From the New York Times: Trump administration officials, under pressure from the White House to provide a rationale for reducing the number of refugees allowed into the United States next year, rejected a study by the Department of Health and …
White House “Rejects” Study on Immigrants’ Value Read More »
In this edition of Green Auto Digest, my colleague Jon LeSage (pictured) gets at an issue that struck me when I first got interested in electric transportation: the EPA’s mile-per-gallon ratings. We seem married to assigning MPG equivalents to EVs, even …
We all can expect to see a steady increase in reports like this, i.e., attempts to quantify the costs of climate change; this one from the U.S. GAO (Government Accountability Office) points to the $350 billion that was lost over …
Quantifying the Cost of Climate Change Sounds Important, But It’s Not Possible Read More »
My fine friend Brian McGowan writes about this article, which offers bad news for the solar industry in Nevada: You know about this right? Yes, I’m aware of it. But it doesn’t come as any surprise given the way we regulate …
A Great Deal of News re: Renewables Energy Will Be Bad Until We Fix This Read More »
A reader asked me to comment on this article by Andrew Follett, “Top 11 Problems Plaguing Solar and Wind Power,” in which the author makes his assertions and I respond to each. Here goes: 1: Power Storage Is Incredibly Expensive …
If there is one thing that people of all political persuasions can agree upon, it’s that “opinion” and “news” are two different things, and that editorials should not be presented as if they were fact. This is why I cringed …
The EPA’s Justifications for Its Power Plant Regulations Read More »
Just got back from the TV studio, shooting a video of “energy and ethics.” Here’s the script I wrote for myself. Delivery-wise, I would give myself a B. I was OK, but I’ve done better. Since most of our energy …
I just sat down over lunch with a printed publication to which I subscribe called the “Green Money Journal.” Fantastic stuff. I loved the lead article, “From Growth Capitalism to Sustainable Capitalism,” by Joe Keefe, President and CEO of Pax …
A Sustainable Energy Policy Looks at Externalities Read More »
In reference to my post on the lifecycle analysis (LCA) of wind turbines, Peter Leach writes: The LCA of fossil fuel (or nuclear) powered electricity production presumably shows a good return in terms of direct power out vs. power consumed. …
