This fellow asks a very good question. When indeed? First, let’s realize that America is the only nation that has trouble assimilating this idea. We are also a culture that worships money, and in this case, that may turn out …
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“Predictions Are Hard To Make, Especially About the Future” — Yogi Berra
The meme here made me smile, as it illustrates the challenges we face with predicting the future 50 years hence, while calling to mind scientists’ beliefs as to how climate change is going to affect humankind over that same period …
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Renewable Energy: Can We Get There?
Senior energy analyst Glenn Doty is highly critical of this piece, which provides an ostensible roadmap to 100% renewable energy; his comments are here. My response: First, let’s acknowledge that there are optimistic people whose analyses are more rigorous.
Marrying Cleantech Solutions with Sources of Investment Capital
I want to send you this as a reminder that I’m still in the business of bringing together solid ideas in cleantech (mostly renewable energy) with sources of investment capital.
America At a Crossroads
Most Americans are unaware that the U.S. is the only country on Earth in which there exists a debate among its political elites as to the validity of the theory of anthropogenic global warming. Elsewhere, climate change is simply accepted …
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Considerable Yet Finite: Gauging the Damage Trump’s Done to the World
Speaking about climate change mitigation and other efforts to achieve some level of environmental responsibility, senior energy analyst Glenn Doty writes, “I would guess that the election of Trump set the world back ~6 years, assuming we get rid of …
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Tagged with: Bullish on Renewable Energy, climate change mitigation, efficiency solutions, electric transportation, energy storage, environmental responsibility, increase in cost effectiveness of the peripheral technologies, smart grid, solar and wind, steadily increase in cost effectiveness of renewables
Something’s Not Clicking in West Virginia
If your house is on fire, do you a) call 911, b) get everyone out safely, or c) find a flammable liquid and douse the fire liberally near the base of the flames? If you chose c), you have what it …
Nuclear Energy and Renewables Need To Cooperate. Isn’t That Obvious?
As noted yesterday, some of these pro-nuke people have a very dim view of renewables; some of the more extreme among them accuse the entire renewable energy enterprise of being a corrupt/criminal attempt to suck down government subsidies, while knowing …
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Solar, Wind, and the Future of Human Civilization
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: The solar and wind industries are both heavily dependent of government and consumer subsidies. When those subsidies are modified or withdrawn the industries suffer massive constrictions. Solar and wind employment is a little like a gold …
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What’s Driving the Move To CleanTech?
Here’s the first edition of Green Auto Digest for the New Year, from my colleague Jon LeSage. The take-away is that the two most important trends in transportation, i.e., autonomous vehicles and alt-fuel, are both moving forward at an impressive …
Tagged with: alt-fuel vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, efficiency solutions, electric transportation, energy storage, environmental regulation, environmental stewardship, EPA, Green Auto Digest, rapid migration towards clean energy, Secretary of Energy, smart grid, staggering amounts of money in solar and wind
