Fossil Fuels

Are You Getting On The Right Train?

Are You Getting On The Right Train?

This post reverts back to the one I sent recently about peak oil growth. In that post I highlighted this point:  “Investors are increasingly sitting up and taking notice”. The following article, maybe not unintentionally published on 9/11, a day that changed the world, is about the financial consequences of the shift away from oil (and other fossil fuels).  As the article title indicates, energy companies…

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Could Oil Demand Peak in Just Five Years?

Could Oil Demand Peak in Just Five Years?

Two reoccurring themes in my posts are that mainstream thinking is wrong and that changes are going to happen much, much faster than the experts project.  One of those changes is how fast the transition from a fossil fuel economy to one that is powered by renewable energy will happen.  Usually when I make some bold statement about how fast things will…

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Another One Hits the Dust – Actually 2

Another One Hits the Dust – Actually 2

In following up on my last post about how insurance companies are retreating from providing coverage for the coal industry, here is information published by Sierra Club reaffirming that the retirement of coal plants is continuing unabated by anything that is happening in Washington right now.  The information presented below speaks for itself but here are some of the highlights.  …

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More Abandonment of Coal

More Abandonment of Coal

The retreat from coal is not only gaining momentum but beginning to become a tsunami.  Literally, TRILLIONS of dollars are being syphoned away from anything having to do with coal and there is nothing Donald Trump can do about this.  Once again I’ll say, Coal is a dead man walking.  With examples such as so many insurance companies divesting I wonder why others continue…

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Real Estate Values Being Hammered by Climate Change

Real Estate Values Being Hammered by Climate Change

The tangible consequences of climate change are occurring and no amount of denial is going to stop this. I posted about this recently and here’s another article about the same thing of how real estate values are being affected.  People are becoming more and more aware of and sensitive to how the changes in climate are affecting our lives.  When we consistently see…

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Forest Fires are Changing Our Way of Life: The New Normal

Forest Fires are Changing Our Way of Life: The New Normal

The urgency of fighting to limit the affects of climate change is becoming quite clear in the consequences that are already occurring.  In the last post I described the impact to real estate that is near the ocean coastlines.  Continuing on the same theme this article describes just some of the consequences from forest fires that are becoming more frequent…

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When Will Your Coastal Property Become Worthless?

When Will Your Coastal Property Become Worthless?

One of the reasons that I write this blog is to provide information on the consequences of climate change early on that you may miss in the main stream media.  I try to keep it relevant to people so you can use it to make smart decisions under changing circumstances.  This post is another pertaining to protecting the value of…

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The last post I sent you the other day was about what will shape up as a titanic battle between oil companies and electric utilities as cars and trucks switch from gas to electric. So, following up on that theme the following article is a fairly deep dive into the kind of investment and opportunity there exists in the transition.…

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