When I write about the U.S. Department of Energy, now headed by a man whose background in science is no greater than that of an average high school student, that’s certainly in alignment with the theme of 2GreenEnergy. By contrast, …
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U.S. Staffing its Most Important Government Positions with People Who Have Next To Zero Understanding of Science
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CleanTech Businesspeople Cannot Ignore Politics at These Watershed Times
Regular readers will remember 2GreenEnergy associate Dan Sturges (pictured) as one of the top minds in the future of transportation. Dan began his career in transportation 30 years ago as a designer at General Motors, and has evolved to become …
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U.S. History Is about To Take a Dramatic Turn
I think most of us in the Western world have played the game “Monopoly” and can vividly remember how these wonderful games end, i.e., with two great forces pushing against one another until some combination of luck and skill results …
Appointing Unqualified Cabinet Members To Destroy the Federal Government Is Appalling, But in This Case It’s Illegal As Well
A diverse array of more than 50 advocacy groups, including Friends of the Earth, ActionAid USA, the National Family Farm Coalition, Patagonia, and Sierra Club, delivered a letter to all 100 U.S. senators earlier today, demanding that they disapprove the …
Wave Energy Extraction Device
Here’s a note from clean energy entrepreneur Tom Woodbridge, President of Aqua-Magnetics, a company that’s developing a linear generator that directly converts the motion of wind chop and ocean swells into electric power.
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Visigoths Unrequired To Topple the American Empire
Today is the 1607th anniversary of the first successful invasion of Rome, as the Visigoths’ siege finally burst through the city’s gates and began what was to become the fall of the Roman Empire. Here at 2GreenEnergy, we’ve often made …
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What Do We Want? Justice. When Do We Want It? Now.
There are a great number of things in our world today that seem to be dragging along, though we sure do wish they would happen right now. One, of course, is Robert Mueller’s findings on the Trump administration’s alleged collusion …
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Small, Special-Purpose Electric Vehicles Haven’t Taken Off, But That Could Change
Why hasn’t the market opened up for small, fun-to-drive, low-cost EVs for use in urban settings, campuses, and last-mile commuting to and from mass transit? I’m not sure anyone has an answer to that question.
China Tearing the Roof Off Solar Energy Installations
We’re rightfully skeptical of anyone who claims to understand the inner workings and true motivations of the Chinese government. Sure, they’re investing big in renewable energy, but why? Positive PR on the world stage? Appeasing the people who are dropping …
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Is It Obama or Trump Who’s Driving Up the Stock Market?
There is some truth to this meme, but in fairness, euphoria about tax breaks for corporations and the super-wealthy, as well as the sheer joy associated with destroying the environment with financial impunity are weighing in here. The S&P 500 …
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