Yesterday was the birthday of feminist author Gloria Steinem, who said, “Writing is the only thing that when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.” Obviously, I don’t compare the quality of my writing to …
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World Food Shortages Aren’t Inevitable, and Preventing Them Can Be Very Profitable
Energy, Food, and Water We’re all familiar with the so-called “energy/water/food nexus,” i.e., the interdependence of these three elements. For example, energy is required to purify water, as well as to pump it to where it’s needed to irrigate land …
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The PTC (Production Tax Credit) for Wind Energy
A reader comments on my post on the alarming report predicting the future of fossil fuels and renewable energy, “Regarding your comment about the cost of wind (which is as low $0.02 per kWh in some rare circumstances), sounds like time …
Oxygen Levels Are Falling
Everyone’s aware of the greenhouse gas emission issue, but no one’s talking about the fact that the oxygen levels in our atmosphere are declining faster than the CO2 is rising. The culprits: desertification, deforestation, and pollution of our oceans. This …
Alarming Report from McKinsey on the Grid-Mix in Years To Come
Here’s a report from consulting giant McKinsey that suggests fossil fuels will continue to dominate the grid mix in 2040, because they will remain the cheapest and most reliable energy resources. The report correctly points to developments in nuclear energy …
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Quick Note on Compassion
I came across this just now in connection with the terrorist attacks in Belgium, a reminder of human compassion from the late, great Fred Rogers: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my …
Certain Animals are Super-Beneficial on Their Entire Ecosystem–and Even the Surrounding Geography
If you don’t know what a ”trophic cascade” is, you can find out in the wonderful video below. Better yet, you’ll see one in action. Recently I wrote a post about beavers and their salubrious effect on the environment. This …
More on Subsidies for the Oil Companies
A reader comments on my post on subsidies for the oil companies. Thanks for the additional clarity Craig. Your charts also do not allow for infrastructural benefits. The oil lobby weighed in heavily in favor of our national highway system. …
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US Federal Government Subsidies for the Oil Companies
A reader brings up the ongoing squabble of the size of the subsidies the US taxpayer bestows upon the fossil fuel companies each year. Not surprisingly, those sympathetic to Big Oil like to dispute the numbers proffered by clean energy …
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A How-To Book on Generating Creative Concepts and Getting To that “Aha!” Moment
One of my best friends, and certainly one of the smartest people I’ve ever met, sent me this: Hi Craig, When we last talked, I mentioned this amazing book on strategy, Strategic Intuition, written by a professor at Columbia. He explains that all strategy …
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