Frequent commenter Glenn Doty and I have had numerous conversations on climate change: the inexorable damage it will cause over certain time frames, as well as what we should do to mitigate that damage through emissions reductions, reforestation, and accommodation …
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Smart Cities
My friend Jesse Berst (pictured) is Founder and Chairman of the Smart Cities Council, and one of the world’s foremost experts when it comes to building intelligent, ICT-enabled (information and communications technology) cities. Better yet, his understanding of the subject is …
A Warming Planet Means More Disease-carrying Mosquitoes
My brilliant young nephew Garrett Shields, with his recently earned masters degree in public health, is pursuing a career in epidemiology, making him a fabulously interesting guy to talk to about climate change. As suggested in this video, a warming planet …
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Hey! Wanna Go Plant Some Trees?
Reforestation is a big deal as a strategy in climate change mitigation, as green plants absorb carbon throughout their lives.
Trump: There’s a Right Way and a Wrong Way to Get This Done
Here’s a note I just got, presenting a truly terrible idea:
Small Wind Is Dead, But Some Don’t See It That Way
WindStream is a small wind concept I once promoted; see pic at left depicting a version of the product they eventually hybridized it with solar PV. It’s built around an extremely important set of facts, which its founder, Dan Bates …
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U.S. Moves To the Extreme Right–But For How Long?
Re: the meme here, no, this is not fascism. It’s an attempt at fascism, but it will ultimately prove to be a failed attempt. Americans will not accept and normalize this. If Trump miraculously remains in office until 2020, he’ll …
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Want Locally Grown Food? Doesn’t Get More Local Than This
This supermarket grows its own produce on the store’s roof. It claims to be the first of its kind, which it isn’t, but it’s a very cool idea.
Bumper Crop of Fraudulent Energy Concepts
I won’t say anything about this, described in the video below, other than wow. Most elementary school kids have enough training in science to call it BS. It’s actually kind of amusing.
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Asinine/Fraudulent Concepts in Renewable Energy
When I had my marketing consultancy with 200+ employees and clients on three continents, one of my top people once told me, “Craig, you obviously don’t suffer fools gladly, and that’s fine, but you need to be a bit more subtle …
