According to the Writers Almanac: It was on this day in 1837 that Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered a speech entitled “The American Scholar” to the Phi Beta Kappa society at Harvard University. …. (It) was the first time he …
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Trends in Electric Transportation Sure Do Look Appetizing
Ice hockey immortal Wayne Gretzky said, “I don’t skate to the puck; I skate to where the puck is going to be.” Let’s see if we can’t apply that outside the confines of the rink. Where’s electric transportation going to …
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Lots of People Are Bullish on Renewable Energy–And Aren't Afraid To Use That Phrase
Gary Tulie, who contributed so greatly to my last book (Bullish on Renewable Energy) writes: Hi Craig. Here is an interesting article – not sure if the title is coincidence or a tribute to the book we worked on together. Bullish on …
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The Rapid Migration to Renewable Energy Is Happening Right In Front of Our Eyes
There are many different cooperating forces that are bringing an end to fossil fuel consumption on this planet far more swiftly than most people understand. In fact, as I enumerated in Bullish on Renewable Energy, there are 14 reasons that …
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Coming Soon for Those Who Believe the Oil Companies Face Smooth Sailing: A Haircut of Epic Proportions
It’s amusing to me how many people are being led along by the nose by the propaganda of the traditional energy industry. Think of all those investors and bankers who believe that the oil companies are going to dominate the …
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Energy Policy: Taking a Stand Against Fossil Fuels–Additional Discussion
Re: My piece called Energy Policy: Taking a Stand Against Fossil Fuels, frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: Joe Public has grown weary of endless doomsday predictions that just don’t occur.
“Beating the Oil Companies Is the World’s Biggest Problem”
A reader notes: I live in New Zealand where 75% of our electricity is from hydro, geothermal, and wind. We could easily replace every bit of coal with more geothermal and be 100% renewable with political will. Shell in NZ …
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Being Realistic About Renewable Energy
In response to my post Why Venture Capital Isn’t Embracing CleanTech, MarcoPolo makes a lengthy and deeply thoughtful comment, which I excerpt here: ….(You are) a little blind to the harsher side of reality. You tend to see the world as …
Energy Policy: Taking a Stand Against Fossil Fuels
I recently instructed the U.S. (as if it takes my instructions) to tell the world: America as a country, and a heck of an impressive one at that, is proving its moral goodness by phasing out fossil fuels at the …
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Coal and Natural Gas
To summarize a conversation that is happening in the comment to my post called Bans on Fracking: Senior energy analyst Glenn Doty supports fracking insofar as every kilowatt-hour of energy that doesn’t come from natural gas will come from coal, which …
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