Earlier today we had a very interesting guest-post on Religion and Renewable Energy, in which the author, Brian McGowan, begins: Recently the subject of religion has come up several times. I try not to discuss it but it keeps coming up …
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With a Level Playing Field in the 21st Century, Nothing Is Impossible
Reg Wessels of South Africa’s Earth Corporation writes about my piece on the uncertainties of investors in renewable energy: I often watch this debate with dismay, and as a non-American (but hugely supportive), I can’t help being frustrated by the …
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Moral Philosophy and Energy Policy
Last week, my son, a college freshman, sat down to his first class in philosophy. First, can someone tell me why philosophy isn’t taught in high school? Is there some reason we think we need to shelter kids from life’s great …
Is It Pointless to Care About Energy Policy?
Here’s a wonderful video presentation of Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire,’ the clever reminder that problems in the world are nothing new, and really nothing to get too concerned over. I infer that this philosophy must be quite …
Why Energy Policy Doesn’t Contemplate the Future
Frequent commenter “Shivrat” writes: Great that solar investment is increasing so rapidly, and agreed that many challenges lie ahead, but would you say that a paradigm shift to renewables is inevitable in the long term? After all, something like 80% …
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What the Great Patriots of History Would Say About Our Energy Policy
It’s the birthday of John Philip Sousa, the “March King,” born in 1854. Best known for his patriotic music, the U.S. Marine Corps Hymn “Semper Fidelis,” and of course “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Sousa loved a rousing live performance, and …
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Our Fantastically Poor Energy Policy Means an Unsustainable Future
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbJYGg9VjiI]In this short video, I speak to my level of optimism about the outcome for our society, based on its fantastically poor energy policy. In brief, if there’s hope it lies in a) people understanding the subject well enough …
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States’ Rights as they Affect Energy Policy
Here’s an excerpt of frequent contributor John Robbins’ recent comment on my piece about crises and the abandonment of science. Sorry to sound like a broken record, but a huge part of our problem is simple ‘resistance to change’. The …
“Corporate Personhood” and Energy Policy
I try not to comment on political issues that have no direct bearing on clean energy, or sustainability more generally. Having said that, I have indeed taken up the mantle of MoveToAmend.org, in its fight to overturn corporations’ recently granted rights to …
Energy Policy Needs to Come from “Enlightened Government”
In his farewell address in 1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower, warned us: “You and I, and our government must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow.” I was …
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