A colleague sent me this piece on a Dutch company’s introduction of a floating apparatus that generates electricity from tidal currents (pictured), and asked for my opinion. Here goes: I admit that this device offers an advantage over those that …
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Tesla Motors: A “Different” Car Company In So Many Ways
When Thomas Edison introduced electric lighting to Americans in the late 19th Century, he went out of his way to minimize the psychological impact on the customer. For instance, though he knew he could illuminate a room better with a lamp …
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From Guest Blogger Lizzie Weakly: How to Ensure Your Home is Circulating Clean Air During the Hot Summer Months
When temperatures reach an all-time high during the summer months, most people prefer to stay indoors and leave the air conditioning running just to stay cool. Instead of suffering outside in the sun, it’s much more enjoyable to feel comfortable …
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From Guest Blogger Brooke Chaplan: Green Seam — How to Make Home Renovations Eco-Friendly
(The woman pictured here is using organic paint, which presumably explains her broad smile. – Ed.) When attempting to renovate your home, it is best to do so in as eco-friendly of a way as possible. It is also …
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Processing Tar Sands Crude
Question: Is the practice of turning crude from tar sands into gasoline more environmentally destructive than the processing of conventional crude? If so, how many times more damaging is it? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Tackling the Tough and Often Enigmatic Issues in the Developing World
Recently I had the pleasure of listening to Melinda Gates present a candid assessment of what she’s learned over the years about sub-Saharan Africa. The take-away for me was how wrong we Westerners can be in our assumptions of what …
Ocean Current Hydro Project Faces Political Hurdles
A colleague of mine is hard at work developing a solution for ocean current hydrokinetics, and I happen to believe that his approach is the best and most cost-effective method of all those that I’ve reviewed over the years. He …
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Sometimes We Can Only Stand In Awe of Superior Intelligence
I ask my guest bloggers to confine their monologues here to items that pertain to clean energy—or perhaps to sustainability more generally—and I try to do the same, but sometimes I’m so blown away with something in another arena that …
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Renewable Energy Passes the $2 Trillion Mark in the Last Decade
We all find it hard to admit mistakes at times, and some of us (myself included) are often shy about pointing out that they were right as rain all along. Having said that, I’ll momentarily set aside that inhibition and say …
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A Concept that Could Change the World Is Opposed By…..Nobody?
It’s not every day that we come across a political/economic concept that appeals to the Tea Party, the Progressives/Environmentalists, and everyone in between. Yet, as reported in RenewableEnergyWorld, that’s exactly the phenomenon we’re seeing surrounding the Property Assessed Clean Energy, …
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