Standing in line at 5:40am this morning was exciting. My wife and I were #s 10 and 11 in a line that grew toward 100 before the polls even opened at 6am. This election is historic in so many ways, not least of which is the high turnout taking place throughout the country.
In celebration of the history unfolding, I thought a perfect followup to yesterday’s presidential climate goals blog is an offering of deployment goals for renewables industry leaders, wind and solar. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘President’
Presidential Goals for Wind & Solar
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008Incoming President’s Magic Climate Number: -1.1%/year
Monday, November 3rd, 2008With the election on our doorstep, I think it makes sense to talk about the US future in terms of presidential terms again.
Climate change is one of the key issues of the 21st century and requires immediate presidential action. But what kind of immediate action? The current federal climate policy on the table (a cap and trade system poised to pass in 2009) targets reducing US emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. This blog describes interim goals for the first and second presidential terms (by (more…)
Mexico oil production in freefall, next President better prepare for peak oil
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Mexico just reported that their production continued to rapidly decline in September. Cantarell production was 36% below a year ago at only 940,000 barrels per day, and total crude production was down 14% from last year at only 2.722 million barrels per day (Mbd). This was the lowest level since 2.55 Mbd in November 1995. Exports were down 37% from last year. The slide in production could finally be felt by PeMex and its home country since oil prices were back down toward year-ago levels. This lower production will seriously rock the federal budget of Mexico in the months to come — especially due to exports declining faster than production declines as domestic demand rises. Some Mexico production was shut-in over the (more…)