My wife was speaking with her favorite cousin the other day and the topic of environmentalism and renewable energy came up. The cousin said, “You know that stuff Craig’s been doing for all these years? It’s actually starting to work! …
International Energy Agency Announces Pleasant Surprise Re: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Read More »
Apparently, there is a push from the eco/health-conscious consumer to coax McDonalds into selling a vegetarian option to their cow (fat/salt/sugar) burgers. Why? No one will buy them. McDonalds customers either don’t know or don’t care that they’re ingesting something …
Editor’s Note: Here’s a fun little piece from my friend Gary Tulie, the fellow who was so helpful on my most recent book (“Bullish on Renewable Energy“). I hope he’s right about his predictions here, and I hope Buckinghamshire still …
From Guest Blogger Gary Tulie: Cars in England 2045 Read More »
I don’t claim to have a particular eye for product design that addresses the sensibilities of millennials, but I have to think that this may be on target: an e-bike that is the antimatter of the ultra-chic futurism that’s so …
Senior energy analyst Glenn Doty makes this point regarding the Keystone Pipeline: We won’t have one drop of oil less being sold in the global market because the Keystone was rejected… we’ll just have a lot more oil in the …
Poor forestry management can have a devastating effect on the earth’s environment and it has been reported as having a significant contribution to the greenhouse effect and climate change. The reduction and great deforestation of the amazon rainforest is well …
From Guest Blogger Rob in the UK: Wood Durability & Making Wood A Green Source Read More »
Here’s another thought on the Keystone pipeline (and similar projects in the past and future), though I’m sure I’m not the first to express it. Let’s try to project what an advanced extra-terrestrial would think of the job that humankind …
Senior Energy Analyst Glenn Doty remarks that rejecting the Keystone pipeline is a net negative for the environment: The percentage of transported oil that is spilled when transported by train is hundreds-fold that when it is transported by pipeline. By …
The Validity of the Keystone Pipeline Environmentally Read More »
Externalities are the costs associated with a certain transaction that are not captured in the transaction itself, but are passed along unaccounted for (“externalized”) onto other parties who are often unaware of what’s hitting them, or, at best, unable to …
The UK Government has just backed £315 million worth of renewable energy projects and earlier this year it was announced that the UK is on track to hit our green targets. So it’s evident that providing a sustainable energy source …
