In a recent post I suggested that renewable energy throws a new set of variables into an already complex energy market: intermittencies, transmission issues, suitability for certain kinds of storage, etc. At the end, I asked: Are we intellectually capable …
We Need to Control Our Destiny in Energy Policy — But Who’s “We”? Read More »
As I’ve mentioned, I always look forward to Jeremy Grantham’s quarterly newsletter. I admire his fluid and conversational writing style, his common sense, and his viewpoint that, while making lots of money is nice, we should at least consider the …
Jeremy Grantham on Sustainability and Energy Policy Read More »
While many in the world are rejecting, stalling or abandoning nuclear power, what about the U.S.? Why should the U.S. consider abandoning nuclear? What are a number of experts saying about the nuclear industry in the U.S., and its future? …
I would like to reply to the three very thoughtful comments of 2GreenEnergy reader James Gover, who writes: 1) We can talk about the oil subsidies and toss numbers around, but I have yet to see defensible, detailed comparisons of …
Subsidies for Oil, Energy Policy, and Climate Change Read More »
I just learned something quite valuable. To my astonishment, it’s possible for credible journalists to discuss the dangers of nuclear power and the relative safety of natural gas, going on at length about the world energy situation, without once mentioning …
New York Times: Let’s Pretend Renewable Energy Doesn’t Even Exist Read More »
I played on my college squash team in the 1970s, and every year we made the ride up to Cambridge, Mass. to play MIT. Though we routed them every year, the most pleasurable part of the day for me was …
The Ultimate Pragmatist in Energy Policy, Dr. Marie Corio Read More »
I hope everyone will take five minutes and watch the incredible video linked here, in which the genius Hans Rosling summarizes 200 years of world history. When you get finished picking your chin up off the floor in utter amazement …
World History, Energy Policy, and Sustainability Read More »
It’s a frustrating time for those of us who follow the international energy news and try to get the big picture on the slow migration to renewables. The biggest single problem, of course, is that we live on a planet …
National Irresponsibility in Energy Policy — It's Contagious Read More »
(continued from an earlier article) Down in the Quantum World Nano particles are less than 100 nanomicrons in width, meaning that a human hair is approximately 80,000nm wide. Down at the molecular level, materials behave differently to the way they …
[The Vector] Nanotechnology – A Disappointment? (Part Two) Read More »
The ability of nanotechnologies to deliver cost-effective renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions has come under attack in a recently released report by the environmental campaigning organisation Friends of the Earth. The nano technology industry has over-promised and under-delivered, according …
Nanotechnology – A Sandwich Without the Beef? (Part One) Read More »
