Winter is cold, wet, and Christmas aside, sometimes miserable. If anything is going to go wrong in your home, now is when it is most likely to happen. You can’t always avoid problems, but you can minimise the chances of …
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A Contributed Post: Energy Efficiency–Essential Winter Maintenance Chores You Can’t Afford to Forget About
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A Contributed Post: Putting The Change In Climate Change One Step At A Time
Climate change affects every single one of us. We continually abuse our environment and the resources available to us. It’s as though we don’t think we’ll have to deal with the repercussions. The truth is, we face the consequences every …
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Aren’t There Two Sides To Our Political Arguments?
In response to my post Optimism in the Face of Trump’s Victory, which admittedly forwards a liberal point of view, long-time reader Chaya asks, “Does being liberal imply that only your opinion is valid?” She goes on to point out: “The …
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Long May You Run
It’s the birthday of singer/songwriter Neil Young, and thus a good opportunity for me to offer the wish: “Long May You Run” to all people of decency and conscience. I hope you’ll check this out.
Sierra Club Not Thrilled With Trump’s Proposal for His First 100 Days
Those Sierra Club people aren’t too sanguine in Trump’s election. Here’s what I just received: Dear Craig – Trump has released his agenda for the first 100 days. If fully implemented, it is a disaster for our country, our planet, …
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Trump on Renewables, Energy Efficiency
Counter-intuitive as it may be, President Trump (wow, it hurts to even type that) may provide an opportunity for renewable energy. For one, his energy plans (other than lifting restrictions on fossil fuel extraction) are very vague; it is believed …
For Some Reason, Pro-Nuke People Often Eschew Renewable Energy
Here’s a fascinating video on nuclear energy as it applies to climate change mitigation, forwarded to me by a member of the “pro-nuke” group of which I’m a part. I hope you’ll enjoy it. There are a few things that …
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How Should Progressives Regard Trump’s Victory?
Garrison Keillor’s article in today’s Washington Post on Trump’s victory is amusing, to be sure, though it’s hard to know what to do with his main message, i.e., it’s the Republican’s baby now; progressives can sit back and catch up on …
A Contributed Post: Recycling Your Tech
The Environmental Protection Agency reports that most electronic equipment with no further useful operating life (aka “e-waste”) isn’t really waste at all—it’s actually usable, marketable equipment and parts. In 2009, only 25 percent of discarded electronics (think computers and TVs) …
Making Batteries from Carbon Dioxide: An Idea That Will Almost Certainly Never Come To Fruition
Here’s another example of a phenomenon so plentiful in cleantech: it’s doable, but there are no economic reasons that it will ever be done. It’s a battery system that is built by taking carbon dioxide, perhaps from a point source …
