I spent a bit of time on the website of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in preparation for today’s post, looking at some numbers surrounding employment in the US. Here are a few approximate numbers that I feel are relevant: …
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Clean Energy in Algiers and Tripoli
As part of my travels to New York City and Bermuda last week I had the pleasure of meeting clean energy stock legend Bill Paul. There were so many interesting facets to that meeting that I won’t even try to …
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Renewables and Electric Transportation on Bermuda
I just got off the plane from Bermuda, and thought I’d write a quick post before bed. What a reminder this trip was of the reason I got into this subject in the first place: the fascinating confluence of science, …
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Renewable Energy and Morality
In the talk Dr. David Mills gave recently in on solar thermal, he closed by telling his audience that renewable energy was “a moral issue,” meaning, of course, that we as a species have a series of related ethical obligations …
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Solar Thermal Pioneer – Dr. David Mills
Dr. David Mills, founder and chief scientist of solar thermal leader Ausra, was generous enough with his time to help me with the chapter on concentrated solar power in my upcoming book on renewables. I happened to be watching this …
Renewable Energy Project Consulting
2GREENENERGY: MAKING CLEAN POWER WORK Large renewable energy project? Need help with permitting? PPAs? Grid tie? 2GreenEnergy associates have decades of experience in advising clients on utility-scale wind and solar (PV, solar thermal, and hybrid) projects. Whether the program you’re …
How Much Variety of Renewables Do We Want?
A reader points out: Craig, you seem to think that there should be a single best solution for clean energy. I would agree with you if you qualified your assertion to state that there is a single best solution for …
Quasi-Green Products
I have to admit that I find myself in a quandary about products that are not strictly speaking environmentally sustainable but that offer considerable benefits compared to those that they would replace. Obviously, the world would be a cleaner place …
Preaching to the Choir
The only downside I see to spending a few minutes of my life every day writing a new blog post is the concern I have for “preaching to the choir.” With few exceptions, it seems to me that the people …
Energy Conservation
For some reason, I’m always somewhat surprised to read comments about conservation – they’re numerous, and they’re heartfelt. Frequent commentor Dan Conine writes: The first alternative energy project that should always be funded is CONSERVATION. THEN whatever we do, won’t …
