Amazon and sustainability. These two words have always felt odd beside each other — and they still do. There is only one reason why Amazon.com encourages people to ship bottled water and single servings of Cup-O-Noodle halfway across the country: …
From Guest Blogger Jenna Tsui: Amazon Fails to Appeal to Environmentalists Read More »
There are so many features of American life I’ve just never been able to understand. The popularity of NASCAR and professional wrestling. Now it’s the death threats against 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg. She’s just a girl with a devotion …
Let’s suppose that next 50 years produces no unpredictable Earth-shattering events. Let’s speculate that the world of 2070, given what we see today re: environmental decay/climate change, the trend towards fascism, the threat of nuclear war, and all the rest …
This piece in The Economist puts humankind’s position vis-a-vis climate change into perspective. It’s not the end of the world, and it’s not the end of humanity either.
I had the pleasure of meeting a local fire fighter recently. Out in the country, that means wildfires, and out in this particular part of the country (Santa Barbara County) that means you’re a very busy fellow, because, in the …
So as to bring 2GreenEnergy readers the latest and best thinking on the world energy market and its implications on our civilization’s ultimate sustainability, I subscribe to a few paid publications and quote them liberally in our blog posts here. …
From The American Energy Society: INVESTMENT IN OIL AND GAS SET TO SOAR Read More »
Scottish philosopher David Hume, one of the 18th Century empiricists, told us, “We always disbelieve the greater miracle.” This means that, when confronted with two conflicting but highly improbable statements, one of which is true and the other false, we …
According to the American Energy Society, the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for solar (large scale PV) and wind (onshore) has fallen 13% and 7% in the last year, respectively.
A popular song from the 1980s began, “I believe the children are our future…” Wouldn’t you like to interview the lyricist and ask his reasoning? He might have thought: well, at first I wrote, “I believe that the old people …
Wall Street Journal: Teachers Quit Jobs at Highest Rate on Record Read More »
The federal judge who blocked construction of the disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline said the Trump administration “simply discarded” the effect the project would have on climate change, and ordered that no work can go forward until the government more …
