Tag: sustainable approach to energy

I met a very interesting guy yesterday at the Low Carbon Investors conference: a professor at Stanford whose discipline is disruptive technologies.  Among other things, he’s an advisor to several different groups of students who are working on new approaches …

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Brace yourself for a plethora of stories like this: Utilities and consumers at war over the use of rooftop solar.  Fans of renewable energy object to the cap that NV Energy in Las Vegas, Nevada has placed on the number …

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I’m in close communication with the World Business Academy, a Santa Barbara, CA-based non-profit dedicated to the migration to 100% renewable energy.  I urge readers to check out their website and form their own opinions. They often ask me to …

People Who Favor the Migration to Renewable Energy Have Big Hearts–But Sometimes Impractical Ideas Read More »

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Have you ever wondered about the age-old nature-nurture discussion? What are the forces that determine the way we think and act? My colleague Jim Greenberg, chief sustainability officer at OTECorporation told me during a recent meeting at his office about …

OTEC, Sustainability, and Brain Chemistry Read More »

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It’s the birthday of Henry David Thoreau, who, after living at Walden Pond, left us with this gem: “I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to …

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As we recall from Dickens, “… it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, ….” Those …

Can We Achieve a Sustainable Approach to Energy? Many Reasons To Think So, But Just As Many To Be Pessimistic Read More »

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In a discussion I had yesterday with an old friend and long-time 2GreenEnergy subscriber, I was reminded of how outrageous it is that the United States has no energy policy.  Is it really any wonder we’re making such dreadfully slow …

To Achieve a Sustainable Approach to Energy We Need a Plan Read More »

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I’m sorry I forgot to mention the birthday of Pablo Casals the other day, unarguably the most revered cellist in the first half of the 20th Century.  He’s noteworthy here because of his opposition to fascism, and the fact that he was …

As We Go Into 2014, Remember that Decency and Goodness Are Powerful Forces Read More »

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One of the risks of writing pieces in the tone of my recent article on the fantastic levels of mean-spiritedness and lethargy in the U.S. Congress is the tendency to depress people.  Though my intention is to spur readers into …

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