Yesterday I finished Gore’s new book THE FUTURE: 6 DRIVERS OF GLOBAL CHANGE. Overall a good read. But Gore pushes mostly centralized political policies and corporation-led mostly high-tech changes to reach his proposed solutions to so many interrelated problems. He …
From Guest Blogger John Robbins: Al Gore and the Role of Government in Our Energy Policy Read More »
People need direct and clear instructions, like road signs or charts in a doctors office. A speed limit sign doesn’t say “Slow speed by 20%” when entering a school zone. It says “Do not exceed 20 mph”. If a doctor …
From Guest Blogger John Robbins: Energy Use – Create Personal Standards and Expectations Read More »
Very few people traipsing around this planet know more about energy efficiency than John Robbins. As he puts it: “Energy education for homeowners is my arena. I’ve thought, taught and written about it for a long time.” (Coming up on …
Here’s an excerpt of frequent contributor John Robbins’ recent comment on my piece about crises and the abandonment of science. Sorry to sound like a broken record, but a huge part of our problem is simple ‘resistance to change’. The …
Here’s a piece from Kentucky-based consulting engineer and frequent commenter John Robbins, who provides some sobering remarks on the truth behind our current push for renewables. Last week, I was one of 3 teaching a professional seminar about Passivhaus. In …
A Few Sobering Truths About Energy Consumption in the US Read More »
This morning, someone asked me about the importance of energy storage. “Renewables provide intermittent energy. Don’t we need some way to store the energy overnight, to deliver it when it’s needed?” he asked. “No, not right now, “ I explained. …
Is Renewable Energy Replacing the Consumption of Fossil Fuels? Read More »
Frequent commenter John F. Robbins writes a post on the 2GreenEnergy Facebook page re: my announcement that I’ll soon be interviewing sustainable design guru Sim Van der Ryn: When I led a group called Alternate Energy Assn (AEA) in SW Ohio in the late 1990s, we …
A Zeitgeist of Eco-friendliness: The New Living Large Is Living Small Read More »
As a “marketing guy,” I’m always intrigued with ideas that suggest that a paradigm in this space may be changing. Here’s the viewpoint of frequent commenter John F. Robbins: The traditional principles of American marketing suggest that something is automatically …
Does a Greener World Suggest a New Marketing Paradigm? Read More »
Frequent Commenter John F. Robbins writes this marvelous response to the 2GreenEnergy survey on renewables: The most missing question or comment in your survey and most of this blog is how to move away from the current energy-guzzling nature of …
Renewables Are Cool, But Using Less Energy Is Far Better Read More »
Follow-up by John F Robbins CEM/CSDP I guess the main diff between your book’s perspective and mine is where we are in the picture. I’m at what I tell students is “the bottom” where the actual clients, aspirations and small-scale …
More Discussion on Renewable Energy – “Top vs Bottom” Read More »
