I’m always amused by articles that start the way this one does: “A group of Democratic senators wants to improve the safety of transporting oil by rail in the United States, following a series of high-profile derailments that led to …
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The Cleantech Opportunity of the Month: Wind Energy + Compressed Air Energy Storage = High-Value, Dispatchable Power
As I’ve mentioned, I write a monthly piece for the Hedge Connection’s blog “The Edge,” in which I discuss a certain investment opportunity that I believe has merit. Here’s what I propose to offer for April. Here’s another installment from …
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The Folly of Biofuels Is Only Made More Obvious When Crude Oil Prices Are Low
A reporter has asked me for a 300-word submission on the following: “Ethanol and biomass: what’s the state of the biofuels industry in the face of the oil crash?” My viewpoint is below, and I’ll send it along, though it’s …
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The Hedge Connection: Making the Courtship Between “Allocators” and Hedge Fund Managers Less Awkward
We all remember our teen years, and how uncomfortably self-conscious we were with members of the opposite sex, perhaps asking someone to dance. Of course, awkward situations don’t just vanish once we’re grown and out in the business world. Take …
Some Basic Q&A on Renewable Energy
On average, I spend a few hours a month helping young people, from grade-schoolers to master’s candidates, on the papers they’re writing by proving my viewpoints on renewable energy. Here’s a typical example: Mr. Shields: I’m …. a senior at …
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What Is the U.S. Congress Doing To Implement Renewable Energy? The Same Thing It’s Doing on Gun Control
We’ve seen a few pieces here recently discussing the sad fact that the will of the American people and the laws enacted by the Congress that voters elected are orthogonal to one another—a fancy word that simply means statistically independent …
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Where There’s Renewable Energy There’s Inexpensive Energy – But Is There a Causal Relationship?
Here’s a good article that points out that places that have lots of solar, wind, etc. have inexpensive energy generally, meaning that there is some sort of correlation between renewables and cheap energy. The important word here (as the author …
The True Driver of Climate Change Denialism
Here’s another quick post on the tenuous position in which our democracy here in the U.S. finds itself: an article that explains the corruptive action of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) upon the law-making process, specifically on laws that …
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The Demise of American Democracy and its Ramifications
I get notes from readers quite frequently expressing their anguish about GMOs and the labelling thereof. Frankly, I’m not as amped up about this subject as most people seem to be, at least from a scientific perspective. What we’ve been …
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Understanding 21st Energy Policy Requires Speaking with Everyone and his Dog
This afternoon, I’m preparing for an upcoming energy conference at which I’ll be speaking; I’m just sitting here, dusting off my various PowerPoint presentations and thinking where I’d like to take this audience. I like to introduce myself as a …
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