It’s been some time since I’ve mentioned the pro-nuclear online group of which I’m a member. I find these people interesting because of their strange enmity towards renewable energy; most of them harbor the mistaken belief that the entire renewables …
Author: craigshields
With This Level of Impact, Is It Still Correct to Refer to Renewables as “Alternative” Energy?
March of 2017 saw solar and wind contribute more than 10% to the U.S. electricity grid mix for the first time in history (up from 8.6% in March 2016). In a very short period of time, renewable energy has gone …
Rule of Thumb for 2017: If You and I Care About It, It’s a Political Non-Starter
Since its inception coming up on eight years ago, 2GreenEnergy has attempted to sort out the issues that affect our civilization’s replacement of fossil fuels with renewables, and this, as we made clear at the start, encompasses the interactivity between …
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What Constitutes Evil?
A frequent commenter notes that he believes Trump is evil, and that his supporters are as well. Here’s a brief conversation on the subject: Craig: I wouldn’t say they’re evil, any more than I would say that about the Germans …
Are Environmentalists Arrogant? Fanatical?
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: People should be entitled to express their opinions (humbly or otherwise), without being afraid of ridicule and abuse from arrogant eco-fanatics. Well, first, you may want to rethink your position that environmentalists are “arrogant eco-fanatics.” What’s …
Some People Find Wind Turbines To Be Ugly
Regarding the aesthetics of wind turbines, Glenn Doty writes: It’s a matter of opinion and taste. For as long as I’ve been alive, I’ve seen windmills on postcards and paintings… expressions of beauty. The sleek towers today look far different …
Is the Trump Administration Embracing Renewable Energy?
Gary Tulie sent me this piece in Cleantechnica, which posits that the Trump administration is becoming bullish on renewable energy (not a bad name for a book) and bearish on coal. I honestly don’t know what to make of this. …
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Hats Off To Norway
It’s the birthday of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, one of the most important contributors to the repertoire of the Romantic Period of music. Like Chopin did for Poland, it could be argued that Grieg put Norway “on the map” in …
Is Wind Energy Controversial? Not Really.
An old friend (“George”–possibly an ex-friend after this) shared this article on Facebook this morning, sparking the following conversation: George: Wind turbines are neither clean nor green and they provide zero global energy.
Smiles All the Way Around: Solar Plus Storage Equals Tomorrow’s Energy Solutions
Is there anyone who didn’t see this coming? The developers of large solar PV arrays have all begun to implement energy storage, as the cost of lithium-ion battery technology continues to fall (along with the cost of solar itself). There …
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