Author: craigshields

It would be interesting to hear the most compelling argument that denies the global warming/CO2 theory at this point, especially given the stats from the past two years.

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I urge readers to sign up for the dictionary.com “word of the day.”  It usually takes just a few seconds to process each morning, and sometimes it’s an important learning experience. Today’s word: cosmology \koz-MOL-uh-jee\noun

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Who doesn’t love the French?  There are dozens of immediately noticeable aspects of the country that quickly capture our hearts: the wine, food, architecture, quaint villages, rolling countrysides, art, cafes, their history of scientific and philosophic innovation, the great writing, the …

Solar PV Surprise from France Read More »

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A huge percentage of the power grid was built solely to address peak loads, and is used less than 100 hours per year.  This is one of the many reasons that energy storage in any of its forms is so …

New Concept in Energy Storage Read More »

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Recipe for 2GreenEnergy Instagram posts: • Take the dogs for a walk every day • Stop to take photos frequently

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I had the good fortune to meet Barbara Vergetis Lundin (pictured) in the press room of the National Clean Energy Summit at which President Obama was speaking last November; this was shortly after her company bought out “Smart Grid News” …

Lots To Be Said about the Utility Death Spiral Read More »

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My most recent book, Bullish on Renewable Energy, offers 14 reasons that clean energy is rapidly replacing fossil fuels on the basis of pure market economics alone.  One of my favorite chapters entitled “Cheap Solar” gets at the consequences of …

Solar PV Closing In On Parity with Grid Electricity Read More »

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One has to believe that corporate malfeasance, e.g., that of Volkswagen with its emissions scandal and ExxonMobil with its conspiracy to hide the truth about climate change, is about to meet some heavy-duty rancor on the part of the citizens …

Watch Out Corporate Criminals: Here Comes Justice Read More »

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Next week features four meeting in Manhattan followed by motor trips to Eastern Massachusetts, Syracuse NY, and Washington DC for the annual ARPA-E show.  Here, the Department of Energy gets to show off its many investments in clean energy—a conference …

2GreenEnergy Hits the Road Read More »

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Those who read the comments on this blog recognize frequent commenter MarcoPolo is a man whose position is that free market economics should be the only force guiding our civilization. Using his words, “Attempting to create a “moral” or “ideological” …

Achieving a Better Civilization Means Confronting an Important Fact: Free Market Capitalism Has Limits Read More »

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