I’ve mentioned the blatant corruption that exists between Big Oil and the United States Congress so many times that I may have given readers the impression that such criminality is limited to the petroleum industry. If so, I’m sorry; that’s …
Collusion Between Big Money and Law-Making Is Not Limited To the Oil Industry Read More »
One option you should consider for heating your home is geothermal power. Geothermal energy comes from deep within the earth and is produced by things like molten magma. There are many great benefits to tapping this amazing source of energy …
From Guest Blogger Lizzie Weakly: Five Benefits to Geothermal Heating for Your Home Read More »
I try to help readers keep their fingers on the pulse of all the different flavors of renewable energy as they come along—even relatively obscure concepts like ocean wave. Extracting energy from the ocean waves has been a dream of …
Question: How many bequerels per cubic meter of seawater is safe? Hold on. Wait a second. What’s a bequerel? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: As my colleague Mike Conley writes: Fear and paranoia are the two …
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Nuclear Radiation Read More »
Here’s a conversation between members of the pro-nuke group of which I’m a part. It demonstrates a peculiar aspect of all this, i.e., that the group feels a need to beat up on renewable energy at every turn. At the …
Taking a Positive Tack with the Marketing Messages of Solar, Nuclear Read More »
A gentleman from Columbia writes: I was referred to you by Mr Gustavo Rojas from AFD Colombia….CENTRAL ELECTRICA will be the first utility-scale power plant implementing the groundbreaking ECS-SOLAR technology (solar with mechanical induction). With a total of 19.9-megawatts of …
On the phone just now, I learned that these folks are trying to get a patent for what they claim to be a unique catalyst that electrolyzes steam, the heat for which uses only 12% of the hydrogen they produce, powering …
More Skepticism Re: Theoretically Impossible Energy-Related Inventions Read More »
China’s people are learning the truth about the air pollution that’s causing a huge number of them, estimated to be over one million, every year to drop dead from lung disease. They’ve been unhappy about this for many years, but …
My friend Cameron Atwood offers a fabulously rational approach to climate change mitigation as a comment to my post: Understanding the Ties Between Corporate Funding and the Findings of Climate Scientists (scroll down to see it). Thanks, Cameron. That makes …
Oil Companies Are Placing Big Bets–With Your Money Read More »
A number of thoughts run through one’s mind when an electrical power utility, like this one in Arizona, adds a $50/month fee to all homes that have solar PV installed. Philosophically, it’s hard to object to asking those who lower …
Power Utilities Add Fees for Customers with Solar PV Read More »
