In an average week, I get a couple of invitations to be on radio programs whose hosts want a guest to speak on clean energy. Here’s a typical request that I got just a few hours ago, to which I …
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Hosting “Clean Energy Radio” Offers Plenty of Challenges
I host “Clean Energy Radio,” a weekly interview program. I have to say that the station on which it airs, WebTalkRadio, is a wonderful concept in Internet broadcasting. The other 50-or-so hosts have their own areas of expertise: dog training, …
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[The Vector] Geothermal and Its Potential – But What About Earthquakes?
Many experts state clearly that geothermal energy could provide all the energy the world needs. 99% of the planet has a temperature above 1,000 degrees C. The earth’s heat is an inexhaustible source of energy, available 24 hours per day …
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New York Times: Let’s Pretend Renewable Energy Doesn’t Even Exist
I just learned something quite valuable. To my astonishment, it’s possible for credible journalists to discuss the dangers of nuclear power and the relative safety of natural gas, going on at length about the world energy situation, without once mentioning …
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From Guest Blogger Mihai Grumazescu re: Zero Emission Vehicles
Craig: Why focus only on Zero Emissions? Turbocharged ICEs and even fuel cell EVs are consuming the oxygen we breathe. Taking care of GHG emissions is part of the solution – natural oxygen is also in short supply. Imagine all …
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Successful Cleantech Business Plans
A friend of mine was helping me just now prepare for today’s webinar. “So part of the presentation is a few business plans you like. OK, how would you summarize this? I mean, is there one central point that they …
Though Ridiculed by the Moneyed Status Quo, Renewable Energy Makes Sense
I was just glancing through some comments to a recent essay on the future of nuclear energy and came across this comment on renewables. My initial reaction was to see if it had my name at the bottom; it begins …
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The Dubious Appeal of Nuclear Energy
I just posted a piece to Renewable Energy World, in which I recollect my encounters in airports with other college-aged kids of the 1970s who were vigorously gathering support for nuclear energy. I recall how one self-satisfied young fellow quipped, …
[The Vector] India’s Clean Energy Potential – Continued
(Continued from an earlier article…) Bill Gates emphasized to policymakers in Washington D.C. the importance of the H-1B visa to companies like Microsoft. “…They celebrate the fact that we’re kicking them out after giving them the world’s best education,“ said …
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Fukushima: Some Enlightened Ideas, Some Moronic
Understandably, accompanying the situation in Fukushima is a flurry of discussion of renewable energy. And, where some of that conversation shows a great deal of sophistication and enlightenment, some of it does not. I was amused by Fred Upton’s (R- …
