Investors Jumping Into Wind Energy With Both Feet – Here’s Why
Readers who may be wondering about the cost-competitiveness of renewable energy will be interested in this piece on the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) associated with wind. Hint #1: It’s very good news, and it provides real hope that wind, currently at about 4% of the total generation capacity here in the U.S., can – and will – go much higher. Hint #2: It’s why investors like Warren Buffet and Google are jumping in with both feet.
Of the dozen or so renewable energy investment opportunities that I vigorously promote, four are focused on wind. Why? Clean, affordable energy. What’s not to like?
The driver of the taxi who took me from a meeting I had last week in Los Angeles to the Amtrak station hailed from Mogadishu, Somalia. I asked, as I normally do, “What’s it like there?” I love to get a sense for how people live in these exotic parts of the world. What’s important to them? Are people optimistic that the future will be better than the past? I was anxious to know, but insofar as Mogadishu has seen such violence, I was a little concerned about bringing up a sore subject. 
Here’s the latest project of a civil servant, Dana Rohrabacher, pictured here, whose education includes degrees in history and American studies. His life’s work at this point is his commitment to proving that 
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I’m glad to hear all the buzz about Elon Musk’s 
I’ll be 75 years old in 2030, so it’s likely that I’ll still be around to validate what I’m about to say: the idea, expressed in this article, that 
I’m a minor donor to a few good causes. The college at which I toiled (and partied) as an undergraduate, Trinity in Hartford, CT, is a good example. I hope they appreciate my constancy, but they won’t be naming a gymnasium or a library, or even a foosball table, after me.
Frequent commenter Tim Kingston sent me this piece on 
There are many different ways that the future of energy provisioning can go in radical and exciting new directions. One, as I often mention, is our standard utility model, but given a major shake-up so as to integrate an ever-greater percentage of renewables into the grid-mix. Another possible course, however, is microgrids, where whole sections of our world, say individual communities or military bases, go off the grid entirely, and fend for themselves. 
