Tag: clean energy

I hope you’ll be able to join us for our December webinar, in which noted environmentalist and energy expert Bruce Severance will be my guest in a discussion we call: How to Increase the Energy Efficiency of Existing Structures – …

Free Webinar: Energy Efficiency — Both How and Why Read More »

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As a part of our ongoing quest to produce “infographics” that lay out the basics of energy, I invite you to check out the chart here, presenting the notion that all the energy we harness and use here on Earth …

Infographic – All Forms of Energy on Earth Came from the Big Bang Read More »

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One of the big challenges in doing business in the 21st Century is that so many people seem to have forgotten the adage, of Asian origin I suppose, that “what goes around comes around.” Where the standards of professionalism 20 …

Professionalism and Courtesy — Good Things To Keep Handy Read More »

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AltEnergyStocks.com wizard Tom Konrad comments on my piece on the gating factor for consumer adoption of electric vehicles: I think the largest barrier is sticker shock. Range anxiety does not stop anyone from buying the Volt, and Leafs are selling …

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Green car blogger Jon LeSage and I had identical experiences early last week. We both came across each other’s names, recognized them from our travels in the industry, and said, “I want to talk to that guy.” This all culminated …

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A wonderful gentleman, Peter Kusterer, blogger extraordinaire from North Carolina called me the other day, and we chatted for some time. At the conclusion, he graciously asked me to send him any concluding thoughts I might have before he published …

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Africa faces the greater challenge of energy access, energy availability and energy affordability than all the rest of the world. Assessment undertaken in 2008, Africa was the lowest per capita energy consumer averaging 0.66 tons of oil equivalents (TOE) compared …

From Guest Blogger Joshua Okomo: Top Challenges to Develop Green Energy in Africa Read More »

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I’d like to call readers’ attention to this discussion of the validity of electric transportation.  In fact, the discussion began earlier in this piece on bashing electric vehicles.   There are a lot of interesting ideas here that challenge the …

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Did you know that is takes electricity and water to make oil  into gasoline ? This is part of the refining process. The following facts are from a great article that Peder Norby did on oil refining. He walks the talk …

From Guest Blogger Jim Stack: Electricity Used to Make Gas Read More »

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Hawaii has been known as a land of paradise. They have a great climate and can grow anything anyplace. But did you know Hawaii runs most of paradise on oil-generated electricity? Of course, all of the oil is imported too. …

From Guest Blogger Jim Stack: Hawaii — Land of Oil or Renewables Read More »

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