A few years ago, when the world entered its first stages of transitioning to solar and wind energy, it became apparent that cost would be the biggest impediment to the transition. Installing solar in homes meant that home owners had …
From Guest Blogger Jenny Richards: Five Sources of Financing for Solar Energy Read More »
Here’s an article whose message is simple: the political rhetoric surrounding energy is often misleading. I’m not sure that’s exactly news, but that’s the take-away nonetheless. In this case, a guy with ties to the fossil fuel business, Koch Industries …
We often talk about the “externalities” of the energy from fossil fuel resources; it’s a term in economics describing the costs involved in a certain transaction that are not captured by the parties involved in the transaction itself. In the …
Coal Plants Produce Cheap Energy—But There’s a Catch Read More »
Last month, Jim Greenberg, Chief Sustainability Officer at Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation, lost a short but intense battle to a particularly aggressive form of cancer. Jim was a long-time client, a fine friend, and a consummate gentleman. He will be profoundly …
Mourning the Loss of a Friend of Mine — Who Was Also a Friend of Yours Read More »
A colleague writes: Just finished Facts and Fantasies. Very informative, very readable. I dog-eared a bunch of pages to come back to later for reference. I’ll tackle “Doable” this week and eventually we’ll have a discussion about them. I suspect …
A colleague asks for my viewpoint on low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR, aka cold fusion). I wrote: It’s funny you ask, as my belief has changed over the last few years. If you will read the short chapter on the subject …
Here’s an excerpt from the remarks Steven Colbert made at an awards dinner honoring Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people shortly before our 2012 elections here in the U.S. The full transcript is linked above; it’s just too good… Of …
On top of what I wrote yesterday, here’s another reminder of what the Conservative (“Tory”) government in the UK has achieved vis-à-vis the environment. Of course, we can only speculate as to how progressive the Labor Party or the Liberal …
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: The results of the (yesterday’s) UK general election are evidence of what can be achieved by “conservative, responsible environmentalists.” The voters’ rejection of Green-left politicians, in contrast to the popularity of environmentalists like the conservative Mayor …
UK Conservatives Support of Progressive Environmental Policies Read More »
When we think of political humor here in the U.S., we think of television personalities like Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert, and John Oliver, as well as a long line of stand-up comedians that may have begun with Will Rogers and …
