Here’s a video that an intelligent, well-educated and well-meaning friend sent me, which “smashes global warming as a hoax,” and came with the proviso “I don’t want a big debate on this.” Well that’s a good start. Who really wants …
Tag: Al Gore
From Guest Blogger John Robbins: Al Gore and the Role of Government in Our Energy Policy
Yesterday I finished Gore’s new book THE FUTURE: 6 DRIVERS OF GLOBAL CHANGE. Overall a good read. But Gore pushes mostly centralized political policies and corporation-led mostly high-tech changes to reach his proposed solutions to so many interrelated problems. He …
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Speaking with Dr. Raj Pachauri, Energy and Environmental Legend
I’m delighted to announce that I’m going to be interviewing Dr. Raj Pachauri during his upcoming trip to the U.S., in preparation for my next book, Renewable Energy — Following the Money. For those who may be unfamiliar with Dr. Pachauri, …
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Hoping for Lots of Reviews for “Is Renewable Really Doable”
Last evening, waiting at a restaurant bar for the remainder of my party to arrive, I happened to run into professional poet Richard Jerrette. He told me about his recent cycle of poems, “Beso The Donkey,” and we briefly commiserated …
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[The Vector] Biofuel Bounces Back
In the US, the biofuel industry is undergoing something of a revival. Mothballed plants are reopening. Across the globe biofuel industry leaders are extremely bullish about their ability to bring down operating costs, to generate fuels from sources that don’t compete …
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Doug Rosen on the Politics of Renewable Energy
Doug Rosen works hard to promote Miles EV’s neighborhood electric vehicles around the globe. The company is very much in the news; it company recently spun of its highway-speed EV sedan division, Coda , effectively making two companies where there …
