Over the past couple of months, there have been a lot of rumors suggesting that Apple is considering building a driverless car to rival Google, but so far, the company hasn’t released any official information confirming those intentions. But now, …
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The Exxon Empire Fights Back
In the American psyche, the theme music from the popular 20th Century TV crime show “Dragnet” (especially the first four notes–take a listen) still evokes the feeling that some huge force has entered the scene, and that something dramatic and …
Big Oil’s Role in Our Energy Future
In response to my piece comparing Big Oil to Big Tobacco, Matthew Baxter writes: Just like big tobacco is around 20 years after people were predicting their imminent demise – big oil is likely to still be around in 20 …
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Hard To Put Too Much Credence into Certain New Clean Energy Ideas
As an example of a strange communication between a reader and me, Mark writes: Hello Craig: You may recall we had some discussions earlier this year regarding an emerging new technology which we believed was going to revolutionize the way …
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Big Energy Faces Tough Challenges
From my feed at Quora.com, a reader asks: What are the biggest obstacles/challenges facing the energy industry? Do you literally mean “challenges facing the energy industry,” e.g., the oil companies? If so, you need to understand that this is very …
Generating Energy from Ocean Waves: Rough Surf
I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve responded to an inventor: “Will it generate electricity? Yes. Will it do so cost-effectively? Not in a million years.” Here’s the poster child for this phenomenon. If anything like this …
A Weird Time for the U.S. to Approve the Extraction of Fossil Fuels on Federally-Owned Land
Unfortunately, the folks at Greenpeace are best known for their civil disobedience. I say “unfortunately,” not that I have a problem with refusing to comply with harmful laws, but because the vast majority of what these people do is far …
For Those Who Hate Big Government….
Lots of Americans want a smaller government, based on the notion that the public sector is bloated and corrupt. I get that. But our government runs like a Swiss watch compared to the one described here.
Despite Nay-sayers’ Claims, Renewable Energy Is a Huge Industry
I don’t have a problem with comments on the site that challenge my own bullish viewpoint on renewable energy; in most cases, they provide an interesting counterpoint from which everyone wins as a result. I DO have a problem with …
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From Guest Blogger Emma Sturgis: Five Small Changes That Go A Long Way Towards Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
You already know the big things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint. Commuting on public transit rather than drive a gas-guzzling SUV to work, recycling, and using energy efficient appliances make an obvious and huge difference in the …
