Author Archives: AKB

More on US-China Emissions

I did a bit of analysis on a set of data in the new Annual Energy Review 2008 (released June 2009). The Review is created by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) – the statistical agency of the US Department of Energy. Although there is a lot of information about energy production and consumption in this [...]
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US climate change policy stuck on China

A NYTimes article from last month discusses the recent talks between China and the USA to see eye to eye on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The heart of the issue is that China will not commit to a specific GHG reduction quota and that the USA will not commit to enough reductions. Together, China and [...]
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Back home

Sorry for not posting for a bit – I just got back home from 7 weeks of traveling. I’ll be back in the swing of things soon. AKB
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What’s the trouble with oil? (5/5)

In this final post on crude oil I’ll discuss why there’s so much controversy over oil. In short, using fossil fuels like crude has negative effects on the environment, economy, and therefore everyone. The organic material that is found in crude oil sometimes contain sulfur atoms which if combusted turns into SO2 and then into [...]
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The switch to digital television

I only made it about 3 paragraphs into this NYTimes article about the switch to digital television when I thought of a quick article to write for this blog. Okay, so I hope you know the gist of this whole story. The US government decided to end analogue television signals on June 12, 2009 to [...]
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