Oil is a product that sells for more than 50 times what it costs to manufacture. And we’re wondering why the world is beholden to it? Linked above is a good story analyzing this.
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National Security, Environmental Damage, Lung Disease, and Peak Oil
Readers may be interested in the conversation Glenn Doty and I are having on electric vehicles, as comments to my piece: Lateral Power, Distributed Generation, and the Third Industrial Revolution. Here’s another question for Glenn (and anyone else who would …
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The Validity of Electric Transportation
I’d like to call readers’ attention to this discussion of the validity of electric transportation. In fact, the discussion began earlier in this piece on bashing electric vehicles. There are a lot of interesting ideas here that challenge the …
The Movie “Fuel” — Terrific Flick on the Oil Industry
To my shame, it was just now that I watched the movie “Fuel”; here’s a link to the film on YouTube. I only wish I had the talent to make media so wonderfully accessible, so beautifully immediate in its impact. …
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2GreenEnergy Report – Foreign Oil and National Security
Here’s another episode of the 2GreenEnergy Video Report. Here, host George Alger interviews me on the implications of the US addiction to foreign oil on our national security. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxKLgPpzhsM?rel=0&w=480&h=390]
James Woolsey: "End Oil Addiction Now"
James Woolsey wrote an interesting opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal this morning. Mr. Woolsey is a former director of the CIA, has served in four administrations, is a foreign policy expert and Rhodes Scholar. He is also dedicated …
Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, James Woolsey, oil addiction, Renewable Energy, Saudi Arabia
Bermuda — Going Green
Interview with James Woolsey
The trajectory for completing my book on renewables just received a major shot in the arm this morning as James Woolsey, one of the most vocal and credible proponents of alternative energy, agreed to an interview for my chapter on …
