Author: craigshields

Question: How much money in US dollars have the world’s auto OEMs invested in EVs?  What percentage of that comes from Germany alone? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.

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Maybe it’s a good time for us Americans to ask ourselves: What are we good at? As suggested by the pic here, basic competence doesn’t seem to be a defensible response to that question.

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Here’s an article that discussed devices that remove CO2 from the atmosphere. As we all know, the concentration of CO2 in the air now, 410 PPM, is probably greater than it’s been at any time in the last 3.5 million …

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People who speak up about injustice can count on taking heat for it from mainstream society. Particularly in the U.S., we’re pressured to go along, have a few drinks, root for our hometown’s football team, and for God’s sake: stop …

“Never Be a Spectator of Unfairness or Stupidity. The Grave Will Supply Plenty of Time for Silence.” Read More »

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Many readers have correctly noted that 2GreenEnergy has taken on a more political tone as the years have gone by. The reason is summed up in my most recent book: Bullish on Renewable Energy, and in this article in Forbes.

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According to the Energy Society: Renewable energy prices have become competitive around the world:

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Here’s a piece of unqualified good news: The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the arm of the federal government that serves to manage and control the energy industry, has rejected Secretary of Energy Rick Perry’s plan to rewrite U.S. energy policy …

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Here’s  a bit of banter between frequent commenter MarcoPolo and me on Trump’s astonishing “shithole” comments this week:

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According to all the polls. the majority of Americans disapprove of their current president, and that the ranks of the so-called “Trump Resistance Movement” are growing.  Per this article,  “An astounding number of new grassroots resistance groups, at least six times …

How Do You Respond To the Forces of Evil? Read More »

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Readers who expect a rant on Trump’s referring to developing nations inhabited by people of color as “shithole countries,” while welcoming immigrants from pure-white Norway will be disappointed.  Trump’s embarrassing and degrading the U.S. on the world stage (and Fox News’ …

Trump Degrades the U.S. with Such Astonishing Regularity that It’s Not Really News Read More »

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