Until his retirement, Rick Sikes managed the fleet of cars and trucks operating in the city of Santa Monica, CA, a municipality generally known for its progressive stance with respect to environmental stewardship. He worked hard to integrate alternative-fueled vehicles …
Tag: Renewable Energy Facts and Fantasies
U.S. Army: ‘Climate Change Immediate Threat to National Security,’ Releases Plan
In preparation for the chapter on national security in my first book, Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies, I interviewed James Woolsey, former director of the CIA. As I predicted, he was adamant about the need to mitigate and adapt to climate …
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Copper Shortage?
A reader asked for my thoughts on this article that predicts a coming shortage of copper, an element that is vital to the sucess of “electrifying everything.” I hate to sound so cavalier, but random reports on apparent shortages don’t …
It Must Be Frustrating ….
It’s funny you mention that. I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Veerabhadran “Ram” Ramanathan at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego for the chapter on climate change in my first book, Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies.
Natural Resources Defense Council Protects the Environment
Here’s a blurb on the interview I conducted with Johanna Wald from the Natural Resources Defense Council for my first book, Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies. Her job was (she’s since retired) to use the court system to force public and …
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New Push in Geothermal?
Hi Craig, I think this news is exciting as finally geothermal power and heat can potentially be produced anywhere – with closed loop systems which do not need fracking or large volumes of water – and I would say no …
How the Gathering of Data Is Driving Our Understanding of Climate Change and How It Can Be Mitigated
One of the core tenets of business management is “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” That’s why data collection and usage is among the key trends when it comes to corporations’ efforts to reduce their emissions footprints. Something struck …
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Perovskite Solar Photovoltaic Panels
Back in 2010, I interviewed a gentleman at NREL (the National Renewable Energy Laboratories) as part of my first book, Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies. A ran into him a few years later at the Intersolar show in San Francisco and …
Peak Oil Didn’t Happen, But….
From this week’s newsletter from the American Energy Society: Conventional oil discoveries have been declining; however, there were three large oil discoveries in 2019:
Climate Change Mitigation Isn’t a Game
In 2009, when I was in the process of writing Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies, I took a trip down to the Scripps Institute to interview one of the most visible climate scientists on Earth, Dr. V. Ramanathan. “Ram,” as he …
