On my piece on EVs earlier today, my friend Tom Konrad of AltEnergyStocks.com writes: Given the extra demand from a large number of EVs, how will the utilities supply the extra power? (This could be anything, not just renewables or …
Tag: Renewable Energy
Conversation on Open Letter on Energy to Mr. Obama
Here’s a conversation I’m having with the friend who suggested that I write my “Open Letter on Energy to Mr. Obama.” Craig: I took your excellent advice. Here you go: http://2greenenergy.com/an-open-letter/32059/. Friend: Excellent. Well done! Craig: Thanks. As you know, …
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Powerful Forces Are Both Pushing and Pulling Renewable Energy
People often ask me to tell them what’s happening in the energy world in an abbreviated form. That’s not particularly easy, as there are many forces at work right now that are pushing in two different directions at the same …
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From Guest Blogger Jessy Troy: 5 Green Energy and Carbon Monitoring iPhone Apps
There are fewer more important tasks for green living than curbing our energy use. With summers hotter than ever and winters more cold, it is difficult to do this. But we can at least help minimize our usage through other …
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If Bonaire Is Going Green, I Want To Help
A colleague wrote a few minutes ago to tell me that the government of Bonaire may want our advice re: sustainability. I wrote back: That is terrific news. Obviously there are other aspects to sustainability, but to boil this down …
U.S. Military Cuts Through the Politics of Clean Energy
I’m not an advocate of war as a means of resolving disputes among nations, and I think the world would be a better place had we taken Dwight Eisenhower’s advice and not created the “military industrial complex” that he so …
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Renewable Energy and Job Creation
Here’s an op-ed by former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson that makes a number of excellent points about renewable energy and job creation. Obviously, there’s nothing wrong with that; we’re all concerned with jobs and the economy, and Richardson does …
How Much Energy Does the Earth Receive From the Sun?
Here’s an email conversation I just had with a friend: Friend: Per the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, sunlight is the most abundant source of potential energy on the planet. If harnessed properly, sunlight could easily exceed current and future …
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Cleantech Startups Need Big Brothers
Eric McAfee is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist, founding and funding companies in renewable energy, oil and gas, agriculture, networking devices and enterprise software. Given that level of success, I tried to absorb every word of his talk at …
Renewable Energy Franchise Network Partnership Program
When I added Langton Makoni to my LinkedIn network, he wrote: Thanks for the add. I have been following 2GreenEnergy for a while now. I must say, the expansive pool of vital information you provide has greatly assisted us in …
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