Jack Coleman of EnergyNorthAmerica, LLC recently gave the American Keynote Speech at the 2010 Ordos International Forum on Clean Energy and the Green Economy, held in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China. Details the importance that fossil fuels will continue to play in the world's energy future, and the importance of making them clean.
JLCNY Flyer on Prominent Democrats who Support Shale Drilling, and Those Who ...Marcellus Drilling News
A flyer circulated in May 2014 by the Joint Landowners Coalition of New York, backed by some 70,000 New York landowner residents. The flyer points out three prominent Democrats who have voiced public support for U.S. shale drilling. Three others are also shown, who (so far) have opposed U.S. shale drilling: Andrew Cuomo, Vladimir Putin and Yoko Ono. The flyer is meant to keep up the pressure on Cuomo and get him to end the 6-year tragedy of no shale drilling in New York State.
An annual report issued by the American Petroleum Institute. In releasing the new report, the API said, “The United States begins this new year leading the world in energy production, economic growth, and lowering our greenhouse gas emissions – a trifecta unmatched by any other country today. The gains we’ve made and our ability to sustain them in the years to come are largely dependent on the energy policies we pursue."
Harvard University Study: America's Unconventional Energy OpportunityMarcellus Drilling News
A study published by the Harvard Business School in June 2015 that says, essentially, if fracking is done right (and we already have the technology to do it right), if it's regulated properly, it's safe and has enormous benefits economically for America. This study lays out a plan to achieve just that.
AmeraTex Energy | The American Oil & Gas Industry Is Rescuing The Obama EconomyAmeraTex Energy Inc
On average, weekly wages have increased 40 percent since 2009. With a 3.3 percent unemployment rate statewide, North Dakota is attracting new residents in droves, and the state’s construction, financial, insurance and real estate sectors all grew significantly in the last year.
Future of Resources - An initial perspective - Suzanne Benn - UTS Business S...Future Agenda
An initial perspective on the future of resources by Professor Suzanne Benn, Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, UTS Business School, Sydney. This is the starting point for the global future agenda discussions taking place through 2015 as part of the the futureagenda2.0 programme. www.futureagenda.org
1.8.2022 accelerating-climate-action-usR. Jay Olson
Since Joe Biden took office in 2021, bold steps have been taken to address climate change and reengage in international diplomacy. But on December 19, 2021, Senator Manchin torpedoed Biden’s signature $1.9 trillion Build Back Better bill. So, what’s next? What can be done now to heighten urgency around the climate change crisis and accelerate transformation to a clean energy future in the U.S.? Learn how bold leadership and increased grassroots efforts can make a difference.
A summary of the climate change protection movement in the U.S. and action needed to further reduce greenhouse gasses and create a clean energy future. Progress has been inadequate. The war against the climate change crisis demands higher priority and more urgent attention by U.S. policy makers, law makers, the business community and citizens.
JLCNY Flyer on Prominent Democrats who Support Shale Drilling, and Those Who ...Marcellus Drilling News
A flyer circulated in May 2014 by the Joint Landowners Coalition of New York, backed by some 70,000 New York landowner residents. The flyer points out three prominent Democrats who have voiced public support for U.S. shale drilling. Three others are also shown, who (so far) have opposed U.S. shale drilling: Andrew Cuomo, Vladimir Putin and Yoko Ono. The flyer is meant to keep up the pressure on Cuomo and get him to end the 6-year tragedy of no shale drilling in New York State.
An annual report issued by the American Petroleum Institute. In releasing the new report, the API said, “The United States begins this new year leading the world in energy production, economic growth, and lowering our greenhouse gas emissions – a trifecta unmatched by any other country today. The gains we’ve made and our ability to sustain them in the years to come are largely dependent on the energy policies we pursue."
Harvard University Study: America's Unconventional Energy OpportunityMarcellus Drilling News
A study published by the Harvard Business School in June 2015 that says, essentially, if fracking is done right (and we already have the technology to do it right), if it's regulated properly, it's safe and has enormous benefits economically for America. This study lays out a plan to achieve just that.
AmeraTex Energy | The American Oil & Gas Industry Is Rescuing The Obama EconomyAmeraTex Energy Inc
On average, weekly wages have increased 40 percent since 2009. With a 3.3 percent unemployment rate statewide, North Dakota is attracting new residents in droves, and the state’s construction, financial, insurance and real estate sectors all grew significantly in the last year.
Future of Resources - An initial perspective - Suzanne Benn - UTS Business S...Future Agenda
An initial perspective on the future of resources by Professor Suzanne Benn, Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, UTS Business School, Sydney. This is the starting point for the global future agenda discussions taking place through 2015 as part of the the futureagenda2.0 programme. www.futureagenda.org
1.8.2022 accelerating-climate-action-usR. Jay Olson
Since Joe Biden took office in 2021, bold steps have been taken to address climate change and reengage in international diplomacy. But on December 19, 2021, Senator Manchin torpedoed Biden’s signature $1.9 trillion Build Back Better bill. So, what’s next? What can be done now to heighten urgency around the climate change crisis and accelerate transformation to a clean energy future in the U.S.? Learn how bold leadership and increased grassroots efforts can make a difference.
A summary of the climate change protection movement in the U.S. and action needed to further reduce greenhouse gasses and create a clean energy future. Progress has been inadequate. The war against the climate change crisis demands higher priority and more urgent attention by U.S. policy makers, law makers, the business community and citizens.
Former Ambassador and head of the US delegation to the Kyoto Protocol negotiations, Stuart Eizentstat, Partner with law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, delivered the keynote address at the GW Solar Institute Symposium on April 19, 2010. View more info at: solar.gwu.edu/Symposium.html
For my business communications class we had to write a business article. Clean energy and economics have always interested me, turns out they go together more than we thought.
Future of energy - An initial perspective - Jeremy Bentham, VP Global Busine...Future Agenda
An initial perspective on the future of energy by Jeremy Bentham, VP Global Business Environment at Shell. This is the starting point for the global future agenda discussions taking place through 2015 as part of the the futureagenda2.0 programme. www.futureagenda.org
US Chamber Report: What If...Energy Production was Banned on Federal Lands an...Marcellus Drilling News
This report, the first in the Chamber's Energy Accountability series, finds that if the federal government under Obama and Clinton (as they advocate) were to shut down further energy production from public lands, the result would be catastrophic: the U.S. economy would lose 400,000 jobs and $70 billion in annual GDP.
These slides go along with The New Orleans Index at Six. The Index provides the most up–to–date data on New Orleans’ transition from recovery to transformation. It is intended to be part of an ongoing series of reports that measure progress and prosperity in the greater New Orleans area with indicators selected from reliable data sources that are regularly updated to allow for tracking going forward.
GLOBE Advisors - Careers for a Sustainable Future - A Reference Guide to Gree...GLOBE Series
Powering the Business of the Environment
GLOBE Advisors is a boutique sustainability consulting firm headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, that specializes in providing project management, partnership development, market research, and strategic consulting services. We invite you to explore our website to find out how GLOBE Advisors can assist your organization with its strategic goals and objectives
www.globeadvisors.ca
Advancing Opportunities for Business and the Environment
GLOBE Advisors, a subsidiary of the Vancouver-based not-for-profit GLOBE Foundation, was established in response to an increasing demand for project-based sustainability consulting services in the environmental business sector.
The "GLOBE" name was established in 1990 and has become a recognized brand, both in Canada and internationally, with respect to the "business of the environment" - due in large part to the GLOBE Series of Conferences and Trade Fair Exhibitions held in Vancouver every two years and organized by the not-for-profit GLOBE Foundation.
In 2012, the company's President and CEO, Dr. John Wiebe, was recognized as one of Canada's "Clean 16" for his outstanding contributions to clean capitalism.
Our philosophy? Environmental challenges bring enormous opportunity for the business sector. Moreover, companies can do well by doing good for the environment, without sacrificing their bottom lines.
Our three guiding principles:
-Environmental problems are business opportunities.
-Companies that can provide clean technologies and solutions will prosper.
-Proactive organizations that embrace environmental sustainability will be more competitive.
“Energy Independence”: A Formula For Attacking Energy ProductionJames Dellinger
Environmentalist groups want
the new Congress to reject common sense
policies encouraging more domestic energy
production to wean America off foreign energy.
Instead, green groups want to discourage
energy production and consumption of
the most readily available sources: coal, oil
and natural gas, because they generate carbon
dioxide (CO2), and nuclear, which produces
no CO2. For green groups, “energy
independence” seems to mean not depending
on energy! Will the new Congress yield
to their pressures?
Former Ambassador and head of the US delegation to the Kyoto Protocol negotiations, Stuart Eizentstat, Partner with law firm of Covington & Burling LLP, delivered the keynote address at the GW Solar Institute Symposium on April 19, 2010. View more info at: solar.gwu.edu/Symposium.html
For my business communications class we had to write a business article. Clean energy and economics have always interested me, turns out they go together more than we thought.
Future of energy - An initial perspective - Jeremy Bentham, VP Global Busine...Future Agenda
An initial perspective on the future of energy by Jeremy Bentham, VP Global Business Environment at Shell. This is the starting point for the global future agenda discussions taking place through 2015 as part of the the futureagenda2.0 programme. www.futureagenda.org
US Chamber Report: What If...Energy Production was Banned on Federal Lands an...Marcellus Drilling News
This report, the first in the Chamber's Energy Accountability series, finds that if the federal government under Obama and Clinton (as they advocate) were to shut down further energy production from public lands, the result would be catastrophic: the U.S. economy would lose 400,000 jobs and $70 billion in annual GDP.
These slides go along with The New Orleans Index at Six. The Index provides the most up–to–date data on New Orleans’ transition from recovery to transformation. It is intended to be part of an ongoing series of reports that measure progress and prosperity in the greater New Orleans area with indicators selected from reliable data sources that are regularly updated to allow for tracking going forward.
GLOBE Advisors - Careers for a Sustainable Future - A Reference Guide to Gree...GLOBE Series
Powering the Business of the Environment
GLOBE Advisors is a boutique sustainability consulting firm headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, that specializes in providing project management, partnership development, market research, and strategic consulting services. We invite you to explore our website to find out how GLOBE Advisors can assist your organization with its strategic goals and objectives
www.globeadvisors.ca
Advancing Opportunities for Business and the Environment
GLOBE Advisors, a subsidiary of the Vancouver-based not-for-profit GLOBE Foundation, was established in response to an increasing demand for project-based sustainability consulting services in the environmental business sector.
The "GLOBE" name was established in 1990 and has become a recognized brand, both in Canada and internationally, with respect to the "business of the environment" - due in large part to the GLOBE Series of Conferences and Trade Fair Exhibitions held in Vancouver every two years and organized by the not-for-profit GLOBE Foundation.
In 2012, the company's President and CEO, Dr. John Wiebe, was recognized as one of Canada's "Clean 16" for his outstanding contributions to clean capitalism.
Our philosophy? Environmental challenges bring enormous opportunity for the business sector. Moreover, companies can do well by doing good for the environment, without sacrificing their bottom lines.
Our three guiding principles:
-Environmental problems are business opportunities.
-Companies that can provide clean technologies and solutions will prosper.
-Proactive organizations that embrace environmental sustainability will be more competitive.
“Energy Independence”: A Formula For Attacking Energy ProductionJames Dellinger
Environmentalist groups want
the new Congress to reject common sense
policies encouraging more domestic energy
production to wean America off foreign energy.
Instead, green groups want to discourage
energy production and consumption of
the most readily available sources: coal, oil
and natural gas, because they generate carbon
dioxide (CO2), and nuclear, which produces
no CO2. For green groups, “energy
independence” seems to mean not depending
on energy! Will the new Congress yield
to their pressures?
The presentation had all the type of green energy resources and their use. I hope the presentation should be beneficial to all those, who had their intrest in Green Energy.
The future can be great for our community, for our province, for the energy industry, for you and me and our children. However, it will require us to embrace positive change and to start the transition now. We can create an Alberta that is a renewable energy powerhouse by energy companies utilizing land and infrastructure they already use to generate renewable energy as well as using fuel cell technology to produce much cleaner energy from hydrocarbons during the transition period. And we can become the supplier of choice for clean and green hydrocarbon products, with extraction, processing and use of final products without emissions, pollution, fresh water and use of harmful chemicals. Why won't we start now? We can do it together!
A U.S. Chamber of Commerce report, second in a series, that imagines what the economy would look like today if the shale energy revolution had not taken place. It's not a pretty picture.
Chamber of Commerce report that asks and answers the important question: What would happen if the hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas was banned in the U.S.? According to research it would lead to the loss of 15 million jobs and an average increase in the price of electricity and gas doubling.
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China and other competing nations are vastly outperforming America in the development of clean energy technologies. If America is to remain relevant the economy of the future, it is essential that we support both the development of clean energy technologies and the education of young people to enter this burgeoning industry. To this end, the U.S. Department of Energy has established RE-ENERGYSE — a program to vastly improve the scope and quality of energy science education in American schools.
Teryn Norris, Director of Americans for Energy Leadership (AEL) will delve further into the specifics of RE-ENERGYSE, touching on experiential learning opportunities, fellowships, and new higher education programs that are specifically designed to prepare students for careers in clean energy technology. By swiftly providing these skills to students, America can foster the collective awe and relentless drive needed to propel us forward in the clean energy race.
China and other competing nations are vastly outperforming America in the development of clean energy technologies. If America is to remain relevant the economy of the future, it is essential that we support both the development of clean energy technologies and the education of young people to enter this burgeoning industry. To this end, the U.S. Department of Energy has established RE-ENERGYSE — a program to vastly improve the scope and quality of energy science education in American schools.
Teryn Norris, Director of Americans for Energy Leadership (AEL) will delve further into the specifics of RE-ENERGYSE, touching on experiential learning opportunities, fellowships, and new higher education programs that are specifically designed to prepare students for careers in clean energy technology. By swiftly providing these skills to students, America can foster the collective awe and relentless drive needed to propel us forward in the clean energy race.
Teryn Norris, Director of Americans for Energy Leadership (AEL) will delve further into the specifics of RE-ENERGYSE, touching on experiential learning opportunities, fellowships, and new higher education programs that are specifically designed to prepare students for careers in clean energy technology. By swiftly providing these skills to students, America can foster the collective awe and relentless drive needed to propel us forward in the clean energy race.
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Things take longer to happen than you think they will, but then they happen much faster than you thought they could.
The destructive impacts of the climate crisis are now following the trajectory of that economics maxim as horrors long predicted by scientists are becoming realities.
More destructive Category 5 hurricanes are developing, monster fires ignite and burn on every continent but Antarctica, ice is melting in large amounts there and in Greenland, and accelerating sea-level rise now threatens low-lying cities and island nations.
Tropical diseases are spreading to higher latitudes. Cities face drinking-water shortages. The ocean is becoming warmer and more acidic, destroying coral reefs and endangering fish populations that provide vital protein consumed by about a billion people.
Worsening droughts and biblical deluges are reducing food production and displacing millions of people. Record-high temperatures threaten to render areas of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, North Africa and South Asia uninhabitable. Growing migrations of climate refugees are destabilizing nations. A sixth great extinction could extinguish half the species on earth.
Finally people are recognizing that the climate is changing, and the consequences are worsening much faster than most thought was possible. A record 72 percent of Americans polled say that the weather is growing more extreme. And yet every day we still emit more than 140 million tons of global warming pollution worldwide into the atmosphere, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I often echo the point made by the climate scientist James Hansen: The accumulation of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases -- some of which will envelop the planet for hundreds and possibly thousands of years -- is now trapping as much extra energy daily as 500,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs would release every 24 hours.
This is the crisis we face.
Now we need to ask ourselves: Are we really helpless and unwilling to respond to the gravest threat faced by civilization? Is it time, as some have begun to counsel, to despair, surrender and focus on "adapting" to the progressive loss of the conditions that have supported the flourishing of humanity? Are we really moral cowards, easily manipulated into lethargic complacency by the huge continuing effort to deceive us into ignoring what we see with our own eyes?
More damage and losses are inevitable, no matter what we do, because carbon dioxide remains for so long in the atmosphere. So we will have to do our best to adapt to unwelcome changes. But we still retain the ability to avoid truly catastrophic, civilization-ending consequences if we act quickly.
This is our generation's life-or-death challenge. It is Thermopylae, Agincourt, Trafalgar, Lexington and Concord, Dunkirk, Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Bulge, Midway and Sept. 11. At moments of such crisis, the United States and the world have to be mobilized, and before we ...
150 word to each part response follow up . Due 9pm 12 1816 Part1.docxLyndonPelletier761
150 word to each part response follow up . Due 9pm 12 /18/16
Part1
There are many concerns that are brought to the forefront when you discuss the U.S. energy policy and three of those are according to Yacobucci (2016) “…assuring a secure supply of energy, keeping energy cost low, and protecting the environment.” By assuring a supply of energy this is referring to not eliminating one component of America’s consumption of energy while bolstering another. As a nation we want to be independent from the oil from the Middle East, but we cannot simply cut off our intake until there are programs in place to ensure that our economy will not collapse. This ties into keeping energy costs low, as long as there are multiple different means of energy they will drive the prices lower for each other in competition. While switching to an all renewable energy source would be the best for the environment and global warming, it is something that will take decades to accomplish.
There are many merits and risks associated with renewable energy and making it a priority when it comes to the U.S. energy policy. Currently we are largely dependent on foreign oil to sustain our intake of gasoline/diesel for our vehicles. Along with being dependent upon other nations we are also digging into resources that take thousands of years to make instead of using the resources that are around us and will not end. These renewable resources are solar, wind, and hydrologic. If we used these instead to heat our homes, light the streets, and fuel our vehicles not only would we cut down extremely on emissions we would become dependent of other countries. The merits of such a program would be easy to spell out and the risks are evident as well. The number one “risk” is the risk of losing jobs that are already created and destabilizing countries that are reliant on our intake of oil. By increasing our renewable energy sources, we would create thousands of jobs putting the infrastructure into our nation and by having to maintain it. This risk, which sounds like a pro, is associated as a risk because of lobbyists and big business that are relying on increasing the price as we deplete a resource that does have a measurable end to it. That one risk is the reason that renewable energy is not being developed whole heartedly, with proper sanctions and taxes we could be dependent on renewable energy within 20 years.
Part2
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nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology.
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, Efficiency, a regulated industry and certain economic activities can be restricted or prohibited.
API Report: Oil and Natural Gas Stimulate American Economic and Job GrowthMarcellus Drilling News
A report from the American Petroleum Institute that shows the incredible number of jobs and resulting economic growth that comes from shale drilling in the U.S. The study keys in on the role of "supply chain" companies--companies that sell good and services to the drilling industry.
Chamber of Commerce report that asks and answers the important question: What would happen if the U.S. was forced to pay Europe’s high prices for energy? Hint: It ain't pretty.
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Clean Energy and the Green Economy
1. CLEAN ENERGY & THE GREEN ECONOMY 2010 Ordos International Forum Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China July 20, 2010 By W. Jackson Coleman Managing Partner, EnergyNorthAmerica, LLC ENERGYNORTHAMERICA, LLC
2. I thank the sponsors – Ordos City Government and Tsinghua University – the co-sponsors – China Renewable Energy Society, US-China Cleantech Forum, and the ShenHua Group – and the organizers – Ordos Science and Technology Bureau, Ordos Kang Ba Shi Management Committee, and Ordos Zijin Technology & Education Park Development Co., Ltd. – for organizing this international energy forum and for inviting me to participate.
3. China and the United States have much in common – among other similarities, we are the world’s two largest manufacturing countries and the two largest energy consuming countries. Both countries have growing economies, although because the United States has been a “developed” country for a much longer period of time China’s economy is, of necessity, growing much more rapidly than that of the United States.
4. Growing economies and higher standards of living require more energy. Because of the high standard of living of its people and the fact that they are spread over a large area, the United States has long been the world’s largest consumer of energy.
5. Energy is the lifeblood of an economy. China has a clear understanding of this fact, while a large portion of the American population seems to have lost such an understanding.
6. Those who fail to grasp this essential fact have, to some extent, come by it naturally. I say this because politicians in the United States – from both political parties – have failed to be honest with the American people on energy. Instead, they have caused an illusion that somehow energy will just appear whenever we want it to.
7. As Confucius is reputed to have said: “If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.” Energy sources take many years to develop – they cannot simply be turned “on” like a light switch. China is clearly thinking about “what is distant”, while it is unclear what the United States is thinking about.
8. For decades, the American government has generally made poor choices, when it made any choices at all, regarding energy and minerals. While American manufacturing has significantly moved overseas because of many reasons, including policy neglect, international competitive pressures, and many other reasons, the energy and mining sectors have suffered for many of the same reasons.
9. The fact that fossil energy and mining are viewed by political “elites” with disfavor, a view driven by the acolytes of radical environmentalism, has resulted in damaging laws and regulations and general neglect. Contrary to the American government’s adverse policies toward fossil fuels and mining, the Chinese government has seen the reality that without fossil energy and mining, the Chinese economy could not be rapidly built to the level necessary to support and enrich the Chinese people.
10. A column on June 21, 2010, in the Washington Post by Robert J. Samuelson, entitled “Obama’s Energy Pipe Dreams”, in my view sums up the American energy situation. Mr. Samuelson begins by quoting from President Obama’s speech of June 15th regarding the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: “For decades, we’ve talked and talked about the need to end America’s century-long addiction to fossil fuels . . . Time and time again, the path forward has been blocked – not only by oil industry lobbyists, but also by a lack of political courage and candor.”
11. Mr. Samuelson then responds by saying: “Just once, it would be nice if a president would level with Americans on energy. Barack Obama isn’t that president. His speech the other night was . . . full of misinformation and mythology. “Obama held out a gleaming vision of an America that would convert to the “clean” energy of, presumably, wind, solar and biomass. It isn’t going to happen for many, many decades, if ever.” I agree with Mr. Samuelson’s observation.
12. I know that some may think that this is a strange way to lead off a speech at a forum on “clean” energy. I respectfully disagree.
13. This is because, as President Obama stated, the energy debate has been marked by “a lack of political courage and candor.” Candor would tell the American people that, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), oil, coal, and natural gas supply about 85 percent of America’s energy.
14. Candor would inform that the EIA projects that between now and 2035 the total volumes of fossil fuels used in the United States will increase, not decrease, and that 78% of America’s energy will come from fossil fuels in 2035. As Mr. Samuelson said, “Unless we shut down the economy, we need fossil fuels.”
15. Similarly, the International Energy Agency (IEA) projects that by 2030 oil, gas, and coal will still provide more than 85% of China’s energy.
16. Given that forecast, what is the role for “clean” energy technologies in the United States? In a phrase, those technologies are “absolutely essential.”
17. Over the next 25 years, the U.S. population is projected to increase from just over 300 million to just under 400 million people. The number of motor vehicles is projected to increase from 231 million to 297 million. The American economy is projected to almost double in size.
18.
19. smarter use and more efficient transmission of electric power;
21. and many other efficiency and conservation measureswill play a major role in minimizing the increase in fossil fuels that will be needed to power a growing American economy.
22. Further, renewable sources of energy such as wind, solar and biomass are expected to provide 11 percent of America’s energy supply in 2035, up from 5 percent in 2008. Certainly, renewable and nuclear energy sources are very important parts of America’s future energy mix, but it is also very clear that for at least the next 50 years, and possibly much longer, a majority of America’s energy supply will come from fossil fuels.
23. Fortunately, the concept of “clean” energy technology encompasses much more than renewable energy sources. Because the world, just as America, will continue to rely upon fossil fuels for a majority of its energy for the foreseeable future, it is critically important that “clean” energy technologies also focus on “greening” fossil fuel production and consumption rather than primarily focusing on renewable energy sources.
24. Let’s face it, renewable energy is “politically correct” today in America while fossil fuels are not. As the EIA projections show, however, a “clean” technology agenda focused primarily on renewable energy sources will fail to meet both the energy and the environmental needs of the American people.
25. Yet, expenditures by the United States government on research and development for oil, natural gas, and coal have been severely reduced while similar expenditures for renewable sources dwarf those for fossil fuels. To a degree, this is a natural swing in policy focus when political power changes, but not completely. Even the Administration of George W. Bush failed to see that clean technology for fossil fuels gave both the American economy and environment the greatest benefit for each dollar invested.
26. What is the future for American government “clean” energy technology investments? No one really knows, but a few observations can be made.
27. First, the American people are tired of politicians who believe that there are no spending limits and who are satisfied that the amount that they don’t tax they borrow. It is clear that a large number of current members of Congress will be defeated in the “change election” that will take place this November. Incumbents who manage to survive will be greatly restrained by the mood of the electorate.
28. Second, with a 13 trillion dollar national debt that is rapidly rising and doesn’t even include tens of trillions of dollars in unfunded liabilities such as federal civil service pensions, Medicare, and social security, major cuts in U.S. federal government spending, or increased taxes, or both will be necessary. Because the people are generally against tax increases, I predict that most deficit reduction will be in the form of spending cuts.
29. Third, although the almost $800 billion 2009 economic stimulus act spent approximately $40 billion on “clean” energy, the result of the 2010 elections will be that almost all of these programs will be severely cut back or eliminated.
30. The new Congress in 2011 must find a way to pay for the national debt, in addition to reducing and then eliminating the annual budget deficit. A compelling way to pay the debt is to monetize the value of the in-ground fossil fuels and other minerals located on public lands, both onshore and offshore, that are owned by the American people.
31.
32. the refusal of the Administration to follow the law and conduct commercial oil shale lease sales,
33. the new punitive and restrictive regulations on fossil fuel production,
34. and the dramatic cut-back in the leasing of conventional fossil fuels,these policies cannot be sustained in the long-term.
35.
36. 86 billion barrels of undiscovered technically recoverable oil resources;
39. $2.7 trillion in corporate income tax receipts from producers,for a total of $4.5 trillion.
40. This sum does not include any up-front sums paid to obtain the leases, nor the tax revenues derived from the jobs that will be created to directly produce these resources, nor the indirect and induced economic impacts of producing these American energy resources owned by the American people.
41. Additionally, it is important to note that these offshore resource numbers do not include natural gas hydrates which international public and private research has now proven will be able to be commercially produced in the near future. More than 99% of America’s 320,000 trillion cubic feet of natural gas hydrates are located in the deepwater federal offshore.
42.
43. about $4.5 trillion in direct corporate income taxes,for a total of approximately $7.5 trillion. Once again, this is without revenues from direct employment or indirect and induced economic activities.
44. When combined with the $4.5 trillion from conventional offshore oil and gas resources, a total of $12 trillion would result from production of offshore conventional and unconventional oil and gas. This sum almost completely pays off the current national debt without raising taxes.
45. However, these vast resources will never pay off any of the national debt, nor create hundreds of thousands of excellent jobs, if they are not made available for leasing, drilling, and production.
46. Wind and solar sources of renewable energy, hybrid and plug-in hybrid motor vehicle technologies, and carbon capture and storage technologies are well-known and have a very bright future in the United States, but I will not discuss them further today.
47. Instead, I want to mention a few “clean” technological areas that I believe have the potential to have a major impact on the energy market in the United States and around the world. These are advanced CO2 enhanced oil recovery technologies, produced water cleanup, and advanced oil shale production technologies.
48. Next Generation CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Technologies – The April 30, 2010, Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory Report 2010/1417, entitled “Storing CO2 and Producing Domestic Crude Oil With Next Generation CO2-EOR Technology, written by Advanced Resources International, makes clear the very sizeable potential for increased oil production in the United States by sequestering CO2 in oil fields.
49. Large Volumes of Domestic Oil Remain “Stranded” After Traditional Primary/Secondary Oil Recovery
50. Technically Recoverable Resources from Applying “Next Generation” CO2 – EOR: Totals from Extrapolating Advanced Resources’ Database to National Level
63. More efficient and cleaner use of our existing base of energy sources is the fastest and least expensive way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
64. This would include advanced technologies to convert coal into natural gas and into liquid fuels. As technology evolves, converting coal into liquid fuels will be as economic as doing the same with grasses. As you will hear from other speakers, many environmentally beneficial products can be made from coal. China and the United States together hold 44% of the world’s coal reserves.
65. In closing, I am highly optimistic that the world will have plenty of energy to power growing economies if the world’s abundant natural resources, both fossil and non-fossil, are allowed to be developed. Thank you for inviting me and I would be happy to answer any questions.
66. QUESTIONS? W. Jackson “ Jack” Coleman Managing Partner, Energy North America, LLC 571-228-3225 jack.coleman@energy-northamerica.com www.energy-northamerica.com
Editor's Notes
CLEAN ENERGY &THE GREEN ECONOMY2010 Ordos International ForumOrdos, Inner Mongolia, ChinaJuly 20, 2010By W. Jackson ColemanManaging Partner, EnergyNorthAmerica, LLC
I thank the sponsors – Ordos City Government and Tsinghua University – the co-sponsors – China Renewable Energy Society, US-China Cleantech Forum, and the ShenHua Group – and the organizers – Ordos Science and Technology Bureau, Ordos Kang Ba Shi Management Committee, and Ordos Zijin Technology & Education Park Development Co., Ltd. – for organizing this international energy forum and for inviting me to participate.
China and the United States have much in common – among other similarities, we are the world’s two largest manufacturing countries and the two largest energy consuming countries. Both countries have growing economies, although because the United States has been a “developed” country for a much longer period of time China’s economy is, of necessity, growing much more rapidly than that of the United States.
Growing economies and higher standards of living require more energy. Because of the high standard of living of its people and the fact that they are spread over a large area, the United States has long been the world’s largest consumer of energy.
Energy is the lifeblood of an economy. China has a clear understanding of this fact, while a large portion of the American population seems to have lost such an understanding.
Those who fail to grasp this essential fact have, to some extent, come by it naturally. I say this because politicians in the United States – from both political parties – have failed to be honest with the American people on energy. Instead, they have caused an illusion that somehow energy will just appear whenever we want it to.
As Confucius is reputed to have said:“If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.” Energy sources take many years to develop – they cannot simply be turned “on” like a light switch. China is clearly thinking about “what is distant”, while it is unclear what the United States is thinking about.
For decades, the American government has generally made poor choices, when it made any choices at all, regarding energy and minerals. While American manufacturing has significantly moved overseas because of many reasons, including policy neglect, international competitive pressures, and many other reasons, the energy and mining sectors have suffered for many of the same reasons.
The fact that fossil energy and mining are viewed by political “elites” with disfavor, a view driven by the acolytes of radical environmentalism, has resulted in damaging laws and regulations and general neglect. Contrary to the American government’s adverse policies toward fossil fuels and mining, the Chinese government has seen the reality that without fossil energy and mining, the Chinese economy could not be rapidly built to the level necessary to support and enrich the Chinese people.
A column on June 21, 2010, in the Washington Post by Robert J. Samuelson, entitled “Obama’s Energy Pipe Dreams”, in my view sums up the American energy situation. Mr. Samuelson begins by quoting from President Obama’s speech of June 15th regarding the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico:“For decades, we’ve talked and talked about the need to end America’s century-long addiction to fossil fuels . . . Time and time again, the path forward has been blocked – not only by oil industry lobbyists, but also by a lack of political courage and candor.”
Mr. Samuelson then responds by saying:“Just once, it would be nice if a president would level with Americans on energy. Barack Obama isn’t that president. His speech the other night was . . . full of misinformation and mythology. “Obama held out a gleaming vision of an America that would convert to the “clean” energy of, presumably, wind, solar and biomass. It isn’t going to happen for many, many decades, if ever.” I agree with Mr. Samuelson’s observation.
I know that some may think that this is a strange way to lead off a speech at a forum on “clean” energy. I respectfully disagree.
This is because, as President Obama stated, the energy debate has been marked by “a lack of political courage and candor.” Candor would tell the American people that, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), oil, coal, and natural gas supply about 85 percent of America’s energy.
Candor would inform that the EIA projects that between now and 2035 the total volumes of fossil fuels used in the United States will increase, not decrease, and that 78% of America’s energy will come from fossil fuels in 2035. As Mr. Samuelson said, “Unless we shut down the economy, we need fossil fuels.”
Similarly, the International Energy Agency (IEA) projects that by 2030 oil, gas, and coal will still provide more than 85% of China’s energy.
Given that forecast, what is the role for “clean” energy technologies in the United States? In a phrase, those technologies are “absolutely essential.”
Over the next 25 years, the U.S. population is projected to increase from just over 300 million to just under 400 million people. The number of motor vehicles is projected to increase from 231 million to 297 million. The American economy is projected to almost double in size.
Energy efficiencies such as:more efficient light bulbs, appliances, and motor vehicles;smarter use and more efficient transmission of electric power;more energy-efficient buildings;and many other efficiency and conservation measureswill play a major role in minimizing the increase in fossil fuels that will be needed to power a growing American economy.
Further, renewable sources of energy such as wind, solar and biomass are expected to provide 11 percent of America’s energy supply in 2035, up from 5 percent in 2008. Certainly, renewable and nuclear energy sources are very important parts of America’s future energy mix, but it is also very clear that for at least the next 50 years, and possibly much longer, a majority of America’s energy supply will come from fossil fuels.
Fortunately, the concept of “clean” energy technology encompasses much more than renewable energy sources. Because the world, just as America, will continue to rely upon fossil fuels for a majority of its energy for the foreseeable future, it is critically important that “clean” energy technologies also focus on “greening” fossil fuel production and consumption rather than primarily focusing on renewable energy sources.
Let’s face it, renewable energy is “politically correct” today in America while fossil fuels are not. As the EIA projections show, however, a “clean” technology agenda focused primarily on renewable energy sources will fail to meet both the energy and the environmental needs of the American people.
Yet, expenditures by the United States government on research and development for oil, natural gas, and coal have been severely reduced while similar expenditures for renewable sources dwarf those for fossil fuels. To a degree, this is a natural swing in policy focus when political power changes, but not completely.Even the Administration of George W. Bush failed to see that clean technology for fossil fuels gave both the American economy and environment the greatest benefit for each dollar invested.
What is the future for American government “clean” energy technology investments? No one really knows, but a few observations can be made.
First, the American people are tired of politicians who believe that there are no spending limits and who are satisfied that the amount that they don’t tax they borrow. It is clear that a large number of current members of Congress will be defeated in the “change election” that will take place this November. Incumbents who manage to survive will be greatly restrained by the mood of the electorate.
Second, with a 13 trillion dollar national debt that is rapidly rising and doesn’t even include tens of trillions of dollars in unfunded liabilities such as federal civil service pensions, Medicare, and social security, major cuts in U.S. federal government spending, or increased taxes, or both will be necessary. Because the people are generally against tax increases, I predict that most deficit reduction will be in the form of spending cuts.
Third, although the almost $800 billion 2009 economic stimulus act spent approximately $40 billion on “clean” energy, the result of the 2010 elections will be that almost all of these programs will be severely cut back or eliminated.
The new Congress in 2011 must find a way to pay for the national debt, in addition to reducing and then eliminating the annual budget deficit. A compelling way to pay the debt is to monetize the value of the in-ground fossil fuels and other minerals located on public lands, both onshore and offshore, that are owned by the American people.
Although the Obama Administration has significantly cut back on fossil fuel production from public lands, for example:the lengthy moratoria on offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Alaska,the refusal of the Administration to follow the law and conduct commercial oil shale lease sales,the new punitive and restrictive regulations on fossil fuel production,and the dramatic cut-back in the leasing of conventional fossil fuels,these policies cannot be sustained in the long-term.
As I testified before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on June 8, 2010:at $75/barrel of oil and $5/thousand cubic feet of natural gas,the direct value of receipts to the Treasury from producing just the conventional oil and natural gas resources:15 billion barrels of oil reserves;86 billion barrels of undiscovered technically recoverable oil resources;60 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves;420 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered technically recoverable natural gas resourcesfrom offshore federal lands is approximately:$1.8 trillion in royalties and$2.7 trillion in corporate income tax receipts from producers,for a total of $4.5 trillion.
This sum does not include any up-front sums paid to obtain the leases, nor the tax revenues derived from the jobs that will be created to directly produce these resources, nor the indirect and induced economic impacts of producing these American energy resources owned by the American people.
Additionally, it is important to note that these offshore resource numbers do not include natural gas hydrates which international public and private research has now proven will be able to be commercially produced in the near future. More than 99% of America’s 320,000 trillion cubic feet of natural gas hydrates are located in the deepwater federal offshore.
If only 1% of this resource is eventually producible, it would add 3,200 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Production of this 1% of our natural gas hydrate resources would generate:approximately $3 trillion in royalties andabout $4.5 trillion in direct corporate income taxes,for a total of approximately $7.5 trillion. Once again, this is without revenues from direct employment or indirect and induced economic activities.
When combined with the $4.5 trillion from conventional offshore oil and gas resources, a total of $12 trillion would result from production of offshore conventional and unconventional oil and gas. This sum almost completely pays off the current national debt without raising taxes.
However, these vast resources will never pay off any of the national debt, nor create hundreds of thousands of excellent jobs, if they are not made available for leasing, drilling, and production.
Wind and solar sources of renewable energy, hybrid and plug-in hybrid motor vehicle technologies, and carbon capture and storage technologies are well-known and have a very bright future in the United States, but I will not discuss them further today.
Instead, I want to mention a few “clean” technological areas that I believe have the potential to have a major impact on the energy market in the United States and around the world. These are advanced CO2 enhanced oil recovery technologies, produced water cleanup, and advanced oil shale production technologies.
Next Generation CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Technologies – The April 30, 2010, Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory Report 2010/1417, entitled “Storing CO2 and Producing Domestic Crude Oil With Next Generation CO2-EOR Technology, written by Advanced Resources International, makes clear the very sizeable potential for increased oil production in the United States by sequestering CO2 in oil fields.
Large Volumes of Domestic Oil Remain “Stranded” After Traditional Primary/Secondary Oil Recovery
Technically Recoverable Resources from Applying “Next Generation” CO2 –EOR: Totals from Extrapolating Advanced Resources’ Database to National Level
Economically Recoverable Resources from Applying “Next Generation” CO2 –EOR: National Totals at Base Case Economics*
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More efficient and cleaner use of our existing base of energy sources is the fastest and least expensive way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
This would include advanced technologies to convert coal into natural gas and into liquid fuels. As technology evolves, converting coal into liquid fuels will be as economic as doing the same with grasses. As you will hear from other speakers, many environmentally beneficial products can be made from coal. China and the United States together hold 44% of the world’s coal reserves.
In closing, I am highly optimistic that the world will have plenty of energy to power growing economies if the world’s abundant natural resources, both fossil and non-fossil, are allowed to be developed. Thank you for inviting me and I would be happy to answer any questions.
QUESTIONS?W. Jackson “ Jack” ColemanManaging Partner, Energy North America, LLC571-228-3225jack.coleman@energy-northamerica.comwww.energy-northamerica.com