Nowadays, just with the help of few clicks we can acquire a lot of data or knowledge on anything. Internet has already become a part and parcel of our life. But the time has come when we should sit back …
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From Guest Blogger Pano: Why Should You Consider Switching to a Hybrid?
The increasing popularity of hybrid cars is good news as we edge closer to true zero-emission vehicles. There are now more choices available to buyers with luxury firms like BMW and Porsche becoming interested in the market as well as options …
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What Happens to Big Energy as Whole Countries Say Goodbye to Fossil Fuels?
As I wrote a few weeks ago, there are tiny bits of land all over the world that are swearing off fossil fuels entirely. Who knows which country will be the first household name to do the same. Denmark is …
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Tagged with: ability to sell off-peak production to neighboring Germany, costs of renewables continue to fall, Denmark is certainly a front-runner, its solid wind resources, store power put it on the grid as needed, variable power sources, whole nations like Denmark are going to 100% renewables, with its low population
Amazon Watch: Focusing World Attention on Biodiversity
What is the single most tangible and immediate effect of our devotion to fossil fuels as the source of the world’s energy? It’s probably disease. Because of the oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, as well as the heavy metals and …
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A Brief History of Renewable Energy
There are many small things that bring me delight in my role as “curator” of this site, one of which is the numerous requests I get from people all over the world to use the content here in ways I …
A History of Nuclear Disasters
A friend just sent me this: Craig, you might be interested in reading this book: Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima. I found it informative, entertaining and sobering. Well-written. Thanks very …
From Guest Blogger Jenny Richards: How to Choose the Best Energy Saving Company
Have you moved to a new place and are trying to find yourself a new energy supplier? Or are you dissatisfied with the current plan you have and want to choose a new energy supplier? There are many options available …
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EMCycle – A Good Idea for Consumer-Commuters Who Like To Get Exercise, But Are Less Excited About Bicycling in the Rain
My colleague Michael Scholey, CEO of e-bike start-up EMCycle (see picture) just sent me this cool little video on the maintenance process for maintaining London’s 10,000 bikes for hire. I find this remarkable. The bloke reports: “Bikes work rain or …
Tragic Irony in U.S. Politics Re: Energy and Our Environment
In conversations I had many years ago with people who followed U.S. energy politics closely, I received several suggestions that I not criticize Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) too harshly. “He’s a laughing stock,” I was told repeatedly. “The incredible ignorance …
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When and How Will China Stop Burning Coal?
Below is a graph that illustrates the pickle the world is in vis-a-vis a sustainable course to energy. Apparently, China has promised to max out its consumption of coal by 2030, and the author of this article seems quite exuberant …
