Article written in Le Monde Diplomatique, June 2006 There is both bad news and good news for world energy supply. The bad news? Oil is running out. The good news? Oil is running out. And not only oil: sooner or …
Tag: alternative energy
Liquid Ammonia Fuel and Model Sustainable Cities
Perhaps a number of you recall Mr. Shields’s blog posts regarding ammonia fuel from a few months ago. I believe there is also a reference to ammonia in “Renewable Energy: Facts and Fantasies” during the interview with Matt Simmons. I …
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[The Vector] Hermann Scheer – Continued
From “CLIMATE ACTION 2009” for the UN Conference in Copenhagen In this talk, Hermann Scheer debunks the myth of renewables being too expensive and explains why we must keep developing clean tech, describing how each affected industry can make the …
From Guest Blogger Mark Ellis: Electric Bikes a Great Gift for Christmas
If you are looking for something totally new to get as a gift for Christmas then you need to look no further. As a matter of fact, this is one of those gifts that is for the man or woman …
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Renewable Energy — The Bargain of the Century
As I prepare for what I hope to be a huge spate of radio and television interviews on my book, I keep in mind that there is little I can do from my end to control the questioning and thus …
[The Vector] Words of Hermann Scheer
[The Vector] NREL Chooses 19 Leaders for Program
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), which is under the Department of Energy, announced selection of nineteen national leaders for its 2010 Executive Energy Leadership Program. Now in its fourth year, the 5 month program gives executive decision-makers at local …
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Ocean Renewable Energy Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
I just got off the phone with Christopher Barry, a fascinating naval engineer who comes from decades of work in nautical science. Chris was good enough to take me through scads of examples all of which illustrated a very important …
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[The Vector] Rising from the Industrial Past
Promoting "Renewable Energy — Facts and Fantasies" — What Might This Be Like?
I didn’t create Renewable Energy — Facts and Fantasies with the aspirations of becoming the J.K. Rowling of clean energy. I honestly just wanted to have a book that answered people’s questions about a certain subject – albeit it an …
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