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Ernie Moniz To Lead the U.S. Department of Energy

It’s hard to know what to make of this week’s unanimous Senate vote, confirming Ernie Moniz as the new U.S. Energy Secretary, replacing the outgoing Steven Chu.  If you’re a fan of a sustainable energy policy, it’s certainly not a

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Posted in Renewables - Politics

Infographics in the Energy Space Can Drive Social Media Frenzies

I want to thank the many people who have helped 2GreenEnergy along the way in our attempts to popularize the site.  Though we have a great deal further to go, we’ve come a long way, and I’m grateful for all

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Posted in Fossil Fuels

Incentives for Wind Energy Coming Back Again

I’m not sure how people in the wind industry react to news like this concerning the Production Tax Credit (PTC); I guess it’s hard to look a gift horse in the mouth.  Personally, I find the continuing flip-flopping of incentives

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Posted in Wind Energy

An Enemy of a Working Energy Policy: Bad Ideas

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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Posted in synthetic fuel

American Council on Renewable Energy Hosts Great Conference on Alt-Fuel Transportation

I just got back from another wonderful conference hosted by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) – this one in San Diego, called the Transportation and National Defense Forum.  I skipped the first day, which focused on the military,

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Posted in Electric Vehicles

Society Has Made Important Progress – But Not Enough

I’m spending a bit of time this afternoon helping my daughter with an essay on Pride and Prejudice as a work of social satire.  So many of the social conventions that Austen chops up so brilliantly in this masterpiece have

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Posted in Renewables - Politics

Notes on an Ideal Civilization

Last night, a friend of mine sent me a considerable laundry list of things he thinks everyone, certainly all U.S. citizens, are entitled to as basic human rights.  I don’t know. I see providing all this stuff gratis to a

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Posted in Sustainability

Robert Newman’s “A History of Oil”

It’s been at least a year since I recommended this fabulous combination of education and entertainment, in which British comedian/historian Robert Newman presents “A History of Oil. Please do yourself a favor and check it out.  Then do us ALL

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Biofuels: What’s Really Driving Food Prices?

Anyone who pays even casual attention to the biofuels industry has come across the “food versus fuel” argument, i.e., that the rise in biofuels comes at the expense of the world fuel supply.   But as shown in this article: “What’s

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We Love The Oil Companies!

Seeing as it’s Valentine’s Day, I would certainly be remiss if I failed to pass along this extremely well-done video, showering the oil companies with love for all the wonderful things they’ve done for us.         

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