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"Climate One" Produces Fabulous Conference on Consumer Adoption of Green Products

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

craigshields Posted in Sustainability

I attended a terrific conference on Friday produced by “Climate One” at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. For those who may not be aware of this incredible organization, formed 88 years ago, “The Commonwealth Club of California is the …

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10 Things You Didn’t Know about Electric Vehicles

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

craigshields Posted in Electric Vehicles

Here’s a consumer-oriented piece from the U.S. Department of Energy: 10 Things You Didn’t Know about Electric Vehicles. Nicely done. There are a couple of issues with EVs, however, that make this a trickier issue than the article implies: • Even …

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Use of Water in Generating Electricity

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

craigshields Posted in Renewables - Science

Those of us trying to make sense of the validity of renewables versus fossil fuels are forced to deal with many different parameters. For instance, we often talk about the externalities of coal, i.e., the cost factors that are not …

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