A sharp surge in demand in electricity in Shandong, Henan, Hunan, Hubei and Zhejiang provinces of China has led to a re-appearance of coal-fired power plants, according to this report, and confirmed by satellite photography. Regulators are quietly giving coal …
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From 2GreenEnergy Intern Kevin Kuttumkal: Smart Grids, Smart Cities, and The Roles They Play in Energy
Here’s a piece from our new intern Kevin Kuttumkal, covering the latest development in smart grid and smart cities, and how they affect energy markets. Enjoy. -ed
Neither Liberals Nor Conservatives Are At Liberty To Change Their Viewpoints–Here’s Why
As presented in this short, animated video, our brain formation and chemistry shapes the way we see the world, perceive threats, and relate to others. The science behind this has been the subject of many rigorous and comprehensive studies over the …
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Referring to Journalists as “Enemies of the People”
It would be hard to list all the reasons that the leader of the free world should not tell his followers that journalists are the “enemies of the people,” but here’s perhaps the most obvious: the incitement of violence, as explained …
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Why We Should Care About the Demise of the American Middle Class
Here’s a quick video on wealth equality, featuring the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, and one of his full-time employees who lives in her car, which she keeps in an Amazon parking lot, to provide the convenience of walking to work in the …
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Climate Change Could Produce “Hothouse Earth”: It’s Not Like We Haven’t Been Warned
Because I’m not a member of the National Academy of Sciences, I would have to pay to download the entirety of their latest report, “Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene,” which suggests that the effects of climate change …
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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Decentralized Renewable Energy Revolution
Bringing electricity to the 600 million in Africa who currently live without it is arguably the single most important humanitarian task before us. That’s because electrical power means better education, which in turn brings productivity and, most important, family planning. …
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America’s True Problem
At left we find a quote from American historian and political dissident Howard Zinn; it’s from the transcript of his opening statement in a debate at Johns Hopkins in 1970. Think of how absurdly impossible a Donald Trump presidency would …
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Why the U.S. Must Dominate Outer Space
Does anyone, especially someone with the intelligence of Scott Kelly, think that the proposition that the U.S. should use space as the next battlefield find this “hard to understand?” No. That’s a politically correct way of saying, “Our president is …
Democracy in Name Only
If you want to live in a country where a few oligarchs control the entire law-making process, you can skip this video; if not, it’s worth a few minutes of your day.
