May I Ask a Favor? Thanks In Advance.
I’m starting to think about my next book, and I’ve begun taking inventory of the various components I’ll need, one of which is content for the back cover. To that end, I’d like to ask anyone who has anything complimentary to say about my writing to submit it, either in the comments below, or, if you’d rather, directly to me via email using the “contact” button on the website.
I am equally interested in constructive criticism. Though I’m unlikely (very unlikely :)) not to use it on the book cover, I can most certainly promise that I will take it to heart.
Thanks very much.
I’m a political independent who for decades has tracked human history and the media, developments in fossil fuels, and the many energy alternatives in play now and on the horizon. I also keep a strong personal focus on our social, philosophical, economic impacts on each other, and the physical effects we’re producing in the rest of the biosphere. As a result, I’ve long appreciated independent, fact-based and fact-rich content covering these realms.
Craig Shields obtained his education in Physics and Philosophy at the venerable Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. He’s honed his business acumen through decades of recognized success helping a wide range of Fortune 100 firms and startups with their business strategies.
His website – 2GreenEnergy.com – serves the human community well as a valuable and informative forum, and his books provide well-researched insight, drawing from a wide array of subject matter experts.
I pay Craig heed, and I’m far from alone.
Craig’s blog was the first place I heard that economic pressures would bring about the rise of renewable energy, and I find a continuous stream of upbeat, articulate articles, many of which have already been validated by current events. I don’t like to start my day without my daily 2GreenEnergy.
Craig, I will reply later for your book. First I believe you should change this e-mail intro. Only because it was you whom I respect did I try so hard to get to the content. The navigation bar at the bottom is so dark, it is almost impossible to find.
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Bizarre. Can you send me a screen shot so I can see what you’re seeing? Thanks, Jim.
Craig,
You have been a voice for enlightened capitalism for the last decade, urging people to invest in green energy and technologies. We are starting to see the old model crumbling, with stranded assets in oil, coal and other “old” blue-chip areas of investment, and for prices and supplies of clean energy alternatives to take their place – with or without government subsidies.
Congratulations on being ahead of the curve.
I am currently taking a course in 6 Sigma. In it it often talks about the need to determine variables and control variables in processes. Getting the planet to run on renewable energy will be about the biggest process mankind has ever had to encounter with a huge number of variables. In fact, I would wonder if it would just be too big for a 6 Sigma project to deal with since it seems there will be bottle necks every time you take a serious look. So on the back cover just show a picture of a bottle neck getting destroyed to make it plane and simple with a caption of something like “Time now to get rid of renewable energy bottle necks”. I’d love to see a good debate on the real and future potential bottle necks of renewable energy.
Here is a link to the Fiji Department of Energy:
http://www.fdoe.gov.fj
In it there is much to explore. Because of its remote location and small size, Fiji’s energy options are limited. Small Diesel systems are expensive, Diesel fuel is expensive, and regularly transporting Diesel fuel to remote locations is a problem. It seems clear that in many places micro-hydro, solar, and wind are the best available options. However, before committing themselves to installing a system for a particular area, they wisely determine how much energy will be available. Thus, for wind and solar, they instal monitoring stations to collect data for two or three years to determine how much power would be available and how reliable it would be. That is something that we have not done here in the U.S. For micro-hydro systems, they measure the flow rate, the head, and the distances involved to determine feasibility. Thus, they do everything possible to ensure that a power system would make sense BEFORE building it.
Studying the website will provide considerable information on the importance of renewable systems in developing countries and why the development of renewable systems should be supported. HOWEVER, the situation in small developing countries is very different from the situations in large prosperous countries, a fact that should be taken into consideration.
From Frank in Florida:
Hi, Craig. Of course, I would like to help. How soon would you need the comment? Because, I would like a little time to think about this. I would need to get it RIGHT! Over the time you and I have known each other, you have given me so much more to think about than just reading the headlines of an article someone else has published. You have deepened and widened my thought process greatly. You have introduced me to people, subjects and materials that I had no idea had anything to do with renewable energy. We have had some amazing conversations over the months past, and I am looking forward to many more. In the leading of people into the land of renewable energy, yours is one coattail that I would grab on to. Thanks for everything, Craig. There might be a word or two in there that you can use. What do yah think? It’s all HONEST and from the heart. Have a great day. Frank
OMG, that’s one of the kindest things anyone has ever done for me. It certainly made my day. Thanks.
Craig, what you have done very few could ever think or dream of.
You have made history and you have brought to front the reason why we need to keep clean / preserve our mother ship earth.
We need to keep its organs clean from the debris collected over time. You are like a conscience which tells a human body that its time we need to do something.
Your e mails keep us alive with the clean air .
I wish you GOD Speed
I am a sustainable developer. I learned about a possible successful future for humans on Spaceship Earth in the late 1960’s studying with Bucky Fuller. Craig Shields has both the philosophical and real world science/engineering consistency and clarity to support the implementation of humans consuming energy sustainably. Craig can help enlighten anyone interested in supporting a future for our kids and grandkids.
I am able to attest to your lucid and stimulating content and style of engaging us! I am always learning and able to consider additional aspects of what we , the world, are or are not doing, via your articles. The word that Mr. Stang uses is apt and you Sir are enlightened and I look forward to many years “pushing the envelope’ for all!
I can’t tell you all how grateful for (and flattered by) I am for these magnificent statements.
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