This is the first post on 2GreenEnergy that mentions the word “impeachment,” and I present it only because it’s an elephant in the room.
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A Sustainable Course to Energy Must Contemplate the Harsh Realities of Politics
In the phone calls I place to my mother every few days, we sometimes talk about 2GreenEnergy, which, I’m flattered to say, she reads regularly. Last night she reiterated something she’s been telling me for years: she sometimes has issues …
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“Ask This Old House” Carefully Avoids the Environmental Implications of Energy
This morning saw the airing of the first episode of the 35th season of PBS’s “Ask This Old House.” I try to catch it every Saturday morning; even though I’m not particularly handy, I love to learn about the various …
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Daniel Yergin’s Talks on the Major Trends in Energy Leave an Elephant in the Room
Here’s an article that summarizes a recent presentation on energy trends conducted by Pulitzer prize-winning author and energy analyst Daniel Yergin. About a year ago, I saw Yergin present at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and I appreciate …
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Coal-fired Power Plants And the Metaphors We Use To Describe Them
Maybe I’m the only member of an aging population who grimaces when young people today show that they don’t really understand the metaphors that had meaning in the 20th Century. Here are two: An “elephant in the room” and an …
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