Author: craigshields

A frequent commenter wrote a long and eloquent response, refuting one of my posts on the Trump presidency.  I respond: It’s funny;  I have a friend on Facebook, my old friend Steve Vachss, who, like you, is a smart guy …

The Trump Presidency: Calling a Spade a Spade Read More »

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Gary Tulie, who made huge contributions to Bullish on Renewable Energy, points out, “One of the technologies discussed was Spallation Drilling (pictured) – a technique for speeding up drilling through hard rock for use in geothermal projects. The use of …

Geothermal Costs Coming Down, Along with All Others Flavors of Renewable Energy Read More »

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I had the good luck to go to college with Q.C. “Beam” Furr (pictured), and apparently, he’s as good a person now as he was when I knew him 40 years ago. As a Commissioner of Broward County, Florida, here …

Grand Opening: Marine Environmental Education Center Read More »

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Long-term readers will recall my frequent posts a few years ago about the marketing work I was doing for my client Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation, for which I got paid an equal balance of cash and stock.  Looks like a …

Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation Going Public Read More »

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Here are a few concepts we should be keeping in mind at this surreal point in U.S. history. There is a large and growing list of Congresspeople calling for U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign, as it’s clear he …

Trump Administration About To Burst Wide Open Read More »

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In 2012, I interviewed Dr. Tom Konrad, owner of AltEnergyStocks.com, for my second book (Is Renewable Really Doable?). It would be hard to imagine someone more deeply immersed in the business/investment side of clean energy. Tom (pictured above) was on …

Renewable Energy Is Prevailing Despite Political Pressure Favoring Fossil Fuels Read More »

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2GreenEnergy supporter Thomas Blakeslee posted a note on Facebook regarding this article from EcoWatch called Trump Gives Pen to Dow Chemical CEO After Signing Executive Order to Eliminate Regulations. Tom writes: This is evil incarnate.

Just when the climate deniers are starting to get a toe-hold on justifying the continuation of business-as-usual on this planet, along comes an analysis so simple that any school kid could figure it out.  It’s an interactive graphic on the causes …

Watch Out!  Here Come Those Damn Scientists Again. Read More »

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Put differently, can human consciousness ever understand the universe in its entirety? The incredibly quotable Albert Einstein once said, “The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.”  He died in 1955 (the year I was born), …

Does Science Have an Endpoint? Read More »

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Here’s a video made 26 years ago by Shell Oil, showing that, at some time before that point, they had become completely aware of the relationship between fossil fuel consumption and rising temperatures of the Earth’s atmosphere.  What have they …

Shell Oil and Climate Change Read More »

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