Here are some comments on writing that I wanted to share: It’s the birthday of poet and essayist Percy Bysshe Shelley, who told us, “Do it now — write nothing but what your conviction of its truth inspires you to write.”
Author: craigshields
Hey, United States! Where Are You Going?
Those of us concerned about the sustainability of our civilization cannot ignore, even if we’d like to, the political rancor right now to go around in the U.S. Thus, I thought readers would in interested in this riveting debate between …
Pope Francis on Capitalism and the God of Money
I’m fairly guarded with my comments on the legitimacy of capitalism as the foundation of our civilization. But holy mackerel, the Pope certainly isn’t. Say what you will about modern-day life, but you sure can’t claim it’s boring. Think of …
Clean Power Plan: Happy Birthday!
Today, Americans of conscience are celebrating the first birthday of the Clean Power Plan, which provides a comprehensive new policy to underpin the rapid migration away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy, in an effort to mitigate climate change …
Electric Aviation
Here’s a conference I won’t be attending, but not for lack of interest. The topic: the future of low-emission aviation. The speakers: spokespeople from GE, Honeywell, Airbus, Siemens, Rolls Royce, and NASA. Topics: See (impressive) list below.
Insights from a Top-Notch Cleantech Businessman
In the 10 years I’ve known Kansas City-based cleantech businessman Fritz Maffry, I’ve always been impressed with his understanding of the macro issues associated with energy and transportation. Fortunately, Fritz has the wonderful habit of jotting down his thoughts periodically …
Trump on the Environment
While the chorus of anti-Trump sentiment is growing louder by the day, he remains very much in the public spotlight, perhaps only for the wonderment we all hold: what hateful, laughably erroneous, irresponsible thing is he going to say next? …
NextGen Climate
Today is the 84th anniversary of the discovery of antimatter, i.e., particles that are the opposite of matter which we experience in our daily lives, and that mutually annihilate when brought into contact with it. Of course, we use the term …
Government Regulation Is the Driver in a Great Deal of Cleantech Development
The common wisdom among those following the migration to electric transportation is that large commercial vehicles will be the very last to make that transition. Here to challenge that notion is my colleague Jon LeSage, whose current edition of Green …
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“The Whole World’s Getting Warmer Every Day”
I happen to have an eclectic taste in music. Besides classical, I’m very into the fun and poignant stuff performed at music festivals around the U.S. The only problem I have with it is that it’s hard to name; it’s …
