It’s the birthday of journalist and activist Jonathan Kozol, a teacher in Boston, who wrote largely on his experiences with school segregation and institutionalized racism. I had an extremely progressive English teacher my junior year in high school who guided …
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Riddles of Matter, Energy, Space, and Time
I remember the first evening of a course in existentialism I had 37 years ago this fall, in which I asked the professor, “According to (Nobel prize-winner and existentialist superstar) Albert Camus, ‘suicide is the only valid philosophical question,’ implying …
Tagged with: Albert Camus, Brian Greene, Descartes, energy, Existentialism, Socrates, superstring theory, TED Talks, The Fabric of the Cosmos
Speaking with Dr. Raj Pachauri, Energy and Environmental Legend
I’m delighted to announce that I’m going to be interviewing Dr. Raj Pachauri during his upcoming trip to the U.S., in preparation for my next book, Renewable Energy — Following the Money. For those who may be unfamiliar with Dr. Pachauri, …
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Sane Energy Policy Can Only Come From Honest Government
If we are to achieve a sustainable energy future, it will come as a result of our having found a way to create a viable working relationship between the public and private sectors. The private sector alone will not make …
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Tagged with: 4th Amendment U.S. Constitution, Augustus Caesar, checks and balances, Citizens United, corruption, energy, energy policy, executive branch’s arrogation, How eager you are to be slaves, National Defense Authorization Act, natural rights of Americans, NDAA, sane energy policy, sustainability, sustainable energy future, Tiberius
Many of Our Energy-Related Technologies Are Quite Old
One of the real opportunities for our energy future lies in the fact that many of the technologies that consume huge amounts of energy are truly ancient. I often remark how strange it is that if Thomas Edison were around …
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Getting To Know the 287 Private Equity Companies in the US That Focus on Energy
At any given moment in time, I support a dozen or so business concepts in renewable energy, electric transportation, and sustainability more generally. I arrived at this list by poring through on the order of 1100 business plans that have …
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Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, energy, green energy, private equity, Renewable Energy
Alarming Reports on Climate Change — But What Should We Do?
Consider today’s report from the United Nations to the effect that we are doing a terrible job with respect to sustainability and that we’re nearing the “tipping point” re: global climate change. Add to it this bundle of joy on …
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IBM’s Vice President of Energy and Utilities — Making a Difference in Electric Transportation
Here’s another quick note from San Diego, where I’m spending the day at the Plug-In Electric Vehicle Infrastructure USA 2012. I just had a great conversation with Allan Schurr, IBM’s Vice President of Energy and Utilities. I performed quite a …
From Guest Blogger Jim Stack: Green Holidays
How can you have a Green Holiday ? It’s not easy since we often travel to visit friends and family. We also do a lot of cooking and eating. You could travel less, take a greener form of transportation and …
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SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN GREEN; OUR SURVIVAL DEPENDS UPON IT!
By: Ollie Oelofse, Founder and CEO, True North Bridged Technologies, Inc. Sacramento, CA By: Yvonne R. Davis, M.S. M.A., P.C., Chief Operating Officer and Director of International Relations, True North Bridged Technologies, Inc., Sacramento, CA More than participating in “Going …
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Tagged with: Abraham Maslow, capitalism, Carbon Footprint, Einstein, energy, environment, Food Insecurity, going green, green, green energy, Green Revolution, green technology, Hobbesian, Moral Imperative, Ollie Oelofse, Responsible Technologies, Revolution, Rudolph Ollie Oelofse, Social Consciousness, State of Nature, Survival, sustainability, Thomas Hobbes, True North Bridged Technologies, United Nations Emvoment Agency, Yvonne R. Davis
