I had an experience yesterday at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum in San Francisco that I thought I’d share. Right before lunch, I took the opportunity to pose a question to the panel on the stage, prefaced with this announcement: …
Category: Fossil Fuels
Pipeline Rejected!
Needless to say, this is fantastic news, primarily from the perspective that Mr. Steyer notes below. I.e., it’s an announcement that my country does, in fact, have an energy policy, one that contemplates the welfare of the world’s people and …
Can One Discuss the Future of Mobility without Mentioning Climate Change? Apparently So.
As I write this I’m listening to a wonderful webinar on mobility, featuring presentations from Shell Oil and the market research giant Frost and Sullivan. There is a fantastically complex array of different forces that are rapidly transforming our world …
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By All Means, Come Live in the US—Just Manage Your Expectations Carefully
In a recent survey, thousands of people from all over the world were asked if they aspired to emigrate from their homeland into another country, and, of those who answered in the affirmative, the United States was by far the …
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Who Manufactures the "News" We Receive?
Here’s a quote from today’s edition of The Writer’s Almanac that I hope readers will find relevant: Today is the birthday of … pioneering broadcast journalist Fred W. Friendly (pictured)….a large persuasive man, with strongly held opinions, (who) frequently butted heads with the …
A Sober Look at Arctic Oil Exploration
Frequent commenter Glenn Doty, one of the brightest and best-informed people I’ve ever met, writes this in response to my piece on the Obama Administration’s cancelling all offshore drilling leases in our Arctic Ocean for the next two years and …
Our Approach To Energy on Planet Earth: The Oil Companies Against the Rest of the World—But Is This Really Necessary?
According to the Writer’s Almanac, it’s the 90th birthday of American political humorist Art Buchwald (pictured). They write: Buchwald began writing political satire when President Eisenhower made a trip to France. His humorous articles caught the attention of Eisenhower’s press …
Do Fossil Fuels Pose a Risk To Our Civilization?
Here’s a debate between Dr. Bill McKibben, arguably the world’s best-known environmentalist, debating Alex Epstein (pictured), devotee of Ayn Rand, on the value of fossil fuels in today’s world. We all appreciate that coal, oil, and natural gas played a …
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Coal: Coming to the End of the Line
It’s a cruel irony that coal miners are fighting so hard to retain their disease-ridden way of life, given its deadly effects on its participants. Yes, all 7.3 billion of us denizens of Earth will breathe more easily (literally) when …
Keystone Pipeline Protests Aren't the Only Visible Aspect of Downtown Santa Barbara
Outside of tourists, the most common thing you’ll see on the main drag in Santa Barbara (State St.) is protest marchers. In 2013, my wife, my daughter and I did our thing re: the KXL Pipeline. A less common sight: pianos. …
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