Question: According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) what percent of the contiguous United States has become, due to climate change, suitable breeding habitat for mosquitoes that are capable of transmitting the Zika, dengue, and chikungunya viruses?
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Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo
The Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo has morphed considerably as it’s grown over the years.
More Good News for Those of Us with Lungs
Earlier today, the mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio made two huge announcements: The City’s pension funds will divest from the big oil and gas companies, and The Big Apple is suing the biggest of these corporations for the …
Is “Science” Used To Deceive the Public?
Here’s a piece making its way around Facebook, suggesting that a great deal of what passes for science is BS, created to deceive the public. The very kindest think I can say about this is that it’s extremely irresponsible.
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GTL (Gas To Liquids) Technology
Here’s a note specifically meant for chemist/senior energy analyst Glenn Doty, my go-to guy for questions of this nature. I thought I’d post it here, since other readers might be interested. Glenn: Do you mind looking at this for a …
World’s Largest Oil Fields and U.S. Involvement in International Hostility: A Coincidence?
According to the American Energy Society, below is a list of the five “most important” oil fields in the world. Notice anything about them? Hint: look at geographic location.
What (If Any) Role Does Government Playing in Leading Us to Environmental Sustainability?
In a recent comment, frequent contributor MarcoPolo makes a couple of interesting points to which I’d like to respond:
New Hydrokinetic Devices: Burden of Proof Is on the Inventor
Here an extremely common occurrence here at 2GreenEnergy: the submission of an idea from an inventor with a patent but no working model of the device. Like so many others of this type, I respond:
Carbon Emissions and Our Energy Mix: A Problem That Will Take of Itself
Here’s an article that explains how the European Union has agreed on what the author refers to as “ambitious” renewable energy targets (30%) for 2030. Though this is obviously good news, I join those who believe that such targets are …
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In All Things, There Comes a Time When the Winner Wins and the Loser Loses
Those of us who subscribe to Dictionary.com’s “Word of the Day” know that some words seem to call out to us to make them part of our working vocabularies, while others are of passing interest, at best. Today, for instance, …
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