A reader asks: I would like to know the basics involved in biogas production from cow dung and food wastes. In particular, I would like to have your view on how realistic it is to make a business out of it …
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The Texas Ban of Fracking Bans Could Go All the Way
When my children were younger I spent a fair amount of time with them trying to explain the roles played by the three branches of the United States government. We talked about the judiciary, and the purview of the court …
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Novel Approach to Ocean Wave Energy
Here’s an approach to extracting the energy from ocean waves whose inventor asks my opinion. I love looking at new ideas. Here goes: Will this generate electricity? Certainly. Will it provide a viable approach to solving the problem of cost-effective …
Google in the Developing World
It’s no secret that Google is the world’s most rapidly diversifying company, and I found further proof of this yesterday when I had the pleasure of meeting Rick Needham, Google’s Director of Energy and Sustainability, at the Low Carbon Investing …
Heard It At the Low Carbon Investors Conference
A few other quotes from the conference, which provided me a great excuse to be in San Francisco, one of my very favorite cities. I couldn’t resist adding my comments. • Renewable energy has not fully recovered from the Carter-Reagan transition.
Divesting from Fossil Fuels
Here’s an interesting bit of conversation from the Low Carbon Investors conference: a session moderator noted the following about divestiture: Divestment from all fossil fuels is throwing the baby out with the bath water. Natural gas plays a role in …
Profiting In The Water Biz
A quick note from the Low Carbon Investors conference: a speaker noted, “Investing in water is a contact sport” meaning that you’re going to be dealing with individual people and communities who may not approve of what you’re doing. That …
America's Aging Infrastructure
I met a very interesting guy yesterday at the Low Carbon Investors conference: a professor at Stanford whose discipline is disruptive technologies. Among other things, he’s an advisor to several different groups of students who are working on new approaches …
Low Carbon Investors Event Presents a Challenge
I’m up in San Francisco at the Low Carbon Investors conference today. I like to cover events like this for 2GreenEnergy readers, and I aim to do that in this case with all my might. There is a slight problem, however,
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From Guest Blogger Christopher Austin: Love Reading About Environmental Science? Or Anything Else? Tips on How You Can Read More
Reading has long been established as one of the best ways of improving vocabulary and of lowering levels of stress in your body. The time spent reading removes you completely from the world around you and allows your mind time …
