India’s incredible temperatures this summer were killers. Over 2,300 Indians died of dehydration and heat stroke in what has been characterized as the fifth deadliest heat wave in earth’s recorded history.The temperatures near 120 degrees were not only standout temperatures in themselves, …
From Guest Blogger Susan Kraemer: India's Need for Energy Efficient Air Conditioning Read More »
Here’s the executive summary of the IEA’s (International Energy Agency) 2013 World Energy Outlook. No surprise: it expresses concern about climate change from our unabating reliance on fossil fuels, which represents about two-thirds of our total greenhouse gas emissions. Although …
My mother, who reads this blog regularly, hates it when I come out in support of concepts that could be viewed as leftist – and even if that weren’t the case, I try to tread lightly on the political content …
Sustainability Requires Social Fairness and Justice Read More »
Below is a graphic that I borrowed from my friends at Energy and Capital (Hi, Jeff Siegel!) illustrating the real problem we face vis-a’-vis coal on the international scene. I’m reminded of an interview I did for a consultant in …
The Situation with Coal-fired Power Plants in Asia Is Urgent Read More »
At a party yesterday, I ran into a top-flight businessman who sells advanced sonar systems to the world’s navies. I happen to know that he spends a huge amount of time in India, and I wanted to ask him about …
Renewable Energy, Resource Scarcity, and World Hostility Read More »
I started my day with a predawn call to Edison, New Jersey and Mumbia, trying to connect my people at Eos Energy Storage with strategic partners in India. The breakthrough in battery chemistry/design will result in product for sale in …
Connecting Eos Energy Storage to Strategic Partners in India Read More »
Most of my business focus is on renewable energy — an arena that, if successful, could conceivably create a world in which it matters very little how much energy we consume – or even waste. Some people say that that …
Vaclav Smil Discusses Our Civilization’s Sustainability Read More »
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’m in the process of studying the size and shape of job creation that will come as a welcome by-product of the migration to renewables. How this sits in the constellation of benefits to …
An electronics engineer engaged in the manufacturing of automobile parts in India writes: A few years back I designed and manufactured the smallest gasoline powered two wheeler in India and sold around 100 of them. But as you know the …
To Build Electric Vehicles or Internal Combustion Engines? Read More »
