A reader offers this suggestion: (There is a) study which indicated that slamming opposing points of view is less effective than strongly supporting one’s own point of view. On this matter, I tend to go both ways, so to speak. …
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Basing Environmental Decisions On Fact Vs. Hysteria
My friend Cameron Atwood writes: Curious to know your perspective on this article: Closure of Diablo Nuclear Plant Signals Dawn of Renewable Energy Era. I have essentially the same take on this that I had on the other piece on nuclear energy, …
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Variable Energy Resources Vs. Baseload
Here’s a comment to which I’d like to respond. A reader notes in connection with my post on wind energy: All wind and solar are only good up to a point. When they power flexible demand, they have some benefit. …
ExxonMobil Has 73,100 Employees. What’s Going Through Their Heads?
I thought readers would enjoy the comments by an Instagram follower, as presented below. Caption: That is Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil, explaining how his company plans to extract every molecule of petroleum from the Earth and sell it as …
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Climate Change and Its Death Toll
My colleague Gary Tulie writes from his home in Buckinghamshire, England (pictured left): The point about air conditioning becoming essential with a warming climate is not an exaggeration. Wet Bulb temperature is the temperature a wet thermometer bulb in front …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy. Today’s Topic: California’s Drought
Question: It’s no secret that climate change is in the process of creating severe droughts in many places around the globe, and, by extension, generating a significant increase in the number and intensity of wildfires. Here’s an article that explores …
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Compassion Is Required If We Are To Right Our Ship
In my recent post The Connection Between Rural Electrification and Environmental Devastation, I extol the importance of bringing electricity to the developing world so as to promote education, affluence and family planning, while reducing the size of the field for …
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How Contaminated are the Oceans from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster?
A reader asks for my viewpoint on this article, suggesting that one-third of the world’s oceans have been polluted from the radiation that continues to leak from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. My take is that this is the typical …
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The Connection Between Rural Electrification and Environmental Devastation
In response to my piece “Per Capita Energy Consumption” in which I extol the importance of bringing electricity to the developing world, a reader notes: Some may cynically observe the acquisition of electricity in third world countries seldom means a reduction …
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U.S. Federal Government Takes Several Meaningful Steps in Forwarding the Cause of Energy Storage
Advocates of renewable energy who may be interested in understanding the Obama Administration’s approach to energy storage should check out this recent “fact sheet.” You’re bound to be impressed that our government’s involvement here is extremely wide-ranging and robust. …
