It’s the birthday of John Philip Sousa, the “March King,” born in 1854. Best known for his patriotic music, the U.S. Marine Corps Hymn “Semper Fidelis,” and of course “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Sousa loved a rousing live performance, and …
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I wrote recently that it’s impossible to predict the ROI associated with solar thermal (aka concentrated solar power or CSP). What I was referring to was utility-scale CSP. Personally, I think the future will hold significant reductions in costs and …
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I want to call readers’ attention to the post a few minutes ago by guest-blogger Don Harmon, who I think has nailed the issue. It seems to me that this is the time for private investors, banks, and Wall Street …
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Here we go again! Another major Solar Power company here posts record losses: http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20111103-727087.html This comes on top of the Solyndra fiasco, and the news of Ener1’s bankruptcy and also Beacon Power! What is going on here in the U.S. …
Those of us who can’t wrap our wits around the Republican party’s indifference (some might substitute “antagonism”) to the environment need to remember that the GOP didn’t always take this stance. This post on Mother Nature Network documents 10 Republicans …
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbJYGg9VjiI]In this short video, I speak to my level of optimism about the outcome for our society, based on its fantastically poor energy policy. In brief, if there’s hope it lies in a) people understanding the subject well enough …
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I just received this terse question from a reader: “What’s the ROI (return on investment) on solar thermal?” I responded, hoping to prompt more discussion: “That’s an interesting but impossible question to answer. What is the nature of your interest …
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Like it or not, our civilization finds itself past the point of cheap energy and easy credit — confronted with a future that simply will not look like the past. Here’s a short video in which I mention that we …
Earth Policy Institute’s Lester R. Brown credits the Sierra Club and other activist groups for creating the conditions under which U.S. carbon emissions have fallen precipitously over the last couple of years – largely due to our new-found distaste for …
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC-mpravdgw&w=420&h=315] Here’s a radio interview I did the other day on a station in Cedar Rapids, IA. The show is cleverly called “Clean Up Your Act,” and deals with hundreds of different issues associated with sustainability and clean energy, …
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