Fossil Fuels

How sustainable are EVs, really?

Chrystal Batteries, Electricity, Emissions, Energy Consumption, Energy Usage, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Transportation July 11, 2023March 28, 2024Carbon Emissions, carbon emissions reduction, Carbon Footprint, driving range, Electric Vehicles, emissions, EVs, ICE vehicle, internal combustion engine vehicle, lithium-ion battery, minerals, mining, MPGe, nickel, range anxiety

Two electric vehicles charging at a station

We should all aim to drive less. Or use public transport or cycle. But what if driving is your only option? Should you get an EV? How sustainable are they, anyway?

New report finds that Shell’s Blue Hydrogen isn’t so blue after all

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Electricity, Emissions, Energy Consumption, Energy Usage, Fossil Fuels, Hydrogen, Technology January 25, 2022January 23, 2022blue hydrogen, Carbon Capture and Storage, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, CCS, clean hydrogen, Climate Science, Global Witness, hydrogen, Hydrogen Council, Quest carbon capture facility, Scotford refinery, Shell

Hydrogen symbol in front of blue wavy background

We recently explored the veritable rainbow of hydrogens, with different colors referring to the production method or original energy source used. One of the most heavily promoted options is ‘blue’ hydrogen. One must ask, if governments and

All the colors of the Hydrogen rainbow…and what they mean

Chrystal Electricity, Emissions, Energy Consumption, Energy Footprint, Energy Usage, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Technology December 21, 2021December 20, 2021black hydrogen, blue hydrogen, Climate Science, gray hydrogen, green hydrogen, hydrogen, hydrogen colors, pink hydrogen, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, yellow hydrogen

Hydrogen element symbol attached to icons to denote powering industry and transport

I’m sure you’ve heard ‘hydrogen energy’ being proffered as the best way for us to decarbonize our energy production and transportation systems, and hence save the planet. But there are various types of hydrogen energy. You’ve probably

Turning Unrecyclable Plastic and Other Waste into Hydrogen is Doable

Len Rosen Carbon Neutral, Emissions, Energy Consumption, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Technology July 20, 2021July 20, 202121stcentech, Element Two, green hydrogen, hydrogen, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL, pyrolysis, Ways2H Inc

In a recent report from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) looking at how the State of California can achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 through negative emissions, researchers have set a goal to remove 125 million tons

The Good and the Bad of Carbon

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Emissions, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming August 18, 2020August 18, 2020carbon cycle, carbon sinks, carbon store, fossil fuel energy, Greenhouse Effect, ocean acidification, the carbon cycle

Carbon is a necessary part of all life on Earth. Every living thing contains carbon, as it’s required to form molecules like proteins, as well as being present in the ocean, rocks and, of course, our air.

5 New Clean Tech Innovations

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Electricity, Emissions, Energy Consumption, Energy Footprint, Fossil Fuels, Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Sustainability August 11, 2020August 14, 2020brine lithium, carbon capture, electro-swing adsorption, Gen IV modular nuclear reactor, heliofuel, heliogen, lithium, nuclear energy, oklo, Opus12, verdox

Woman in lab with clean tech battery. Clean tech innovations

There is no doubt in my mind that the human species can figure out a way to slow, or perhaps even stop, the Earth’s rapid descent into an uninhabitable, hot mess of a wasteland. Humans were the

Renewable Fossil Fuels

Meghan Emissions, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, YouTube Channel January 9, 2020August 21, 2021airline fuel economy, aviation industry, carbon dioxide, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Neutral, combustion, emissions, ETH Zurich, green energy, hydrocarbon, infrastructure, kerosene, Renewable Fossil Fuels, solar energy, syngas

What if we could pull fuel right out of thin air? Imagine a world where we could take all of that excess carbon choking our atmosphere and convert it to fuel… a total game changer! Capturing existing emissions from fossil-fueled combustion and repurposing them for a secondary use would cut CO2 emissions by as much as 90%!

10 years of Global Climate Action

Dan Carbon Footprint, Current Events, Fossil Fuels, Youth October 25, 2019February 22, 2024Climate crisis, climate justice, Fridays for Future, Global Climate Strike, greta thunberg, Indigenous, Jamie Margolin, Keystone XL Pipeline, Sunrise Movement, Tokata Iron Eyes, Zero Hour

The International Day of Climate Action occurred on October 24th 2009, and was organized by 350.org. It was the first event of its kind, to mobilize individuals through coordinated efforts throughout the world. But it wasn’t the

The 2018 Climate Report

Stanley Climate Change, Current Events, Electricity, Emissions, Energy Consumption, Energy Usage, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Health December 2, 2018July 18, 2019

It’s official: the country with the strongest economy and military in the world has recognized that climate change does exist, and that it is having an impact that can be felt in the here and now. Last

Transportion Series: The ABC’s of MPG’s

Stanley Energy Consumption, Fossil Fuels, Transportation September 18, 2018July 18, 2019

In this day and age, it’s easy to believe that everything is faster, smarter, more efficient and just all-around better than it ever has been. It has something to do with these rectangular screens carried around in

← Previous