A number of people asked about the Kindle version of my new book, Bullish on Renewable Energy, which just now became available. It’s linked above.
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Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Solar PV Trends in the U.S.
Question: Since 2014 just wrapped up, it’s a good time to look at certain trends we see in renewable energy. By what percentage would you guess PV installations in 2014 grew vs. where they were in 2008? Also: How many …
Helping a 2GreenEnergy Intern Create His Resume’
Here’s a blurb I just wrote for one of our interns, Louis de St. Phalle, for inclusion in his resume’. I never embellish, if that means saying something that isn’t true, but I try to choose words that communicate the …
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Social Media Promotes Good Causes, Though Commonly Backfires on Bad Actors
Here’s a video that reminds me of a few key points in the use of social media and the quest to make a certain piece of content go viral. First, it needs to be so appealing that it achieves “critical …
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Bringing Renewable Energy to the Third World Can Mean Leap-Frogging Over a Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
A friend of mine called a few days ago asking for advice on the following: what are the principal reasons that Myanmar might want renewable energy, especially energy that is produced from MSW (municipal solid waste)? Apparently, he’ll soon have …
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Does Civilization’s Approach to Sustainability Lie Behind Door #1, #2, or #3?
At a very high level, there are only three main viewpoints that one can take re: our civilization’s approach to sustainability: 1) Do nothing. Make no changes in the status quo, based on the belief that there are no real …
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From a Guest Blogger: Throwing Noise Pollution Out Of the Window
When we talk about pollution, few of us immediately shift our attention to noise. Most of the time we focus on the standard types – normally relating to some form of gas that our cars or homes are emitting into …
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Want To Be a Wind Farm Operator?
No one understood this when I was a kid, but from one person to the next, there are many different preferred learning styles, and identifying the right one can make an appreciable difference in a person’s ability to absorb new …
Efficiency of Solar PV and Wind Power
A young lady from a faraway land writes: My name is Alexandra, and I am a pupil at Herschel Girls School in Cape Town. I am doing a Science investigation and I am researching wind and solar energy, and which one …
Environmental Bills in the U.S. Congress
If you have a few extra minutes and you don’t mind being sickened, here’s a report from the League of Conservation Voters that consists of only two parts. It: • Lists the 35 most important bills related to environmental issues …
