The tobacco industry sells the only legal product that, when used as directed, causes death — and for that, they have rightfully earned the highest level of our contempt. I suppose one could argue that agribusiness, Monsanto in particular, has …
Tag: Renewable Energy
From Guest Blogger Tom Grant: The Race for Renewable Energy – Why Solar is Running Faster Than the Wind
Renewable energy helps sustain energy in a way that is protective of the environment. However, the renewable energy market is equally just as important to the stability of the financial market. Specifically, solar energy has made a rapid expansion on …
Can Wave Energy Be Cost-Effective? I Doubt It.
As always, I’m willing to be wrong. But I believe that wave energy, i.e., that which is derived from the wind that blows over the ocean and creates the relatively small bit of kinetic energy that becomes the ups and …
From Guest Blogger Heather: Renewable Home Energy Tips For Your New Home
There are quite a few options after moving to utilize possible renewable energy sources around your home, such as wind turbines, solar panels and more. In most cases using solar panels is the popular choice for heat, lighting and electrical …
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The Wind Energy Industry and Deutsche Bank’s Three Pillars of a Successful Market
When a speaker at yesterday’s CleanTechLA event presented what Deutsche Bank calls its “three pillars of a successful market,” I could see some of the main challenges associated with the migration to renewable energy. Abbreviated “TLC” (something that everyone and …
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CleanTech Is Building a New World
In a comment to a recent post, guest blogger Cameron Atwood reminds us of something Socrates told us: “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” This …
Bringing Clean Energy To The Developing World
We in the U.S. and Europe do business all the time with people we really don’t like. If we have a legally binding contract with a person or business entity whose character we abhor, we normally tell ourselves, “His money …
Can Humankind Find a Path To Sustainability?
When my wife and kids are otherwise occupied on the weekend and I’m on my own for the evening without the obligation to cook dinner, I’ve been known to walk uptown to a place with a fabulous Happy Hour, have …
From Guest Blogger Tom Grant: How North Carolina Residents are Building a Sustainable Living Environment
The climate on planet Earth is changing; there is no denying this fact. It might remain up for debate the extent to which human actions have accelerated the changes occurring in the climate today, but it is clear that actions …
Needed: “Goldilocks” Approach to Renewables
Obviously, the world cannot simply turn off its fossil fuel-based power plants overnight. What can and must happen, however, is that each country take an inventory of its energy situation: current grid-mix, renewable resources, unemployed labor force, national wealth and …
