Until the last quarter of the nineteenth Century, the use of electrical power had only a very few functions within American industry and commerce. However, with Thomas Edison’s invention of the first electric light bulb featuring a long-lasting filament in …
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A Historical Look at Lighting Efficiency
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Renewables: It’s Really Happening
Some folks doubt that renewable energy is making an impact and enabling the migration away from fossil fuels, yet these people find themselves on an island that’s getting smaller with each passing day. Here’s an article that describes how the …
From Guest Blogger Brooke Chaplan: Green Waste Technology – Three Alternatives to Messy Landfills
As growing populations result in the inevitable larger, messier landfills, more aggressive and viable solutions are being developed and implemented through three major channels: organic recycling, technology, and other creative forms of recycling at every level. While admittedly not totally …
Can't Plants Sequester Our CO2 Emissions? — "Take a Cool Guess"
Contrary to popular belief, plants represent a net zero in terms of capturing CO2. While they’re alive, they convert carbon dioxide to sugar, but after they die, those more complex, higher-energy molecules break down and that carbon is re-released into …
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From Guest Blogger Brooke Chapman: Most Common Energy Escapes in Your Home and How to Stop Them
Energy bills are on the rise, and homeowners everywhere are looking for ways to lower their costs. While you may dream of going solar or investing in new appliances, these changes may not be in your budget. The great news …
Bookstore in the Middle of Nowhere Has Incredible Collection
Pictured left is the westernmost bookstore in the United States; it happens to be in Hanapepe, Hawaii, on the island of Kauai, where I came to visit my mom. What I (condescendingly) thought would have a few hundred pieces of …
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The Biggest Waste of Money in Human History
Quora.com is a site in which questions, some profound, others trivial, are posed and then answered by people who claim to have some expertise in the subject at hand. I’ve signed up to offer my two cents’ worth on matters …
A Sustainable Course to Energy Must Contemplate the Harsh Realities of Politics
In the phone calls I place to my mother every few days, we sometimes talk about 2GreenEnergy, which, I’m flattered to say, she reads regularly. Last night she reiterated something she’s been telling me for years: she sometimes has issues …
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Can Renewable Energy Scale Up To Power the Entire Planet?
A friend of mine just sent me the content below. As you amuse yourself with it, ponder the assertion: “It’s impossible for renewables to rise to the scale necessary to handle the world’s energy needs,” and think about how often …
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What To Make Of This? "Credit Suisse Projects ~85% Of US Energy Demand Growth Coming From Renewables Through 2025"
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo placed a three-part note on my pieces on the Low Carbon Investment conference and this one on Amory Lovins, which I summarize as follows: 1) Amory Lovins isn’t really credible. 2) The study from Yale University suggesting …
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