My colleague Fritz Maffry writes: Craig knows my thesis is that the tech firms will transform energy and transportation, and are much closer to this in large scale disruption than is commonly appreciated. I intend to help them do that.
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Saying Bye to Coal
Here’s the best news you’ve had all day. This short but fabulous video explains why coal is a “goner” in the U.S. electricity grid-mix. Though it mentions environmental issues, the real driver, as always, is market economics; coal can’t compete …
Kavanaugh and the Environment
How will recently confirmed Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh conduct himself vis-a-vis environmental issues? The answer is obvious, of course; he wouldn’t have been appointed in the first place if there were any indication whatsoever that he would impede Trump’s …
Why Involve Yourself in Politics?
The video here is a joke, and the audience clearly gets the humor, yet this is a conversation that I had almost verbatim with my apolitical son very recently. I was trying to inspire him to become more engaged, and I started …
Fritz Maffry on the Electric Vehicle Transition and the Tech Sector in General
From my colleague Fritz Maffry: Few believed Elon Musk could bring the Model 3 to scale, produce it efficiently, and get volume achieved, on production and distribution.
From Gary Tulie: The Compelling Advantages of Bifacial Solar Panels
Here’s an interesting article from my colleague Gary Tulie of Buckinghamshire, England. Readers may wonder why I always throw in Gary’s location whenever I mention his name; it’s because it gives me an excuse to go find a beautiful picture …
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Apathy Vs. Climate Change Mitigation
Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland (pictured) has a powerful new motivation: saving the planet, and even the dire warnings of this week’s IPCC report aren’t slowing her down.
Solving Problems That Are Expanding Exponentially
I haven’t seen my old high school friend Bruce Wilson (pictured) since we graduated 45 years ago, but I’m happy to say that we’ve reconnected with one another, at least via phone and email. He was a kind, non-violent sort …
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How Not To Learn About Synthetic Fuels
Here’s a video on synthetic fuels. This is an important topic for people to understand, but this particular presentation contains so many misleading claims, that it does more to confuse and misinform the viewer than to elucidate the subject.
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Encouraging Low Carbon Transportation
France, where bicycling represents about 3% of all trips taken, wants to be more like The Netherlands, where that figure is 30%. So what’s the plan? It’s all nicely explained in this video linked here.
