Like my mother, a kindred spirit, I have to admit that I worry, a habit that is, to a degree, pathological. Worry doesn’t change the future; it only depresses us. And, though 99% of the subject of our worry never …
Tag: loss of biodiversity
Should We Worry About “Abrupt” Climate Change?
Tagged with: abrupt climate change, accelerate the melting of the arctic, climate change deniers, climate change feedback loops, desertification of arable farmlands, James White geological sciences University of Colorado Boulder, loss of biodiversity, ocean acidification, planet is warming due to human activity, release of the methane beneath the (until now) frozen tundra, rise of our sea-levels, skyrocketing rates of childhood cancer, threats to national security
Like It Or Not, Our Energy Policy Actually Affects Our Prospects for Survival
I happened to tune into U.S.-based broadcast network CBS’s weekly “Sunday Morning” just now and noticed that it featured a look at the future of humankind, a subject in which I take a keen interest. Not too surprisingly, the piece …
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Is Climate Change The World's Biggest Problem?
Frequent commenter and 2GreenEnergy supporter Tim Kingston sent me this for comment: an article that asserts that climate change isn’t one of our civilization’s most important problems, and that global poverty is, in fact, at the top. Sorry to be …
Time To Rethink the Electrical Grid
Frequent commenter John Roche writes: It’s been interesting reading your blogs. I’ll say I’m for the environment and have taken some renewable energy classes to complement my technical background. Will probably even install solar on mine and a friend’s house. …
A Sustainable Society Means Making a Shift in What We Desire
The key legacy of French social philosopher Rene Girard is the concept of “mimetic desire,” i.e., that we borrow our desires from others. While we may think our aspirations are authentic and self-created, in truth, we generate our wants from …
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Tagged with: air pollution, Amazon deforestation, Cadillac Escalade, child labor, Climate Change, cool to be green, depletion of our farm lands, exponential growth in resource consumption, French social philosopher, loss of biodiversity, mimetic desire, obscenities-on-wheels, ocean acidification, over-fishing of our oceans, Rene Girard, social injustice, sustainability, unsustainability, water pollution
Is Our Energy Policy Broken?
In response to my piece about the regulation of the electrical utilities and the providing of incentives for clean energy, frequent commenter Dennis Miles writes: There is an old saying I learned about 45 years ago, “If it ain’t broke, …
Steven Chu Resigns Energy Secretary Post
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 …
Misinformation Campaigns on Renewable Energy, Climate Change
A reader writes in: Hi, Craig – I’ve been reading your blog for a while now. Thanks for what you’re doing. Also enjoyed your book, “Is Renewable Really Doable?” My question is this: how to counter the alarmist articles out …
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Tagged with: Acore, American Council on Renewable Energy, clean energy, coal-fired power plants, Dr. Peter Lilienthal, EnergyFactCheck.org, fossil fuels are safe, GHG emissions, Homer Energy, intermittent energy, Is Renewable Really Doable, Koch brothers, loss of biodiversity, lung disease, ocean acidification, Renewable Energy, Renewable Portfolio Standards, RPSs, solar energy, terrorism, Wind Energy
Discussion on Electric Transportation Is Part of a Larger Topic
When asked what 2GreenEnergy is, I normally talk about what we’re doing to forward the cause of clean energy, but I quickly add that we’re about sustainability more generally. I want to ensure that we play a role in any …
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Tagged with: clean energy, climate scientists, dependence on fossil fuels, Dwight D. Eisenhower, electric transportation, Electric Vehicles, energy efficiency, energy infrastructure, energy transmission, externalities of fossil fuels, farewell address in 1961, fossil fuels, Glenn Doty, global climate change, global warming, loss of biodiversity, ocean acidification, reducing energy consumption, Renewable Energy, renewable resources exist in specific geographical regions, renewables, smart grid, Thomas Jefferson, Wind Energy, wind power
Harvard University’s Report on the True Costs of Burning Coal
Here’s a piece to which I’ve referred a few times: Harvard’s report suggesting the cost of externalities of burning coal in the U.S. is roughly half a trillion dollars annually. Of course, these are the easily quantifiable cost items, like …
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Tagged with: climate refugees, droughts, environment, externalities of burning coal, externalities of fossil fuels, food and water shortages, fossil fuels, global climate change, global warming, Harvard University, long-term environmental damage, loss of biodiversity, lung disease, ocean acidification
