Every chance I get, I bang the drum for solar thermal. When I’m asked where the energy industry will be in 50 years, I always point out that our dependence on fossil fuels is not sustainable, that the sun showers …
A friend of mine was helping me just now prepare for today’s webinar. “So part of the presentation is a few business plans you like. OK, how would you summarize this? I mean, is there one central point that they …
I was just glancing through some comments to a recent essay on the future of nuclear energy and came across this comment on renewables. My initial reaction was to see if it had my name at the bottom; it begins …
Though Ridiculed by the Moneyed Status Quo, Renewable Energy Makes Sense Read More »
I just posted a piece to Renewable Energy World, in which I recollect my encounters in airports with other college-aged kids of the 1970s who were vigorously gathering support for nuclear energy. I recall how one self-satisfied young fellow quipped, …
(Continued from an earlier article…) Bill Gates emphasized to policymakers in Washington D.C. the importance of the H-1B visa to companies like Microsoft. “…They celebrate the fact that we’re kicking them out after giving them the world’s best education,“ said …
[The Vector] India’s Clean Energy Potential – Continued Read More »
Understandably, accompanying the situation in Fukushima is a flurry of discussion of renewable energy. And, where some of that conversation shows a great deal of sophistication and enlightenment, some of it does not. I was amused by Fred Upton’s (R- …
India is on the rise in the green energy domain. The country increased its total capacity from 2% in 2003 to 10% by 2010. The market for renewable energy and related technologies and businesses is growing by 25% per year, …
..continued from an earlier article Manufacturing has been on the decline for decades. Manufacturing jobs have shrunk 21% between 1998 and 2007. This has left workers in need of jobs and states in need of new industries. As a case …
[The Vector] – Clean Energy Job Report – Continued Read More »
A reader asks for advice re: insurance companies’ treatment of computerized electricity systems (CES). Craig, Can you help me find a way to get insurance companies to give policy discounts for the new CES panel that is on the market? …
Let’s Change the Way We Treat Home Renewable Energy Systems as Financial Assets Read More »
We need to come up with a very powerful argument for renewable energy that eliminates need for ALL burnable fuels. My wife and I have asthma. She’s had it all her life. I’ve only developed it in my late 70s. …
