I’m working on another in our series of renewable energy infographics, illuminating the basic concepts in a way that’s immediately understandable for people who may be new to the subject. The piece I’m writing now on “The Pros and Cons …
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Ecuador — Achieving Justice in the Chevron Case?
30,000 people in Ecuador are one step closer to achieving justice in their case against Chevron. On Wednesday, an appellate court upheld the $9.5 billion judgement that would force the oil giant to pay for the clean up of a …
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Clean Energy May Be Right Around the Corner
A number of folks commenting on my piece The New Living Large Is Living Small noted that perhaps we need a precipitating event to pull the world together, and teach us once again how to live with one another. But …
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Environmentalist Bill McKibben: Get Angry at Corruption in Congress
Here’s environmentalist Bill McKibben at his best, pointing out that we should shelve the resentment and cynicism that we feel for corruption in Congress, and start to show how we truly feel: ANGRY. He writes, “We’ve reached the point where …
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This Month’s Webinar: Is Renewable Really Doable?
I hope you’ll be able to join us for our monthly webinar, in which 2GreenEnergy business manager George Alger interviews me on my new book: Is Renewable Really Doable? Exploring Clean Energy’s Opportunities and Tough Realities The traditional energy industry …
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Documentary on the Migration to Renewable Energy
Earlier today I watched this wonderful documentary, “Patent for a Pig,” outlining Monsanto Corporation’s plans to genetically modify each of the major food items, and patent the modification, enabling them to control essentially all the food on the planet, “from …
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Nuclear Industry Buries Self
Here’s a good article on the nuclear industry, suggesting that 2012 should be the year that we finally “bury it.” Though I love the guy’s writing, I’m not sure we need the dramatics here. Nuclear is fantastically expensive – more …
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Energy Business Ideas that Violate the Laws of Physics
It’s the birthday of Isaac Newton, whose book “Principia” overturned nearly everything humankind had believed about the universe up to that point (1686). I bring this up to note that perhaps we should not be so smug about “the laws …
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Bill McKibben’s “Eaarth” — Depressing?
A reader notes: I just received Bill McKibben’s Eaarth. I read the preface and if I weren’t so old, I would be depressed. I’m looking forward to the rest. I reply: First, let me acknowledge that you are old, and …
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From Guest-Blogger Iannick Gagnon: Oil — Indians and Refiners
Let us briefly wrap our heads around the main points of our last article Oil: The First Shock. When the first oil well was drilled, its produce could be sold for something around $20 a barrel, which corresponds to roughly …
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