A reader comments: We may not engender sufficient change to tip the balance before things become irreversibly critical, but at least it can be said that we gave it our best. Exactly, my friend. I’m reminded of the heady days …
Tag: environment
What Does the Future of Energy Look Like?
It’s the birthday of Gregor Mendel, whose famous experiments with pea plants in 1854 led to his theory of genetics. But, according to The Writer’s Almanac, when Mendel died in 1888, his papers were burned, and it wasn’t until the …
Energy, the Environment and Climate Change
Here’s a good article by Robert Rapier, an extremely senior journalist in the energy industry. He and I had a nice chat on cellulosic ethanol a few years ago, and I have a great deal of respect for him. Having said …
Tagged with: Bill McKibben, climate change deniers, climate change skeptics, climate scientists, environment, Environmental Law Institute, environmental movement, environmentalists, fossil fuel industry, Fox News, global climate change, global warming, Is Renewable Really Doable, NPR, oil companies, Robert Rapier, subsidies for fossil fuels, Twitter storm
Why We Can't Stop Destroying Our Planet
Here’s a wonderful article that begins with a question: Since it’s so clear that our civilization faces several different types of existential threats due to its overconsumption of finite and increasingly scarce resources, why is essentially nothing being done about …
Tagged with: Amos Tversky, behavioral economics, civilization faces existential threats, Daniel Kahneman, deviations from rationality, environment, human behavior, Jason Scorse, MAHB, Monterey Institute for International Studies, overconsumption of resources, Paul Ehrlich, public policy, Stanford University, The Millennium Assessment of Human Behavior, uncontrolled human activities
Transportation's New Paradigm for the 21st Century
I had lunch today with David Raney, one of the most accomplished professionals in the automotive industry. About a month ago, I had introduced 2GreenEnergy transportation guru Dan Sturges to him, and I thought it would be a good idea …
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Tagged with: 21st Century transportation, alternative fuel vehicles, automotive industry, car ownership, car-sharing, Dan Sturges, David Raney, diesel, ecological consequences, ecology, Electric Vehicles, environment, EVs, fossil fuels, Future of Transportation, gasoline, mass transit, new paradigm for transportation, oil companies, ride-sharing, sustainability, urban congestion, walking and bicycling
The Abundance of Natural Gas Is a Double-Edged Sword
The newfound abundance of natural gas carries with it a few main issues, some good, some bad, which I abbreviate as follows: 1) Good news: It holds the potential to lessen the cost and environmental impact of our energy consumption …
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Humankind's Plight at a Macro Level
I just returned from a ~7-mile hike I took by myself in preparation for next weekend’s far more strenuous Point Sal hike with a friend. Check out these images! At the risk of appearing to be a weirdo, when I hike by …
Embracing the Cause of Clean Energy
According to The Writer’s Almanac, today is the anniversary of the first official convention of the Republican Party, which was: … held in Jackson, Michigan, on this date in 1854. Nearly 10,000 people turned out for a meeting in protest …
When Does the Future Begin for Renewable Energy?
Duke Brooks asks: Renewable/green energy without question is the future; the question is: When, exactly, does that future begin? Here are a few ways I would choose to frame this: The vast majority of our scientists tell us that climate …
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Oil and Coal Companies Deeply Entrenched
Guest blogger Brian McGowan sent me this nauseating piece on the entrenchment of the oil and coal companies. As we’ve noted often here, one of the leading drivers of environmentalism in the US is the military. This carries with it …
