Energy Transition/Decarbonization

Tapping the Brakes on Energy Transition Expectations. January 7, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Tapping the Brakes on Energy Transition Expectations

The Resource Intensity of EVs, Wind, Solar, and Battery Storage is Problematic: Mining and Processing Ramp-Up Concerns and China’s Monopoly. January 21, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Resource Intensity of EVs, Wind, Solar, and Battery Storage is Problematic: Mining and Processing Ramp-Up Concerns and China’s Monopoly

Daniel Yergin’s Four Biggest Challenges of the Energy Transition. January 25, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Daniel Yergin’s Four Biggest Challenges of the Energy Transition

The Sobering Realities and Challenges of Financing Decarbonization. March 14, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Sobering Realities and Challenges of Financing Decarbonization

Implementing the IRA: Aspiration vs. Reality: Summary, Analysis, and Review of a Breakthrough Institute Article, August 2, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Implementing the IRA: Aspiration vs. Reality: Summary, Analysis, and Review of a Breakthrough Institute Article

Greenflation is Here, Painful, and Directly Proportional to the Speed and Depth of Decarbonization. October 19, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Greenflation is Here, Painful, and Directly Proportional to the Speed and Depth of Decarbonization

Inflation and Cost Worries Are Sinking Clean Energy Projects: Wind, Solar, Hydrogen, and Nuclear Affected but Oil & Gas Not So Much. November 9, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Inflation and Cost Worries Are Sinking Clean Energy Projects: Wind, Solar, Hydrogen, and Nuclear Affected but Oil & Gas Not So Much

COP28: What Does the Agreement to Transition Away from Fossil Fuels Actually Mean? And More from the Meeting. December 14, 2023. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: COP28: What Does the Agreement to Transition Away from Fossil Fuels Actually Mean? And More from the Meeting

Decarbonization Mandates: Aspirational Pledges are Harmless but Mandates and Bans May Not Be. July 3, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Decarbonization Mandates: Aspirational Pledges are Harmless but Mandates and Bans May Not Be

Big Oil Companies Scale Back Energy Transition Projects Due to Lack of Profitability. July 10, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Big Oil Companies Scale Back Energy Transition Projects Due to Lack of Profitability

‘Greenhushing and ‘Greenwishing’: Some ESG and Sustainability Backtracking Might End Up Being a Net Good. August 14, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: ‘Greenhushing and ‘Greenwishing’: Some ESG and Sustainability Backtracking Might End Up Being a Net Good

Biden EPA’s Clean Power Push Getting Push-Back from Grid Operators, FERC, and Maybe the Courts. September 28. 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Biden EPA’s Clean Power Push Getting Push-Back from Grid Operators, FERC, and Maybe the Courts

De-Subsidization is Not Smart: Canceling EV Subsidies and Other Clean Energy Subsidies is a Real Bad Idea for a Number of Reasons. November 23, 2024. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: De-Subsidization is Not Smart: Canceling EV Subsidies and Other Clean Energy Subsidies is a Real Bad Idea for a Number of Reasons

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is Wrong to Call Net Zero Goals ‘Sinister’. February 23, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Energy Secretary Chris Wright is Wrong to Call Net Zero Goals ‘Sinister’

The Choices We Face: Energy for the 21st Century: A Declaration of Guiding Principles by Mark Mills and Scott Tinker. Summary and Review. February 23, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: The Choices We Face: Energy for the 21st Century: A Declaration of Guiding Principles by Mark Mills and Scott Tinker. Summary and Review

Energy Sec. Wright Threatens to Abandon IEA as ‘Unrealistically Green,’ Prefers Reform. July 16, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Energy Sec. Wright Threatens to Abandon IEA as ‘Unrealistically Green,’ Prefers Reform

West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McClusky Argues Successfully That New York State’s Climate Change Superfund Act is Bonkers, Unconstitutional, and Unfair. July 30, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McClusky Argues Successfully That New York State’s Climate Change Superfund Act is Bonkers, Unconstitutional, and Unfair

Energy Scarcity and Abundance: Effects on Power Markets, Generators, Consumers, and Infrastructure Buildout. August 3, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Energy Scarcity and Abundance: Effects on Power Markets, Generators, Consumers, and Infrastructure Buildout

Kimmeridge White Paper on Remaining North American Shale Inventory is Informative: Summary Review, & Commentary. August 7, 2025. Blue Dragon Energy & Environmental Blog 2.0: Kimmeridge White Paper on Remaining North American Shale Inventory is Informative: Summary Review, & Commentary