I want to wish everyone Happy New Year, and at the same time commemorate the birthday of J. D. Salinger, best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, featuring the alienated teenager Holden Caulfield. There are two main theories …
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Advice to Advanced Nuclear Advocates: Move On From the Past
As much as I stand behind the developers of solar, wind, and any other forms of renewable energy that can be made cost-effective, it appears that we will be unable to turn the corner on the environmental catastrophes associated with …
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Oil and Terrorism
In our discussions of the oil industry and its legitimacy, we occasionally run across people who deny that oil and terrorism have any real link, e.g., this comment to my recent piece on electric transportation: …. nor has “terrorism” got …
From Guest Blogger William Robinson: Advantages of Using Eco-Signage Menu Boards in Restaurants
(Note: I don’t edit guest blog posts, so as usual, I’ll let this stand as it was written. Having said that, a) I can’t imagine that there is anything eco-friendly whatsoever about signage like this, and b) I came across …
Plunging Oil Prices and Renewable Energy
Alejandro Manrique is a colleague from Argentina, who, last year, demonstrated his great generosity: he donated a ton of time to translate a great deal of our content here into Spanish. He wrote me just now to wish me a Happy …
Divesting Our Holdings from the Oil Companies
I just heard a snippet from a Bill McKibben speech in which the legendary environmentalist talks about the large and growing campaign to encourage groups (like university endowments) and people (like you and me) to sell whatever holdings they might …
If V2G Happens, Its Donors Will Be Extremely Well Paid
Here’s a note to the readers who believe: V2G will never happen because an EV owner would not want to drain their battery (costing cycle life) leaving them with the possibility that it would not be recharged when they needed …
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More About the Fits and Starts in Electric Transportation
An esteemed colleague comments on my post called Fits and Starts in Electric Transportation: I hope we can agree Craig that the only long term solution is to have electrified transportation powered by renewable energy. I choose to be a part of …
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New Electric Vehicles for 2015
I have to admit that I was less than perfectly kind to the folks from Volvo, Saab and Mercedes Benz who were manning their companies’ electric vehicle booths at the Los Angeles Auto Show in the 2008-2009 time frame. I …
Does Your Writing Communicate Your Ideas Effectively?
I don’t claim to have any particular talent for it, but I certainly do a bunch of writing, and therefore I try to maintain constant alertness for tips that could offer improvement. Here’s a brief passage from the Writers Almanac …
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