It’s hard to keep in mind all the great ideas that our civilization’s most brilliant minds have produced. The one we chose for our 2GreenEnergy Instagram post today really hits at the core of how the good guys are going …
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Folks Seem To Like Uplifting Posts
The 2GreenEnergy Instagram feed gets maximum “likes” when the posts offer hope and optimism, like the one show here. Caption: When we look beyond the thin veil of material success and begin to see our lives in grander terms, we …
Antonin Scalia Dead at 79
As I like to think of myself as a kind and civil person, I generally do not celebrate the loss of anyone’s life. Yet it’s hard to mourn the passing of those who were bitter enemies of fairness, justice and …
We All Make a Far Greater Difference Than We Can Possibly Know
It’s heartening to look through the comments to my recent post: “The Environmental Movement: Too Conciliatory?” — insofar as many point out the role of the individual in determining the course of history. We have FAR greater capacity to change …
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Charles Darwin’s Legacy
It’s the birthday of Charles Darwin, whose discovery of biological evolution ranks in the top couple of moments in human history when a longstanding paradigm was turned on its head. Thus perhaps it’s a good moment to speculate: which one’s …
Nuclear Fusion: Zero-Carbon Energy Source of the Future?
A reader asked me to comment on this breakthrough in Germany re: nuclear fusion. In particular, “Can you speak to its safety?” Thanks. This is very similar to what my friends at TriAlpha are doing here in California. In fact, …
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To the Sponsor of an Outrageous Presenter on Climate Change Denial
I had the misfortune of attending a lecture at the University of California at Santa Barbara yesterday, in response I wrote this to the director of the Institute on Energy Efficiency, the sponsoring organization. I happen to know Dr. Bowers …
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Consumerism Is Not the Defining Characteristic of Humankind
A reader comments on my post “Humankind Is Slowly Evolving in the Direction of Eco-Consciousness,” If your concern is about consumerism in general, I think you’re fighting a losing battle. Consumer economics are as old as civilization, and could even …
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Beavers and CO2 Sequestration
Those of us who watch an occasional “Nova” broadcast on PBS understand that beavers have a salubrious effect on any environment they inhabit. One of the many reasons this is true is that the activities of beavers, i.e., building dams, …
Humankind Is Slowly Evolving in the Direction of Eco-Consciousness
When I noticed this can of “Barbisol” in my son’s bathrom, I felt compelled to write the post pictured here for the 2GreenEnergy Instagram feed. A reader commented that we tend to act is if someone else will deal with …
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