As I’ve mentioned in dozens of posts over the years, one of the issues at the core of most of our woes here in the U.S. are screwy interpretations of the First Amendment to our Constitution. Most famously, we have …
How Does Big Oil Misinform Voters About Renewable Energy? Check Out This Cartoon Read More »
Here’s an author with the right idea: the industrial age, powered as it was by fossil fuels, is at an end. Within a few years (by 2030 according to the book, though I believe it’s happening more quickly), disruptive technologies …
Disruptive Technologies Have Doomed Fossil Fuels Read More »
Considering that America has some of the biggest natural gas reserves in the world, and gasoline has become extremely expensive in the past few years, it makes a lot of sense to start using it as vehicle fuel on a …
From Guest Blogger Jordan: Will Natural Gas Powered Vehicles Ever Become Mainstream? Read More »
I expressed in a recent post how certain areas of the U.S., including Hawaii, can migrate to renewable energy very rapidly. The operative word there is “can” (expressing the possibility), as distinguished from “will” (expressing the future as it is …
Today happens to be my birthday, and I share it with Franz Kafka (pictured here), best known for his short but surreal and deeply disturbing novels of the early 20th Century, in which he so ably points out the absurdity and …
One of Life’s Surreal Elements — An Energy Policy from Hell Read More »
Wow, these people who do the “Exxon Hates….” videos sure don’t mince words. Those who recall “Exxon Hates Your Children” will see much of the same style in their current effort, “Exxon Hates America.”
Rebecca McKenzie, one of our great interns who did a ton of excellent work in the early days of our sister site SustainabilityRoleModels.com, wrote me a sad note just now: Hi Craig, Did you see this article on Canada’s approval …
Despite Heavy Protest, Canada Approves Northern Gateway Pipeline: Sad But Not Unexpected Read More »
If there is one thing that people of all political persuasions can agree upon, it’s that “opinion” and “news” are two different things, and that editorials should not be presented as if they were fact. This is why I cringed …
The EPA’s Justifications for Its Power Plant Regulations Read More »
Those of us who had hoped for agreements that would leave some of the Earth’s fossil fuels safely in the planet’s crust are a little less confident in the success of such arrangements today than we were last week, before …
Oil Exploration, the Amazon Rain Forest, and the Migration to Renewable Energy Read More »
One of the great many side benefits of a migration away from fossil fuels is that, when it’s complete, we can greatly reduce the rate at which we’re putting energy workers in harm’s way, e.g., exposing coal miners to black …
Migration from Fossil Fuels Carries Numerous Benefits Read More »
