I write often about the “tough realities” of renewable energy, and sustainability more generally. A good example is coal-fired power plants, and the fact that we can generate base-load electricity at 3 or 4 cents a kilowatt-hour with coal, unquestionably …
Sometimes Sustainability Doesn’t Require Sacrifice Read More »
Glenn Doty notes with sadness: What would be nice is if someone actually tried to nail down a rough estimate for the global net economic benefit, and the national net economic benefit, for different paced CO2 reduction strategies. The fact …
Will Environmentalists Engage in a Cost/Benefit Dialog? Read More »
Here’s a report you can skip; it shows how cutting CO2 emissions by 2016 would be better than cutting them by 2030. I’m not sure I need to be told that; the issue, obviously, is how to make it happen …
I had planned to attend Jared Diamond’s lecture at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) on Saturday, but unfortunately it was sold out — not a problem that I had anticipated. I tried, but I couldn’t wangle a ticket, which …
I remember learning about the “pathetic fallacy” in high school English, i.e., assigning human moral characteristics to inanimate objects, e.g., “the cruel sea.” Obviously, there is nothing cruel about the sea; it has no motives or intentions. Likewise, at least …
In the course of the few years that 2GreenEnergy has been doing its thing, I’d estimate that at least two dozen people have asked me what I think about Jared Diamond’s writing — especially his book “Collapse.” I always reply …
Yesterday I spent an hour taking in a terrific webinar from the Cleantech Group, conducted by what I’m sure must have been one of its most senior consultants, Sheeraz Haji, who ably walked us through some of the 2012 numbers …
Global Cleantech Venture Investment Dips 33% to $6.45 Billion Read More »
I’ve often written that Big Energy is on the same path that Big Tobacco chose to take in the mid 20th Century: knowingly causing significant damage to the population’s health and safety, but covering it up as long as possible. In …
Neither Big Energy Nor Big Food Are Behaving Princely Re: Public Health Read More »
Girl (pictured here): Well, I want a peaceful, sustainable world, where humankind comes together to deal with its major challenges, you know, climate change, social injustice — that kind of thing. Can you make that happen? Santa: Ho ho …
I’ve referred to my friend, Jim Boyden a few times here. Jim got his Ph.D. in high-energy particle physics from Cal Tech the same year I entered kindergarten, and generously consented to an interview for my current book project, “Renewable …
