Category: Renewables – Business

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promises to achieve 100% renewables by 2030 if her party wins re-election in October.  The plan calls for an accelerated schedule and the use of pumped hydro energy storage to make clean energy universally …

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Opponents of the Green New Deal says it’s too expensive. Proponents ask, “Compared to what?” and then go on to offer a laundry list of costs associated with a dying planet, as well as the benefits of a strong economy …

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There sure have been lots of stories on boycotts recently.  President Donald Trump made the news in a big way a couple of weeks ago when he called for a boycott of Goodyear Tires because their workplace policies forbid the …

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From the American Energy Society: In 2018, oil majors invested 1% of their combined budgets on clean energy.

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One wonders what Trump does with his time when he’s not tweeting, playing golf, or campaigning for re-election. Now we know.  According to his own admission, he’s watching hour upon hour of Fox News. Doesn’t this sound, well, dangerous to …

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Below is the heart of the discussion I have frequently with people re: the pandemic. Apparently, the math here is hard for some folks to get. Once understood, however, it’s easy to understand the unacceptable consequences of what the “open …

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Solar and wind produce 12% of the energy the U.S. consumes, according to this report, a figure that has doubled in the last five years.  Teaming up with nuclear, the three carbon-free sources of power are steadily replacing coal. Coal …

Coal Losing to Solar and Wind, But Is It Happening Fast Enough? Read More »

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The owner of this unique contraption could have had his air conditioning fixed, but why go to all the trouble and expense when there is such an elegant alternate solution? This reminds me of so many of the renewable energy …

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ExxonMobil wants you on board, campaigning to reduce the regulations that keep them from boosting earnings by torching the environment. As if that weren’t a sufficient insult to your intelligence on its own, they think you’re so stupid that you …

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