Here’s another in our ongoing series of infographics, designed to offer young people and clean energy newcomers an accessible introduction to the subject. Here, we provide an objective look at the “pros and cons” of solar. While we advocate in …
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“Is Renewable Really Doable?” on Television
I’m shooting a television show on Wednesday whose producer wants me to speak on my new book: Is Renewable Really Doable? In preparation, he asked me for the main topics I’d like to address. I replied that we could get …
The Pros and Cons of Wind Power
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQENswF5QQ0&w=500&h=284] Here’s a short video I made explaining the basics of wind energy for young people, or newcomers to the subject. I explain why the wind blows, offer a brief history of man’s attempts to harness wind energy, and …
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From Guest-Blogger Joshua Okomo: A Nation Going Green Is Growing Jobs
Renewable energy investment is not only for energy deployment and world ecology management, it is also for jobs. Nations can choose ruthless economic growth when economic growth is never accompanied by democracy, empowerment and human rights or fruitless economic growth …
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Considering the Externalities of Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy Is the Bargain of the Century
As readers may have noticed, I’ve begun promoting the launch of my second book, Is Renewable Really Doable? (available March 15th) using the 32-page report “Insights into LCOE – The Levelized Cost of Energy” as a give-away. In response to …
Do Biofuels Hold the Promise They Claim?
I’m one of these people who essentially runs his life off his “to-do” list — a list of incomplete actions in a Word file that is always open, to which I’m constantly adding, deleting, and reprioritizing. Here’s something I’ve looked …
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Clean Energy Technology Is Developed in Mysterious Ways
It’s the birthday of Alexander Graham Bell, whose telephone came as the accidental consequence of his interest in developing a tool that might teach deaf people how to speak. To me, it’s another reminder that accidental discoveries are extremely common. …
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Infographics: The Pros and Cons of Solar Energy
We’re working up another in our series of infographics, in our quest to lay out some of the basics of renewable energy for people who may be new to the subject. Here’s the text that I propose to use for …
U.S. Army Embracing Clean Energy in a Big Way
In this fascinating presentation, we can see the U.S. Army changing its culture vis-à-vis energy. “Every soldier is a power manager.” Wow!
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Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation Leads the Way in OTEC
As the name suggests, Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation, which I visited on my last trip back to the East Coast, is one of the leaders in the development of OTEC (ocean thermal energy conversion), a technology with huge potential to …
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