Love seeing the great reporting by Heated getting a wider view with the Guardian! After the LATimes (and all the other) layoffs, there's even more need for climate storytelling/reporting. Keep kicking asses. (And of course PERC is doing this, why change if you can keep the current quarterly earning statement good for investors...ugh)
Honestly really fucking cool you got this partnership with the Guardian, and thank you for covering propane as well. I know in the agriculture industry propane is huge, so tackling that is important.
Another commenter mentioned King of the Hill, and it would have been great if a mention or joke was made, but it is interesting to think about how much that show influenced popular perception of propane as "clean". Probably just speculation though.
Again thank you for this coverage and this is a reason why HEATED is so awesome. Whether it is propane or essential oils, it is awesome to have a publication discuss and investigate every aspect of our fossil fuel economy and show the ways in which producers of those products try to lie and basically cheat their way out of a clean energy future.
Good article and congratulations on your upgraded spotlight with The Guardian. I read a lot of articles from around the world posted by them so this extra exposure is defiintely a huge boost for you two. Meanwhile, in the war over fossil fuels, it is becoming a war of attrition. Whomever has the deepest pockets controls the narrative. Keep up the good fight and I will continue to support your ever more important work here.
Here in Canada, the "natural" (oh so benign, eh?) gas industry is actually harassing city/town councils that are voting to ban natural gas for home heating and appliances in new builds.
Gotta love that ad you posted: "Energy that adds no new carbon." It sure plays on people's scientific and historical — and climate change — illiteracy! But I would think the oil and coal folks would be fuming, since their forms of energy "add no new carbon" either. At least, not to the Earth. To the atmosphere, oh yeah. About 35 billion tonnes per year.
Congratulations on the collaboration!! I also wanted to ask you both about Heated, and its future. A lot of reputable pages/journalists are leaving Substack, because of the endorsement of Nazis, and everything about them (white supremacy, etc.) Will you be taking Heated elsewhere? A lot of people are going to other platforms, I believe one is called Beehive (?). Will you keep us posted on your plans?
Great stuff. Only thing missing is a King of the Hill reference and/or GIF in the HEATED tradition of seasoning the serious and heavy climate news with a touch of humor.
Turning crops, especially food crops into fuel for insatiable machines including heating & cooking is obscene! Turning food into fuel also results in topsoil depletion and erosion. The energy equation for ethanol from corn tends to ignore some losses, but it is driven by tax subsidies and they by greed.
Congrats on the co-publication! Wonder if it would make sense for the series to be renamed from "Big Oil Uncovered" to "Big Fossil Uncovered". It's a broader term that would cover non-petroleum fossil fuels like coal, methane, and propane, but also has a bit of double-meaning in that it sounds like an archaeology column.
Great article! As a chemistry professor, I wanted to clarify a small mistake I noticed. It was stated that "Most renewable propane emits some carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, though in smaller amounts than propane made from oil or gas", but the truth is that all propane emits the same amount of carbon dioxide when burned, whether renewable or not! This was written by your team, so I am wondering if PERC is claiming this too? If so, that's another deception. Thanks for reading!
Great article! Maybe if we had a more educated populace and fewer greedy politicians, we could be on a better path. I am a retired math/science teacher and I still continue to be amazed at the lack of knowledge when it comes to climate change. We need a well educated populace to get results in this fight! Glad you guys are contributing to that....I know I always learn something new when I read Heated! The Guardian alliance is great news! Keep it up!
There are now a growing number of articles and videos like this that show how futile NetZero and our approach to climate change is in the west, while the rest get stronger by avoiding the blunder.
THE BIG EV LIE. Why They Won't Save the Planet & All About Dirty Electricity | TheCarGuys.tv (youtube.com)
Love seeing the great reporting by Heated getting a wider view with the Guardian! After the LATimes (and all the other) layoffs, there's even more need for climate storytelling/reporting. Keep kicking asses. (And of course PERC is doing this, why change if you can keep the current quarterly earning statement good for investors...ugh)
This article has really punched my "Pissed off at Greenwashing" button!
Wow - this is fantastic to have partnered with The Guardian! So exciting to see what you've already achieved with Heated so early in 2024!
Honestly really fucking cool you got this partnership with the Guardian, and thank you for covering propane as well. I know in the agriculture industry propane is huge, so tackling that is important.
Another commenter mentioned King of the Hill, and it would have been great if a mention or joke was made, but it is interesting to think about how much that show influenced popular perception of propane as "clean". Probably just speculation though.
Again thank you for this coverage and this is a reason why HEATED is so awesome. Whether it is propane or essential oils, it is awesome to have a publication discuss and investigate every aspect of our fossil fuel economy and show the ways in which producers of those products try to lie and basically cheat their way out of a clean energy future.
Good article and congratulations on your upgraded spotlight with The Guardian. I read a lot of articles from around the world posted by them so this extra exposure is defiintely a huge boost for you two. Meanwhile, in the war over fossil fuels, it is becoming a war of attrition. Whomever has the deepest pockets controls the narrative. Keep up the good fight and I will continue to support your ever more important work here.
So glad two of my favorite outlets have hooked up! Congrats!
I can't get to the PERC internal video you referenced: https://substack.com/redirect/d60188f2-33da-41c6-bf5b-2a9285aed091?j=eyJ1IjoiM2M5eDIifQ.mp4jNKIWebz4N4pVjcB1C7FgMSw9oXvw3hVZcSdkxkI -- it appears to be password protected.
Here in Canada, the "natural" (oh so benign, eh?) gas industry is actually harassing city/town councils that are voting to ban natural gas for home heating and appliances in new builds.
Gotta love that ad you posted: "Energy that adds no new carbon." It sure plays on people's scientific and historical — and climate change — illiteracy! But I would think the oil and coal folks would be fuming, since their forms of energy "add no new carbon" either. At least, not to the Earth. To the atmosphere, oh yeah. About 35 billion tonnes per year.
Thanks for turning up the heat on the heaters, Emily and Arielle! 👏 (BTW, the link to the internal video on Google Drive is asking for access.)🤷♂️
Congratulations on the collaboration!! I also wanted to ask you both about Heated, and its future. A lot of reputable pages/journalists are leaving Substack, because of the endorsement of Nazis, and everything about them (white supremacy, etc.) Will you be taking Heated elsewhere? A lot of people are going to other platforms, I believe one is called Beehive (?). Will you keep us posted on your plans?
Great stuff. Only thing missing is a King of the Hill reference and/or GIF in the HEATED tradition of seasoning the serious and heavy climate news with a touch of humor.
Turning crops, especially food crops into fuel for insatiable machines including heating & cooking is obscene! Turning food into fuel also results in topsoil depletion and erosion. The energy equation for ethanol from corn tends to ignore some losses, but it is driven by tax subsidies and they by greed.
Congrats on the co-publication! Wonder if it would make sense for the series to be renamed from "Big Oil Uncovered" to "Big Fossil Uncovered". It's a broader term that would cover non-petroleum fossil fuels like coal, methane, and propane, but also has a bit of double-meaning in that it sounds like an archaeology column.
Great article! As a chemistry professor, I wanted to clarify a small mistake I noticed. It was stated that "Most renewable propane emits some carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, though in smaller amounts than propane made from oil or gas", but the truth is that all propane emits the same amount of carbon dioxide when burned, whether renewable or not! This was written by your team, so I am wondering if PERC is claiming this too? If so, that's another deception. Thanks for reading!
Great article! Maybe if we had a more educated populace and fewer greedy politicians, we could be on a better path. I am a retired math/science teacher and I still continue to be amazed at the lack of knowledge when it comes to climate change. We need a well educated populace to get results in this fight! Glad you guys are contributing to that....I know I always learn something new when I read Heated! The Guardian alliance is great news! Keep it up!
"Clean" coal. "Clean" propane. There's no depth to this industry's depravity.
There are now a growing number of articles and videos like this that show how futile NetZero and our approach to climate change is in the west, while the rest get stronger by avoiding the blunder.
THE BIG EV LIE. Why They Won't Save the Planet & All About Dirty Electricity | TheCarGuys.tv (youtube.com)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sytWLB4-W-M