We haven’t heard too much on this subject recently, but it’s unclear why that is. Over 20% of the gasoline consumed in the downtown parts of our big cities is associated with drivers looking for parking spaces. About 15 years …
An engineer at GM in Detroit, Mr. Shashwat Sitesh, contacted me recently, asking if he could volunteer to perform some research and reporting on clean energy issues. Needless to say, the answer to requests like this is always yes. Welcome to …
As noted yesterday, some of these pro-nuke people have a very dim view of renewables; some of the more extreme among them accuse the entire renewable energy enterprise of being a corrupt/criminal attempt to suck down government subsidies, while knowing …
Nuclear Energy and Renewables Need To Cooperate. Isn’t That Obvious? Read More »
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: The solar and wind industries are both heavily dependent of government and consumer subsidies. When those subsidies are modified or withdrawn the industries suffer massive constrictions. Solar and wind employment is a little like a gold …
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Question: What percentage of gasoline consumed in inner-city regions is used by motorists looking for parking spaces? How can “smart cities” technology help? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: This is yet another example of how smart cities are …
It seems that one could add the suffix “genic” to any noun form, to create an adjective meaning that a certain thing is made or caused by a particular source. Take the work “obesogenic,” for instance; it’s hardly in mainstream …
The theme of my new book project (working title is “Bullish on Renewable Energy – Eleven Reasons Why Clean Energy Investors Can’t Lose”) is that the economic factors that are making clean energy cheap are heading forward at a rate …
Here’s a free webinar on smart cities from research firm Frost and Sullivan that I think I’ll attend. They see the subject growing in importance to a $3.3 trillion industry by 2025. Needless to say, that’s a huge amount of …
