I’m told there are climate deniers who are both intelligent and honest, but I really can’t understand how it’s possible for such people to hold that belief. According to new data just released by NASA this week, July was the …
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A Few Good Reasons to Short Oil Companies’ Stock
It certainly will be interesting to see how the stock market responds to the situation in which the oil companies will soon find themselves. There are several aspects of this, none of them good for share-holders (though very good for …
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How Big Is the Market for High-End Range-Extended Electric Vehicles?
Here, my colleague Jon LeSage reports on the rebirth of the Fisker Karma, called the Karma Revero, a super-luxury plug-in hybrid. Jon knows more about this than I do, but personally, I don’t pick this to do any better than …
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Notes on a Couple of 2GreenEnergy Commenters
One of our readers just wrote me on a number of issues, in the course of which he made the following observations on two of the frequent commenters here at 2GreenEnergy. He notes: “MarcoPolo is a contrarian,” and “Lawrence likes …
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Why We Need To Try To Write with Some Level of Precision
Often, the problem we have in conversing with one another productively about the important issues of the day is equivocation in its formal sense, i.e., the fallacy that arises when we use words that have two different definitions, and then …
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Pro-nuke People Look Askance at Energy Storage and Variable Resources
I’ve mentioned that I like to keep tabs on a pro-nuke (anti-renewables) group, and make helpful contributions to their discussions. Recently, I notice that they’re a bit freaked out that the cost of lithium-ion batteries is soon to fall to …
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Changes in Power Generation Over the Years
As we’ve all seen during this exciting (?) political season, memes can contain factual/true information, but they can just as easily communicate false or misleading ideas. Here’s one the truth of which is hard to deny. The fossil fuel industry …
Global Warming is a Hot Topic
Here’s a cool article on how contentious and divisive the global warming issue is. Ten years ago, we had John McCain as the most visible climate champion; even G.W. Bush was talking about the need to regulate carbon emissions.
What Are the Koch Brothers Up To?
From the League of Conservation Voters: Whatever else they are, the Koch Brothers aren’t stupid. They’ve made it clear that their focus this election cycle isn’t the presidency — it’s maintaining a Senate majority that will back their dangerous agenda.
The True Gating Factor Limiting the Adoption of Renewable Energy
Our public relations ace Annemarie Osbourne just sent me this brilliant article from the New York Times: How Producing Clean Power Turned Out to Be a Messy Business. This is a terrific piece that offers a great deal of truth of …
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