Geothermal (Ground-Source) Heat Pumps (GHPs) make use of a completely different set of principles than the kind of geothermal we commonly discuss. Where the latter relies on the transfer of thermal energy from one fluid to another, like an egg …
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLy6jkF0z5w]Here’s a recent interview I did with a writer for “Environmental Science and Engineering Magazine” for support of an article he’s writing on clean energy. He’s a young guy, straight out of college, but I thought he did a …
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It’s the birthday of the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, whose murder in 1940 I believe to be one of the most significant events in recent human history. Where Stalin was a vicious thug, Trotsky was an intellectual. Who knows what …
Only a few people, a dozen or so at most, have English language adjectives derived from their names them that are in common parlance: Jeffersonian (often modifying “democracy”), Keynsian (economics), Dickensian (England), etc. While I haven’t done a study on …
A reader wrote in with a question about his plans to get in the ethanol business, using a certain feedstock in which he’s an expert. Indeed, one of the most interesting things about biofuels is the enormous diversity of feedstocks. …
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It’s the birthday of John Philip Sousa, the “March King,” born in 1854. Best known for his patriotic music, the U.S. Marine Corps Hymn “Semper Fidelis,” and of course “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Sousa loved a rousing live performance, and …
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I wrote recently that it’s impossible to predict the ROI associated with solar thermal (aka concentrated solar power or CSP). What I was referring to was utility-scale CSP. Personally, I think the future will hold significant reductions in costs and …
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I want to call readers’ attention to the post a few minutes ago by guest-blogger Don Harmon, who I think has nailed the issue. It seems to me that this is the time for private investors, banks, and Wall Street …
Will Investors Embrace Clean Energy and Help America Regain Her Strength? Read More »
Here we go again! Another major Solar Power company here posts record losses: http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20111103-727087.html This comes on top of the Solyndra fiasco, and the news of Ener1’s bankruptcy and also Beacon Power! What is going on here in the U.S. …
Those of us who can’t wrap our wits around the Republican party’s indifference (some might substitute “antagonism”) to the environment need to remember that the GOP didn’t always take this stance. This post on Mother Nature Network documents 10 Republicans …
Old-time Republicans Made Real Commitments to the Environment Read More »
