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One of my colleagues is trying to put together an interview for me with the Wall Street Business Network, and asked me to develop some “talking points” to provide an example of how this might unfold.  I just knocked out …

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I’ve been chatting with an old friend who, like me, had a long career in marketing; she became a VP at Grey Advertising.  She told me about her experience at a practice round for the PGA Championship (that starts today …

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A friend asked me if I’d be interested in collaborating on a book that would offer a sensible plan to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy.   I responded that I’d be thrilled to collaborate on such a project and offered …

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In many cases, the challenges of sustainability are made more difficult by various vicious cycles, where certain bad phenomena feed on themselves and thus enter a pattern of ever-increasing acceleration.  A good example of this effect is ocean acidification, which …

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Here’s an article that will upset its reader: Humans Are Damaging the Environment Faster Than It Can Recover.  The author takes into account a wide variety of human activities, e.g., increasing consumption, urbanization, and over-population, and then discusses the environmental …

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I often start my day with the television broadcast “Newsroom Tokyo,” which airs on our local PBS affiliate at 6 AM.  Not only is this a wonderful reminder that the United States is not the center of the universe, it’s …

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A reader comments on my post on subsidies for the oil companies. Thanks for the additional clarity Craig. Your charts also do not allow for infrastructural benefits. The oil lobby weighed in heavily in favor of our national highway system. …

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Here’s a discussion about a senior scientist’s attempt to deal with rising CO2 levels as they pertain to ocean acidification.  He favors seeding the seas with lime (calcium oxide, from limestone, pictured left), and explains why basalt (which is super-abundant) isn’t …

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Today is the 90th anniversary of the first demonstration of the television, and thus an opportunity for me to tell this little story. The technology of TV was developed before humankind could figure out how to use it, and thus …

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My fine friend Brian McGowan writes about this article, which offers bad news for the solar industry in Nevada: You know about this right? Yes, I’m aware of it.  But it doesn’t come as any surprise given the way we regulate …

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