to last us until we need to be...
Rishi Sunak continuing to face pressure over plans to max out North Sea Oil
I wrote a month ago, about Rishi Sunak and the foolish plans of the UK government to try to max out oil production from the North Sea. The governments argument...
Electric two wheelers are cutting carbon emissions by 1 million barrels of oil a day
There are a variety of different industries which need to stop using carbon. The hardest, is transport. While electrifying aircraft is incredibly hard, we have already worked out everything we...
Do not buy a hydrogen boiler!
The UK watchdog (amongst many other groups) have concluded that hydrogen boiler is a stupid idea. It is true that its only waste product is water and oxygen, but the...
Half of plantations in Indonesia’s palm oil heartland are illegal
I wrote in February about how an assessment had found that 20% of palm oil plantations were illegal (to read click here ). This latest assessment suggests that in its...
Ecuadorians have voted to halt oil drilling in an Amazonian national park – GOOD NEWS!
The referendum on Yasuni reserve will benefit a huge range of species, along with several groups of uncontacted tribes of indigenous people. The vote was not close, with 90% of...
The insanity of Rishi Sunak and his position – max out our oil and gas reserves
Despite all our promises, Rishi Sunak (the UK prime minister) has vowed to max out the UK fossil fuels reserves.
Now there are several stupid issues with this position.
- We...
Black gold to help fight climate change (and no we are not talking about oil)
Oil, is increasingly recognized as an asset that is likely to be worth very little in the future. Does this mean it has no value now? no of course not....
Rishi Sunak – the UK prime minister is not planning for the future, having chosen oil and gas over renewables
The UK likes to toot its horn for its progress in climate change mitigation. It is certainly true that the country is in many areas moving in the right direction....
Boiling sea with methane in Siberia
A few years ago, an area of sea in Siberian waters was found to be boiling with methane rising from the sea bed before. This 'fountain was unlike anything seen...
OPEC the worlds biggest oil producers have decided to cut their oil output roughly in half – what is the result
The world is gradually transforming from a fossil fuel based energy system to a renewable system. We all know (I hope at least the readers here) that we need to...
Graham Stuart (UK climate minister) claims that UK fracking and oil drilling is good for environment
Graham made this statement as he informed MPs that he had awarded more than 100 licences for north sea drilling - and claimed that this was a green policy. He...
As oil and gas reserves in Europe dwindle, will we destroy Africa?
Most of the historical oil and gas has been used by North America and Europe.
As a result, Europe and America have to take a large amount of blame for...
Oil sector has made $3billion per day for the last 50 years
The amount that the oil sector has made is incredible. The problem with these huge profits, is that it allows large amounts to be given to politicians, which are still...
Oil, Gas and coal roundup ( more in future)
While these fuels power much of the creation of electricity around the world, as well as most transport and heating, they all need to either be left in the ground...
Deforestation and palm oil stories: Deforestation is not a desire, there is demand for what is done with the land
The problem with stopping deforestation, is that for...
Surely, there is a problem when a Southport rioter gets jailed for less time than a Just Stop Oil protester?
Rioting and protesting are both activities that many would consider annoying. Yet, they are very different. Rioting, is a totally illegal activity, and the rioter in question punched a police...
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