The other day I had a cup of coffee with a venture capitalist who echoed something we’ve all heard repeatedly through the years: the most important ingredient in the success of a start-up is market timing. Yes, good ideas, seasoned …
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Volkswagen Faces Tough Times
I had to laugh at a news item this morning. According to this report, delivered by a well-dressed woman with a completely straight face, “(As a result of VW’s criminality) its 2016 cars won’t be able to pass the EPA’s …
From Guest Blogger Jordan: Ford Makes the 2015 F-150 More Fuel Efficient With the Addition of “Air Curtain” Technology
The main reason why Ford decided to use aluminum for the body of the F-150 was to improve the pickup truck’s fuel efficiency, and it really succeeded in it, since its fuel economy was rated at 19 mpg in the …
From Guest Blogger Mark Halstead: Using Big Data to Bring Down Enterprise Energy Use
Virtually every company, large or small, is keen to reduce its energy use and its carbon footprint if possible. Of course, this desire doesn’t necessarily override other considerations such as profit-making or the pursuit of growth but it is there …
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From Guest Blogger Joel Smith: Green Cleaning–Protect Your Family and Environment
We live in a world today where life and technology are moving fast. While we have all learned to pace ourselves with how the world revolves these days, it comes with a price. You see, as much as many of …
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Four Good Reasons for Community Microgrids
Here’s more from our new contributor Darek Letkiewicz on microgrids and their growing importance in today’s world. I continue to make a big deal over this subject, as it’s critical to the electrification of the developing world, which is a …
Ironic, Isn’t It?
Given all the writing I do on a daily basis, it may seem strange that I long to do more. In particular, virtually everything I do is “expository,” providing facts about this or opinions about that. Until I saw this …
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Microgrids Are Here To Stay
Darek Letkiewicz writes: I really enjoyed reading your blog post, ‘These People Can Make a Commitment to Solar—And We Can’t?‘ Keep up the great work. My name is Darek and I lead the Energy services program at O’Brien & Gere …
Cost of Renewable Energy—Still Falling Like a Stone
It looks like Bloomberg New Energy Finance has concluded the same thing that I did in Bullish on Renewable Energy, i.e., the plummeting cost of renewables and the rising costs of coal and natural gas have brought us ever closer …
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To the Surprise and Chagrin of Some, The Movement Towards Social and Environmental Justice is Happening
Readers who don’t read the comments to these blog posts are missing out on some ferociously entertaining and edifying conversations. Here, a cynic taunts a political activist with a note suggesting that there is little interest in sustainability and environmentalism: …
