In response to my post on the disappearing glaciers in the eponymous national park, family friend Shawn Price (pictured with his adorable daughter Annie) writes: It does seem odd that a glacier that has been around for 10,000 years suddenly …
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Energy Storage Is Happening in a Big Way
2GreenEnergy super-supporter Gary Tulie writes from beautiful Buckinghamshire, England (pictured):
OMG! Nobody Told Me There Would Be Actual CHALLENGES Associated with the Migration to Renewable Energy!
Predictably, my post congratulating Germany for its recent record-setting day on which it powered its grid with 85% renewable energy was met with the usual naysayer, who, this time, took umbrage that I had quoted an article that didn’t overhype …
Renaming Places and Things Is Sometimes Cause for Sadness
In general, renaming places and things on this planet shouldn’t be particularly disturbing to anyone: progress militates that Mt. McKinley, Bombay, Burma, Ceylon, Dahomey, Rhodesia, etc. all lose their names to support our more modern sensibilities. But certain places require …
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Great Video on Ocean Currents
Here’s a short but wonderful video created from images from NASA’s Goddard Space Center called “The Way the Oceans Move.” As you’re watching it, ask yourself: Shouldn’t this be called “The Way The Oceans USED To Move?” Rising ocean temperatures, …
22nd-Page News: Germany Sets Solar PV Record
Right now it’s tough to get excited about anything else than the single most bizarre thing that’s ever happened in U.S. history, i.e., the firing of the FBI Director, the totally incredible reason provided for it, and what appears to …
A Contributed Post: Five Advantages of Using Solar Battery Maintainer
We’re getting much better at harnessing the power of solar energy. Technology has advanced to the point where solar power isn’t something clunky but accessible for all sorts of users. One of the best devices you can get if you …
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Is Civilization Going Down for the Count?
Regarding one of my more cynical posts, a commenter writes: Craig, things seem to cycle in and cycle out thru societies over history. It looks like we are seeing a recycling of Oliver Cromwell and his idiot round-heads are in power in …
Note on “True Affluence” and Consumerism
It’s the birthday of the American poet, practicing Buddhist and an environmental activist Gary Snyder (pictured), whom Lawrence Ferlinghetti once called “The Thoreau of the Beat Generation.”
Sincere Thanks for Your Comments
On the 2GreenEnergy “dashboard” I notice that we’ve had almost exactly 18,000 comments here since our inception in 2009. Profound thanks to all who have contributed insight, wisdom, great questions and (generally) constructive criticism. I was looking for a photo …
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