‘Carbon footprint’ is the undisputed energy related buzzword of the past 10 years, and businesses face a huge responsibility, with pressure from both external and internal forces to try and minimise their impact on the environment, through reducing their carbon …
From British Guest Blogger Indigo Swan – Energy Sustainability in Business Read More »
The men and women of the nation’s armed forces often deploy overseas to protect its energy interests around the globe, safeguarding foreign oil sources and the sea lanes through which they pass. While the country strains and devotes its military …
Gone are the days when people were totally dependent upon the electricity from the power grids and even then remained upset with frequent black outs and heavy power bills. But now it is the era of sustainable energy, a type …
From a Guest Blogger: Some Amazing Facts about Sustainable Energy Read More »
Humanitarian agency WorldWatch sure seems to be barking up the right tree when it comes to bringing clean energy to the developing world. As I’ve often said, this is arguably the single greatest philanthropic cause on earth, insofar as it …
I had a pleasant surprise yesterday, when an old friend from my wife’s horse-breeding business (in fact, the very first person who ever bought a horse from us) unexpectedly contacted me on 2GreenEnergy. He’s an affluent Jamaican who was looking …
Looking for a Renewable Energy Solution on Jamaica Read More »
I just had a long and interesting conversation with a woman in Columbia who will be doing a bit of volunteer writing for us here; I’m certainly looking forward to reading her stuff. We talked about what it takes to …
Corporate Sustainability Initiatives and Their Complex Motives Read More »
Here’s a very good, objective and realistic treatment of our planet’s attempts at sustainable energy, from the combined perspectives of technology, economics, and politics. Here, in one document, readers will get “the whole nine yards” as to how difficult this …
Sustainable Energy: Our Civilization's Current Status Read More »
While there is so much about the course of our civilization to drive us to despair, I often think of Emerson’s reminder: Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Though it’s hard to be enthusiastic when we see the forces …
Nothing Great Was Ever Achieved Without Enthusiasm Read More »
This was announced by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon this Thursday on the “Sustainable Energy For All” Rio summit. The 2030 goal of the initiative is to double our renewable energy use and the rate of energy efficiency improvement – …
From Guest Blogger Mathias: 50 Governments Have Launched New Energy Strategies Read More »
In the process of writing my book on renewables I read quite a few others, including Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air (2009) by Dr. David JC MacKay. This is a fanstically worthwhile project by a professor of physics …
