I spend a fair amount of time writing about how the vested interests in energy (e.g., the oil companies), keep bad ideas in place (e.g., extracting and burning petroleum), at the expense of good ideas (e.g., renewables). But there is, …
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The Enemy of Sustainability: Bad Ideas
Last night I had a dinner meeting during which I was asked what I thought about a business plan that proposed to grow sugarcane (from which to make ethanol) in California’s Imperial Valley, one of the driest parts of the …
The Enemy of Reasonably Priced Clean Energy: Bad Ideas
Here’s something I noticed from the process of participating in a large number of energy-related conversations at the American Chemical Society Conference last week: some of these subjects–even those receiving funding–have virtually no chance of practical application. And, while I …
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If Fisker Automotive Goes Away, It Won't Be the First Bad Idea To Do So
Here’s a conversation I’m having with a friend about the mess at Fisker, i.e., the departure of the company’s founder. Craig: That’s incredible about Fisker. What do you make of all this? Friend: It reminds me of John DeLorean in …
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Will We Achieve Sustainability? Brain Chemistry Plays a Role
A colleague from England, Gary Tulie, sent me something yesterday that he knew you and I would find interesting, given that it has a direct relationship to achieving sustainability on this planet. He writes:
What Will Become of Most Renewable Energy Concepts?
Frequent commenter “MarcoPolo” (the original pictured left) writes: While it’s true that some technologies do become mainstream innovations, most never fulfill the dreams of their supporters, and remain only hobbyist or small scale applications. Like you, every week, I receive …
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