Virtually every time I meet with my client Jim Greenberg, Chief Strategy officer at the OTEC Corporation, he mentions Rear Admiral David Titley’s “Ted Talk” on climate change, and I characteristically wince when I realize that again, I’ve forgotten to check …
Rear Admiral David Titley’s “Ted Talk” on Climate Change Read More »
I’m fascinated by the dynamics at work in our society that surround climate change. The United States is notably sluggish in its response to the challenge, and, perhaps because of this, certain groups with progressive ideals are getting fairly militant. …
350.Org Says: Stop Investing in the Fossil Fuel Industry Read More »
One of the highlights of my trip back east this week will be a visit to my client OTECorporation, a company with a huge head-start in ocean thermal energy conversion. “OTEC,” as it’s normally abbreviated, is one of the renewable …
Here’s an article from Forbes.com written by my colleague Tom Konrad on Chaos Theory as it applies to the analysis of both the stock market and climate change. This subject has been at the core of Tom’s life’s work, starting …
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Those outside the U.S. may not be aware of the spate of cabinet members of the Obama Administration who are resigning their posts. I don’t know exactly what to make of this, and I most certainly don’t believe the reasons …
Here’s a hopeful piece on climate change, suggesting that warming may be capped at less than 2 degrees C, even though our emission of greenhouse gases continues to grow. Though obviously I’d like to accept any good news, I have …
Some days, I’m proud to be an American. Other days, I come across stuff like this piece on climate change, and I want to try to find a rock to crawl under. Obviously, antics like this piece from Fox News, …
Fox News Accuses All Climate Scientists of Corruption Read More »
Here’s a short video that presents a shiny new CSP (concentrated solar power, aka solar thermal) plant in Abu Dhabi. This 100 MW installation cost $600 million, not exactly cheap. But CSP is a relatively new concept that hasn’t had …
By no means am I able to keep up on every idea within the realm of geo-engineering, i.e., taking active steps at a planetary level to counteract global warming. Here’s one that we hear about often, that apparently isn’t practical: “fertilizing” the …
Geo-engineering — The Grand-Daddy of All Decisions Read More »
Just when I was starting to wonder if the subject of climate change would ever come up again in U.S. politics, President Obama makes a huge deal of it in his second inaugural address. This is a good thing, and …
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