Readers are checking out Heat Treat Today’s magazine, and the April/May 2024 Sustainable Heat Treat Technologies print edition has a piece that sparked a comment from a reader. The letter from publisher Doug Glenn, entitled “The DOE IS Coming After YOUR Job“, debates the question of policy-driven market forces over economy-driven indicators.
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Here is an excerpt from the publisher’s page:
“On the fourth slide of a presentation entitled, ‘Cross Sector Technologies Meeting: Day 2, Nex-Generation Enabling Technologies,’ presented by Mr. Chan on May 30, 2023, we find the following:
- DOE Commitment to Industrial Decarbonization (slide title)
- ‘Industrial Heat Shot™ — Developing technologies to reduce process heating GHG emissions by 85% by 2035′
- ‘Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap — Net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050′
The same slide goes on to list four international organizations that the U.S. has joined to ‘decarbonize’ energy-intensive industries. Those four organizations are:
- Net-Zero World Initiative
- G7 Industrial Decarbonization Agenda
- Mission Innovation’s Net-Zero Industries Mission
- UNIDO’s coordinated Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative”
This publisher’s page prompted this feedback from loyal reader Jim Conybear:
“I enjoy keeping up with the industry through Heat Treat Today. I read your recent editorial, “The DOE is Coming After Your Job”. Although you make some interesting and provocative comments, I think you did a disservice to the work being done by the DOE. Without their efforts, we would be even further behind in our needed efforts to combat the wasteful use of energy. The headlines you extracted from the presentation by Isaac Chan, fourth slide . . . do not mean that there is an either/or decision on fossil fuels. They are, in fact ,very good goals to pursue if we are to continue to make progress.
I have known Isaac Chan since his early days with the Gas Research Institute and the DOE. Never did he advocate the elimination of all combustion processes. On the other hand, he has led many industry and government programs that enabled our industry in particular to reduce costs and improve productivity by identifying and supporting more efficient, environmentally compatible processes.
Isaac Chan is a friend to our industry, not the enemy. I would enjoy seeing an interview with him to present a more realistic assessment of the problems and potential solutions to our carbon excesses.”
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