High-speed rail is nice, but there are obvious challenges associated with it here in America, e.g., obtaining the required easements and dealing with what I know to be the considerable resistance from the airline industry. We may need to accept …
High-Speed Rail May Not Be for the United States Read More »
As this fellow notes, we’ve long since passed the point of developing the technology required to address environmental issues like climate change and the loss of biodiversity. The problems we face are not those of how to decarbonize our energy …
When 2GreenEnergy was launched in 2009, one of its most important claims was the one Pete Buttigieg makes here, i.e., that a nation’s commitment to cleantech is perhaps the single most determining point to its future economic prosperity. Of course, …
In preparation for the chapter on national security in my first book, Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies, I interviewed James Woolsey, former director of the CIA. As I predicted, he was adamant about the need to mitigate and adapt to climate …
U.S. Army: ‘Climate Change Immediate Threat to National Security,’ Releases Plan Read More »
In response to my post Quantifying Sea-Level Rise, in which I asserted that our pathetic response to global warming is less about stupidity than it is about selfishness and greed, senior energy analyst Glenn Doty writes: I agree in part… …
