Author: craigshields

Here, Neil Degrasse Tyson provides his explanation as to why there are so many anti-science, climate change deniers in our population.  As is a common characteristic of intelligent people, he looks inward: Where did we fail? How did we allow …

Climate Change Deniers and the Anti-Science Movement Read More »

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Here’s a graph for those who said that battery prices could never fall far enough to make electric transportation effective.

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Speaks for itself.

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From my colleague Fred Roeschke: Very little-known fact about Henry Ford:

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Here’s a story about two very progressive companies dealing with 21st Century energy: Tesla and Sierra Nevada (a top-notch beer brewery).  The essence is that Tesla has installed a fairly large battery storage system, apparently to lower energy costs for …

Energy Storage Is Changing the Entire Energy/Transportation Landscape Read More »

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Those of us in the U.S. who are paying attention understand that most Americans regard our new president with a mixture of hostility and terror. But if you want to see some REAL animus from someone elsewhere on the globe, …

World Reaction to Trump Isn’t Pretty Read More »

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  It’s the birthday of the seminal Scottish chemist and mechanical engineer James Watt, best known for his improvements in the steam engine that provided a considerable boost to the nascent Industrial Revolution in the 18th Century. Watt’s name, of …

James Watt and the Unit of Power Named for Him Read More »

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Here’s a wonderful article that combines what are perhaps the two most important vectors in the world of energy today, at least as far as the U.S. is concerned: A) 13 million jobs are being created in China because of …

U.S. Political Rhetoric Is All About Jobs, But We’re Ceding 13 Million To China Read More »

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I thought I would reproduce a conversation I’m having with an entrepreneur in small wind in the UK: Entrepreneur: (My company is) based in the UK and UAE has designed an onshore wind turbine (15kW and 50kW) that has a …

Small Wind Has No Future Read More »

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Frequent 2GreenEnergy critic writes: “I’m very disturbed (by) your ranting against the President-elect….The US is not some unstable banana republic where presidents are removed from office by coups and unlawful processes.” Sorry you’re disturbed.

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