Tag: Obama Administration

  Those of us who concern ourselves with environmental matters unanimously agree that the Obama Administration has represented a complete about-face in this arena from that which came before.  Yet it’s hard not to notice our president’s work in dozens …

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According to the Writer’s Almanac: It’s the birthday of the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (pictured), born in Stuttgart, Germany (1770). He started out studying Christianity, and he was particularly interested in how Christianity is a religion based on opposites: …

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Looks like the Obama Administration wasn’t kidding about an “all-of-the-above strategy,” i.e., the deployment of every available source of energy; the U.S. DoE announced the implementation of small modular reactors (SMRs). For me to see value here, in addition to being …

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Here’s top climate scientist Dr. James Hansen on global climate change. When people ask where I stand on this subject and why, I simply request that they watch this; I sure wish I had it in my power to get …

James Hansen on Global Climate Change Read More »

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The results of political compromise — maybe by definition — are seldom satisfactory to anyone.  But hasn’t this whole process recently gotten worse than ever before?  The healthcare reform bill that the Obama administration put through was the product of a hammer and …

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Here’s another interesting article on liquid ammonia as fuel. The author, Dr. Paul A. Curto, a retired NASA scientist residing in Potomac, MD, has a wonderfully lucid writing style. Give me a Ph.D. who writes like a real person any …

Liquid Ammonia as Fuel – Another Article Read More »

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Hey — some good news for a change! Progressive change in energy subsidies. “Ask and ye shall receive,” as my father is fond of saying.

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A few months ago I wrote a post about my consulting company’s relationship with the island nation of Bermuda, in which I mentioned how proud I am to be a part of an entire country’s movement away from fossil fuels.  …

Bermuda — Going Green Read More »

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As I’m sure many readers have observed, I am normally cynical about the honesty of government. Even on Washington’s best day, I’d far rather see things happening in the private sector than in the public sector. Yet I have to …

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