Posts Tagged by energy
From Guest Blogger Jim Stack: Green Holidays
| November 25, 2011 | Posted by jstack6 under Sustainability, Uncategorized |
How can you have a Green Holiday ? It’s not easy since we often travel to visit friends and family. We also do a lot of cooking and eating.
You could travel less, take a greener form of transportation and of course car pool with others. Even calling to say Hi instead of traveling could be a smaller carbon footprint.
When eating we can eat healthier and a little less. Maybe just once piece of that great pie your aunt cooks special for you. Of course eating more fruits and vegetables is always greener and very healthy.
What are ways you use to be greener on Holidays ?
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SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN GREEN; OUR SURVIVAL DEPENDS UPON IT!
| October 10, 2011 | Posted by Teleos1 under Sustainability |
By: Ollie Oelofse, Founder and CEO, True North Bridged Technologies, Inc. Sacramento, CA
By: Yvonne R. Davis, M.S. M.A., P.C., Chief Operating Officer and Director of International Relations, True North Bridged Technologies, Inc., Sacramento, CA
More than participating in “Going Green” initiatives around the globe, or becoming a member of an elite clique of high minded Green Revolutionaries who now more-than-ever pro-actively engage in sustainable capitalism, the crisis we face is that time is no longer on our side to convince the masses to make an attitude adjustment towards authentic social consciousness for change. The clock has struck Midnight. Our base level of existence is in jeopardy. According to the United Nations Environment Agency within 50-years over 3-billion humans will be in dire straights because they will have limited or no access to water. Inclusive of the developed world, food nsecurity will continue to rise and take a poll position in the lives of children and families. Abraham Maslow’s first hierarchy of need – food, shelter and clothing is a dying luxury. Read More
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One More Post on the News Media, Objectivity, and Energy
| November 12, 2010 | Posted by Craig Shields under Renewables - Business |
I was somewhat surprised at the pushback I received to my recent post suggesting that the PBS NewsHour should not accept sponsorship money from Chevron, as such a relationship could affect PBS’s objectivity in its coverage of the energy industry. A few people asked me in a huff for specific proof that such a relationship has affected NewsHour reporting.
I openly admit that I have no proof. My point isn’t that something unseemly has happened; it is that something could happen. It’s a situation to be avoided — kind of like the late king of pop Michael Jackson’s having young boys sleep in his bed with him (regardless of what happened): it’s just a bad move. Read More
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China’s Energy Push – Guest Blogger Kathy Heshelow – Continued
| April 23, 2010 | Posted by Kathy-Heshelow under Renewables - Business |
Here’s the continuation of my article yesterday on China’s energy picture.
One African official said back in 2006 that negotiating with the Chinese may take longer, but they can pressure China more because they are desperate for resources. Another official said, “The U.S. will talk to you about governance, about efficiency, about security, about the environment. The Chinese just ask ‘How do we procure this license?’”. (CNN Money, “China’s appetite for African oil grows”, by Vivienne Walt (Fortune). Feb 15, 2006).
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China’s Energy Push – Guest Blogger Kathy Heshelow
| April 22, 2010 | Posted by Kathy-Heshelow under Renewables - Business |
Following my recent post about China’s scramble for energy and their nonrenewable energy plan, I cover here the nonrenewable push. Renewable energy supplies about 7.5% of all energy needs for China, says the EIA, close to our 7% figure in the U.S. Hence, nonrenewable energy sources are especially important over the next few decades for both the U.S. and China while the green industry ramps up. The two countries are already bumping up against each other over resources.
The Wall Street Journal reported on March 15th, 2010 that Chinese state-owned oil company Cnooc Ltd. is taking a 50 percent stake in Argentina’s Bridas Energy Holdings for $3.1 billion. Cnooc is the Hong-Kong listed unit of China National Offshore Oil Corp. It will finance the joint venture through “internal sources,” and the project is expected to move along quickly. The reserves of Bridas include an estimated 636 million barrels of oil; the company has activities in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile.
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Feeling Good About Energy and Transportation
| November 6, 2009 | Posted by Craig Shields under Renewables - Business |
I deeply appreciate the growing rush of informed comments on the 2GreenEnergy blog. Frequent guest Arlene Allen (whom I had the pleasure to meet recently) writes:
Normally, I would do my best to add something positive to the discussion. Quite frankly, I feel that the transportation industry in the USA is already positioning itself to inflate consumer expectation and subsequently slam them into the embankment as hard as is possible.
Thanks, Arlene. Sometimes I read things that cause me to agree with you 100%. I know I’ve been hugely pessimistic – even cynical – about the direction that renewable energy and electric transportation is going. But strangely, I have a good feeling about this overall. And it’s not because of positive intention and honesty of our corporate and government leaders, but rather the strength of the business case. The cost of all this is crashing like a stone, and, fortunately for mankind, I don’t see that anyone can do anything about that.
I’m looking at dozens of business plans, some of which feature truly transformative technology. Yes, they need funding – and in some cases, huge amounts of it. But the numbers in some of these cases are so compelling that they will ultimately receive the capital they are requesting, enabling the generation of clean power at a fraction of the cost of energy that comes from dirty and/or dangerous sources. I know it’s too early to declare victory, but I’m feeling very good about the transportation and energy industries.
I’m under NDA on a lot of these, but look at technologies that are already on the streets, like solar thermal with molten salt energy storage. The lies that Big Energy are spreading include the notion that this may be nice, but solar is inappropriate for baseload power. This is simply not the case. My point is this: That lie has a finite shelf-life. It’s just a matter of time until the truth gets spread so broadly that the lies will evaporate like the morning fog here in valleys of Central California.
