The reason why the BP Gulf oil spill occurred was that nobody thought it would occur. Nobody asked the “What if . . . ” question. Investors should not make the same mistake. With estimates of BP’s financial liability rising …
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Paul Minett wrote a very cogent response in response to my post about the dubious validity of EV research. He is completely right that there are numerous battles to be fought along the way — and he nailed many of …
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM5fxdbLVOg&w=445&h=364] Another clip of Paul Scott’s appearance on The 2GreenEnergy Report. Here, the subject is the role of government in the migration to electric vehicles. Full 30-minute show on electric transportation here.
For anyone who may be interested, here’s a link to an article Shannon Combs wrote on an apparent breakthrough at the University of Illinois in the use of gallium arsenide in photovoltaics.
The migration to renewable energy is complicated by a great number of factors in the renewable energy “triumvirate” -technological, economic, and political. The chart below shows one of many different dimensions of this complexity: land use – which, when you …
Frank Eggers writes in: EVs may well be the vehicle technology of the future, but it is too soon to know for sure. It may be that artificially produced fuels, such as ammonia, will become practical to replace petroleum-based fuels …
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73gipIGigFo&w=445&h=364] When guest Paul Scott was on the 2GreenEnergy Report recently, I asked him about the organization he co-founded: Plug-In America.
In response to my piece about the EV adoption curve in New York City, Josh Levin writes: Eighty percent of the adults who live in Manhattan do not own motor vehicles, and rely on buses, subway, taxis to get around …
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Occasionally I like to write a short piece that offers my viewpoints on political philosophy as it applies to sustainability, examining the nature of our moral obligations to our fellow human beings. To what degree do our ethical sensibilities call …
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIup3ZoX_rA&w=445&h=364] Here’s another in a series of interview snipets that I conducted with Paul Scott, vice president and co-founder of Plug-In America. Here, we discuss the concept that the big oil companies will fight electric transportation to the death. Full …
