At the fabulous lunch served at today’s Renewable Energy Finance Forum, I sat next to Christopher Dorondo, a senior representative of AWS Truepower, a solar and wind consulting company with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Terrific guy. In …
Renewable Energy — Seeking a Level Playing Field with Fossil Fuels Read More »
Tim Kingston just sent me this, an article on coal-fired power plants from an apparently credible author that compares coal with other forms of energy, while going out of its way to avoid mentioning the health and ecological consequences. Regarding …
At a party yesterday, I ran into a top-flight businessman who sells advanced sonar systems to the world’s navies. I happen to know that he spends a huge amount of time in India, and I wanted to ask him about …
Renewable Energy, Resource Scarcity, and World Hostility Read More »
I just came back from an annual chili cook-off at a home of a dear friend. My recipe, which my kids and their friends adore, came in second place in the popular vote two years ago, but hasn’t been able to …
Cleantech May Mean Debate in Washington, But it Means Jobs Everywhere Else Read More »
Everyone needs fossil fuel; that is the actual truth. The government needs fossil fuel for public energy consumption, the military needs fossil fuel as oil for their heavy equipment, almost everyone in society understands the importance of fossil fuel. Unfortunately, …
The oil industry faces numerous battles on several different fronts (thus it’s a good thing for them and their shareholders that they have more money than God to fight them). One such battle is peak oil, the concept that the …
Oooh, it wasn’t a good day for those of you out there with lungs. But it was an utterly fantastic day for those who are paid to obfuscate the dangers of the emissions of coal-fired power plants. Here’s a report …
Owners of Coal-fired Power Plants Are Breathing More Easily Tonight. Are You? Read More »
In reference to my post on the lifecycle analysis (LCA) of wind turbines, Peter Leach writes: The LCA of fossil fuel (or nuclear) powered electricity production presumably shows a good return in terms of direct power out vs. power consumed. …
I’m guessing that perhaps 5% or so of the blog posts here at 2GreenEnergy have been utilized to “call out” numbskulls who publicly attack the concept of renewable energy. A good example is the recent flurry of posts on Senator …
Shell Oil is sponsoring an educational video project called Rational Middle. I invite you to check it out; it’s very good. As the title suggests, the point is that both the far left wing (advocating for an immediate abandonment of …
