Here’s an article that examines the consequences, both intended and unintended, that would result from switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy, i.e., how a mass deployment of renewable technology might affect the surrounding climate.
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Various Approaches To Hydrokinetics
Of the many dozens of articles I’ve written on hydrokinetics over the past four years since the inception of 2GreenEnergy, I’ve expressed a whole bunch of skepticism. Fans of run-of-river need to contend with the fact that, as least as …
Creating the Right Incentives for Environmental Stewardship
Here’s an article that illustrates what happens when regulators get clever in creating incentives for environmental stewardship and responsibility: smart people work around them, unintended consequences result, and windfall profits occur in random places that have nothing to do with …
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Thinking Critically About Society's Use of Energy
If you’re looking for some critical thinking on our civilization’s use of energy (including renewables) you may want to check out the writings of Ozzie Zehner. It’s clear that Zehner has a lot of this correct. In particular, our paradigm …
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The Age of Fossil Fuels Spirals Into Its Endgame — But What’s Next?
I’m so glad I finally got around to Jeremy Rifkin’s masterpiece “The Third Industrial Revolution.” The central concept is this: we’re entering the point in human history where the first and second industrial revolutions and their unintended consequences (i.e., running …
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