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6 votes
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Norway is extending the life of its last Arctic coal mine – will now operate until 2025 amid Europe's energy crisis
7 votes -
How many fossils to go an inch? An animated essay
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BlocPower wants to evict fossil fuels one building at a time... And replace them with greener alternatives
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Germany and Norway are considering building a hydrogen pipeline linking the two nations to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian energy supplies
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Denmark has authorised the construction of a new pipeline between Norway and Poland to reduce Warsaw's dependence on Russian gas
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An empire of dying wells - Old oil and gas sites are a climate menace. Meet the company that owns more of America’s decaying wells than any other.
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Norway's incoming centre-left government has said it will seek to grow the country's lucrative oil and gas industry while striving to cut carbon emissions
15 votes -
Pipeline company paid Minnesota police for arresting and surveilling protesters
12 votes -
Trans-Alaska pipeline under threat from thawing permafrost
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Fossil fuel firms sue governments across the world for £13bn/$18bn as climate policies threaten profits
10 votes -
Norwegians head to the polls on Sept. 13 in a parliamentary election that has centered on the issue of whether saving the planet is worth stopping the fossil fuel gravy train
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Norwegian climate activists have asked the European Court of Human Rights to rule against Norway's plans for more oil drilling in the Arctic
7 votes -
Court orders Royal Dutch Shell to cut net emissions by 45% by 2030
8 votes -
A Finger Lakes power plant plans to ramp up energy-intensive Bitcoin mining
7 votes -
Oil firms knew decades ago fossil fuels posed grave health risks, files reveal
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EPA grants Oklahoma control over tribal lands
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California to ban sale of new gas-only cars in 2035 under Newsom order
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The country’s most important climate election is happening in Texas
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Greenpeace occupies Swedish oil refinery over expansion plans – blockade culminated in six arrests after activists scaled harbour cranes at Brofjorden
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Fossil fuel industry pollutes Black and Brown communities while propping up racist policing
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Help me understand the significance of EROI?
According to this guy, societal collapse is imminent because a. entropy and b. the high EROI (energy return on investment) afforded to society by the use of energy dense hydrocarbons such as coal...
According to this guy, societal collapse is imminent because a. entropy and b. the high EROI (energy return on investment) afforded to society by the use of energy dense hydrocarbons such as coal and petroleum will decline dramatically in the near future due to the decreasing economic viability of acquiring them and the lack of a similarly high return alternative (barring nuclear fission, which is VeRy DaNgErOuS (and also practically infeasible politically in most countries that can achieve it), and nuclear fusion, which is, of course, perpetually 20 years away) and because this EROI is (according to him) what makes the complexity of modern civilization possible, it is inevitable that we will soon see a corresponding decline in said complexity (collapse). Now there is a section in the wikipedia article that touches on some of these points (Economic influence) so it's not totally junk science (if you trust Wikipedia, that is). However, I'm still struggling to grasp the significance of this figure. As long as our means of acquiring energy is scalable, why does it matter what the EROI is as long as it is greater than 1? if we need to spend one fifth of the energy we get from solar panels on making more, fixing existing ones, and installation, can't we just make a bunch of them to match our energy needs, even if they're growing? What am I missing here?
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A major project to transport natural gas from the North Sea to Denmark and Poland has taken a significant step forward
5 votes -
Norway has come under fire from environmental groups who accuse it of caving to oil companies over a decision to shift an Arctic no-go zone
5 votes -
Fracking once lifted Pennsylvania. Now it could be a drag
9 votes -
This simple crib cost $28,885 to make—because it was made with zero fossil fuels
13 votes -
Rethinking space heating
23 votes -
The spread of oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico was far worse than previously believed, new research has found
9 votes -
How Helsinki is using a big cash prize to find a sustainable solution to heating the city
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Impacts: Climate Change Awareness Project
6 votes -
Climate breakdown, capatalism and democracy
8 votes -
"March to Protect The Sacred" against tar sands pipeline in Clearbrook, MN
5 votes -
Renewable electricity generation overtakes fossil fuel generation in UK for first time
8 votes -
Half a century of dither and denial – a climate crisis timeline
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How oil industry videos have skirted Canadian campaign disclosure rules
8 votes -
A decade later, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has left an abyssal wasteland
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Finland's new government will propose a tax increase later this year on fossil fuel used for transport
6 votes -
Sweden's biggest cities face power shortage after fuel-tax hike
6 votes -
Ohio just passed the worst energy bill of the 21st century
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'Protesters as terrorists': Growing number of states turn anti-pipeline activism into a crime
10 votes -
New Zealand—one of three remaining developed countries without vehicle fuel emissions standards—proposes scheme to hike cost of gas guzzling vehicles in exchange for EV rebate
8 votes -
Ireland to ban new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030
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US Department of Energy is now referring to fossil fuels as “freedom gas”
14 votes -
‘Historic breakthrough’: Norway’s giant oil fund dives into renewables
7 votes -
'Coal is on the way out': Study finds fossil fuel now pricier than solar or wind
13 votes -
US and Saudi Arabia blocking regulation of geoengineering, sources say
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Los Angeles to phase out three natural gas plants, replace them with clean energy
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'A red screaming alarm bell' to banish fossil fuels: NASA confirms last five years hottest on record
10 votes -
Lost lands? The American wilderness at risk in the Trump era
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The con at the heart of the Atlantic Coast pipeline
4 votes